声明
DEDICATION
致谢
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AND ACRONYMS
CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION
1.1 Background
1.2 Brief Overview of the Rice Industry in Tanzania
1.3 Problem Statement
1.4 Research Objectives
1.5 Hypothesis
1.6 The Rationale and Significance of the Study
1.7 Organization of the Thesis
CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Concepts Related to the Marketing of Agricultural Products
2.2.1 Markets and associated structures
2.2.2 Contestable markets and perfect competition
2.2.3 Marketing channel choice
2.2.4 Marketing efficiency
2.2.5 Marketing margin
2.2.6 Farmers’ share
2.3 Concepts Related to Price Volatility and Price Risk Management
2.3.1 Price volatility of agricultural products
2.3.2 Price risk
2.3.3 Risk perception
2.3.4 Risk management
2.3.5 Risk attitude
2.4 Concepts Related to Market Integration and Price Transmission
2.4.1 Market Integration
2.4.2 Price transmission
2.4.3 Asymmetric price transmission
2.5 Review of Theoretical Approaches
2.5.1 Structure Conduct Performance (SCP) model
2.5.2 Risk perception and risk management models
2.5.3 Spatial market integration and price transmission models
2.6 Review of Related Studies
2.6.1 Studies on marketing efficiency and market channel choice by smallholder farmers in developing countries
2.6.2 Studies on price volatility and smallholder farmers’ price risk management responses in developing countries
2.6.3 Studies on market integration and spatial price transmission among food markets
2.7 Summary
CHAPTER 3: CHARACTERISTICS OF RICE MARKETS AND TRADE IN TANZANIA – A SURVEY OF MAJOR REGIONAL RICE MARKETS
3.1 Introduction
3.2 Conceptual Framework
3.3 Data and Methods
3.3.1 Data
3.3.2. Methods
3.4 Results and Discussion
3.4.1 The rice marketing system
3.4.2 Rice supply and demand dynamics
3.4.3 General characteristics of rice markets and market players
3.4.4 Rice flows in domestic markets
3.4.5 Price formation and seasonality
3.4.6 The degree of concentration in rice markets
3.4.7 Barriers to entry into the rice trade
3.5 Summary
CHAPTER 4: RICE PRICE VOLATILITY, ITS DETERMINANTS AND FARMERS’ PRICE RISK MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES IN TANZANIA
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Conceptual Framework
4.3 Data and Methods
4.3.1 Data
4.3.2 Method
4.4 Empirical Results and Discussions
4.4.1 Price volatility in Tanzanian rice markets
4.4.2 The main determinants of rice price volatility in Tanzania
4.4.3. Smallholder farmers’ price risk management strategies
4.5 Summary
CHAPTER 5: COST-BENEFIT EFFICIENCY AND DETERMINANTS OF MARKETING CHANNEL CHOICE BY RICE FARMERS IN RURAL TANZANIA: EVIDENCE FROM MBEYA REGION, TANZANIA
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Conceptual Framework
5.3 Rice Marketing Channels and their Characteristics
5.4 Materials and Methods
5.4.1 Data sources
5.4.2. Analytical framework and empirical model
5.5 Results and Discussions
5.5.1 Socio-economic characteristics
5.5.2 Profit analysis of rice production
5.5.3 Price spread and marketing margins
5.5.4 Marketing efficiency indicators
5.5.5 Factors influencing farmers’ choice of marketing channels
5.6 Summary
CHAPTER SIX: SPATIAL MARKET INTEGRATION AND ASYMMETRY IN THE TANZANIAN RICE MARKET
6.1 Introduction
6.2. Conceptual Framework
6.3 Rice Market Structure in Tanzania
6.4. Data and Methods
6.4.1 Data
6.4.2 Analytical framework and empirical models
6.5 Results and Discussions
6.5.1 Testing for the price leadership role
6.5.2. Long-run relationships
6.5.3. Asymmetric Price Transmission (APT) between the pairs of rice markets
6.6 Summary
CHAPTER SEVEN: SUMMARY, CONCLUSIONS, AND POLICY IMPLICATIONS
7.1 Summary - Re-capping the Purpose of the Study
7.2 Conclusions
7.3 Policy Implications and Recommendations
7.4 Contribution to Knowledge
7.5 Limitation and Future Research
7.5.1. Limitations of the study
7.5.2 Suggestions for future research
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