声明
摘要
ABSTRACT
Table of contents
Chapter One Introduction
1.1 The cotton Industry in Malawi
1.2 Problem statement and justification of the study
1.3 Overall goal and Objectives
1.4 Specific Objectives
1.5 Research questions
Chapter two Literature review
2.1 Importance of the cotton industry
2.2 cotton supply chain industry structure
2.3 Supply Chain Concepts and Importance
2.4 Conceptual thinking
2.5 Cotton supply chain
2.6 supply and value chain Governance
2.7 Agro-Dealers
2.8 Producers
2.9 Processers
2.10 Traders/Middlemen
2.11 Consumers
2.12 Elements of a successful supply chain
Chapter three:Methodology
3.1 Sample size
3.2 Sample Design
3.3 Data Analysis
Chapter Four Results and Discussions
4.1 Descripfion of players and links
4.1.1 Agro-input dealers
4.1.2 Farmers/Producers
4.1.3 Middlemen/Traders
4.1.4 Processers
4.1.5 Domestic markets
4.1.6 International markets
4.2 Supply chain map and governance structure
4.2.1 Explanation of Links Knowledge and information flow
4.3 The strength and weakness of the cotton supply chain
4.4 Quantitative Analysis:Social Demographic descriptive statistics of Malawi cotton supply chain
4.4.1 Gender of household head in the cotton supply chain
4.4.2 Education levels
4.4.3 Age of supply chain players
4.5 Supply chain enablers
4.5.1 Transportation
4.5.2 Information
4.5.3 Technology
4.5.4 Energy(Electricity)
4.5.5 Government policy and political environment
4.6 Game Theory Model Results
4.6.1 Government pricing and technology adoption decisions
4.6.2 Model parameters for producers
4.6.3 Model Parameters for processors
4.6.4 Game Theory Output Matrix
4.7 Cost and Gross Margins Results
4.7.1 Production cost for producers
4.7.2 Marketing Margins of Producers
4.7.3 Marketing margins calculations
4.7.4 Ginning cost for processers
4.7.5 Marketing Margins Processers calculations
Chapter Five:Conclusion and Recommendation
5.1 Conclusion
5.2 Recommendations
5.3 Limitations of the study
5.4 Future research suggestions
5.5 Summary
References
Appendices
Acknowledgement