Marketing Efficiency and Marketing Constraints of Different Egg Marketing Channels in East Godavari District of Andhra Pradesh, India

Status of lymphatic filariasis in parts of east Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh, India.

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) commonly known as elephantiasis is considered as a major public health problem due to its considerable morbidity and social stigma. National health policy 2002 aims at elimination of transmission and the prevention of disability due to LF by the year 20151. Sixteen out of twenty three districts of Andhra Pradesh, India are under the grip of LF and 54 million population...

Ethno-Medicinal Plants used in East Godavari District, Andhra Pradesh, India

Effect of mass drug administration programme on microfilaria carriers in East Godavari district of Andhra Pradesh.

Lymphatic filariasis (LF) or elephantiasis is a major public health problem not only due to morbid condition but also due to social stigma, sexual incapacitation and considerable economic loss. National Health Policy 2002, aims at elimination of transmission and the prevention of disability due to LF by the year 2015, through mass drug administration (MDA) programme with annual single dose of d...

Pricing in Marketing Channels

This paper provides a critical review of research on pricing within a channel environment. We first describe the literature in terms of increasing time horizons of decision making in a channel setting: (1) retail pass-through (2) pricing contracts and (3) channel design; all of which occur within a given market environment. We then describe the emerging empirical literature on structural econom...

Marketing Opportunities and Constraints in the East Usambaras, Tanzania

Creating effective strategies to alleviate poverty and conserve biodiversity in tropical countries has become a critical issue in economic development efforts. It is difficult to establish protected areas to manage resources at landscape level and greater attention has focused on how to conserve remaining biodiversity while supporting rural development needs. The East Usambaras, located in nort...