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Structure-Conduct-Performance of Cotton Market: The Case of Metema District, Ethiopia

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Title Structure-Conduct-Performance of Cotton Market: The Case of Metema District, Ethiopia
 
Creator Bosena, T.
Bekabil, F.
Gebremedhin, Berhanu
Hoekstra, Dirk
 
Description The efficiency of cotton market chain that can have great influence on farm level
supply of marketable cotton was evaluated for Metema District of Ethiopia, using
structure-conduct-performance approach. Market concentration ratio (CR4) at District
level was 49.76 percent and there were observed barriers to entry into the cotton
market. These structural characteristics indicate oligopolistic structure of cotton
market at the District level. Cotton market at ginneries and textile factories were
highly oligopolized by two ginneries and three textile factories. Buying, selling, and
pricing strategies, which are indicators of market conduct showed deviation of cotton
market from competitive market norms. The performance of cotton market chain
analyzed using Marketing Margins supplemented with analysis of costs incurred and
gross profits generated for different market chain actors, showed poor performance of
the chain. In the chain farmers are the most disadvantaged chain actors
Canadian International Development Agency
 
Date 2011-03-30T14:14:36Z
2011-03-30T14:14:36Z
2011-02-15
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Bosena, T., Bekabil, F., Gebremedhin, B., Hoekstra, D. 2011. Structure-Conduct-Performance of Cotton Market: The Case of Metema District, Ethiopia. Journal of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Ecology 4(1): 1-12
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/3393
 
Language en
 
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Source Journal of Agriculture, Biotechnology and Ecology