A deep understanding of stakeholder strategies can be a powerful tool in helping IS researchers understand the realities of IS design and implementation in developing countries. We discuss the strategies used by stakeholders during the implementation of the first state government owned agricultural marketing information system project in India. Our main findings are that, while some stakeholder...

Relationships between agricultural input suppliers and output sellers are an important component of agricultural production in rural Nigeria. Inputs are often difficult to access at critical periods of the crop cycle and few storage options requires rapid marketing of output after harvest. This paper uses a 20 year panel (1988-2008) with detailed information on both agricultural production and ...

the main objective of this descriptive research was to determinate the components related to an expansion of marketing of flowers and ornamental plants. the statistical population of the study consisted of all floriculturists (4920) in tehran, markazi, gilan, khozestan, and razavi-khorasan provinces as well as extension experts. a sample of 234 floriculturists was selected by use of “cluster pr...

One factor that has highlighted the role of agriculture in the economy is to make the marketing system of agricultural products more efficient. The main purpose of this study was to identify the requirements of marketing the organic pomegranate of Paveh, Kermanshah Province, Iran, from the perspective of farmers. In order to identify contributing factors, an exploratory factor analysis was used...

We study the determinants of agricultural market reforms in developing countries. What prompted the governments in these countries to abruptly begin deregulating their agricultural markets in the late 1980’s? We answer this question by constructing a completely new dataset based on agricultural market regulations in 88 developing countries from 1960 to 2003. Our results suggest that the sudden ...

The agriculture sector is the mainstay of the Tanzanian economy as it contributes 26% of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 30 percent of export earnings and provides the bulk of raw materials for local industries. The agriculture sector provides employment to about 75 percent of the total labor force. Access to agricultural information and knowledge is timely, completeness and quality manner is ver...

small and medium enterprises (smes) have distinctive characteristics that differentiate them from their larger counterparts. one of these characteristics is marketing; poor marketing skills in smes would lead to low performance and, in extreme cases, to failure. therefore, adopting a marketing strategy based on small business analysis is the fundamental requirement of any successful sme. the te...