A Diagnostic Perspective Assessment of the Production and Marketing System for Mangoes in the Eastern Caribbean

Alan Hrapsky, Michael Weber and Harold Riley

No 54748, Food Security International Development Working Papers from Michigan State University, Department of Agricultural, Food, and Resource Economics

Abstract: The objective of this research was to provide USAID with a diagnostic-prescriptive assessment of the mango commodity system that would be useful in the design and management of USAID’s project portfolio. A secondary objective was to demonstrate how a market-guided food systems approach could be applied to a particular commodity, thus facilitating coordination of vertical stages in the agricultural production and marketing system. The food systems approach begins with identification of consumer requirements in terms of product specifications and volume flows, examines the production changes necessary to achieve these requirements, then systematically diagnoses constraints at each stage in the production/marketing chain, and prescribes realistic actions for their removal.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 126
Date: 1985
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.54748

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