Analysis and optimization regarding the activity of a Hungarian Pig Sales and Purchase Cooperation

Peter Balogh, Imre Ertsey, Veronika Fenyves and Lajos Nagy

Studies in Agricultural Economics, 2009, vol. 109, 19

Abstract: In many ways, the Hungarian pork chain faces considerable disadvantages when compared to the situation in competing countries. In countries endowed with a modern meat chain, heavy concentration is the rule, but in Hungary decentralization still prevails, although thankfully the chain is not disintegrating even further. In our research we used the operation of co-operatives as a model in terms of a generalized network problem. The model allows the quantification of the number of pigs from given farms to slaughterhouses, the maximum sales revenue, the delivery threshold prices, and an analysis of the impact co-operative members exert on sales revenues.

Keywords: Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Livestock Production/Industries; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.49192

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