ETUDE DES MARGES DANS LES CIRCUITS DE COMMERCIALISATION DE CÉRÉALES AU SUD-BÉNIN: CAS DU MAÏS (ZEA MAYS)

Yann Miassi (), Fabrice Dossa () and Kémal Banzou
Additional contact information
Yann Miassi: Département d’Economie et Sociologie Rurales - UP - Université de Parakou = University of Parakou
Fabrice Dossa: Département d’Economie et Sociologie Rurales - UP - Université de Parakou = University of Parakou
Kémal Banzou: Université Catholique de l'Afrique de l'Ouest

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: Boosting agricultural marketing systems is now one of the best ways of integrating markets and equity in marketing channels. The present study aims to study the margins in the marketing circuit of cereal products in South Benin. This study specifically focused on corn marketing channels. For this purpose, a survey was conducted among fifty (50) blind corn merchants. The data collected were related to the socio-demographic characteristics of the traders, the supply circuits, the purchase and sale prices of the maize, as well as the various transaction charges. These data were collected on the basis of a questionnaire and an interview guide addressed individually to sampled traders. The information collected was analyzed from SPSS software v. 20 and STATA. The marketing of maize is economically and financially profitable in southern Benin. The analyzes show that this activity is much more profitable for wholesalers in terms of gross profit margin and profit margin. However, from the point of view of fairness, retail traders are much more favored. The distribution of income from maize marketing is therefore not fair. It is therefore imperative to develop policies to reduce the transportation costs facing wholesalers for the most part. Other actions should also be undertaken in order to increase the purchasing power of traders and then participate to the reduction of food security in Benin.

Keywords: trader; maize; South Benin; margin; Marketing system; marge; maïs; commerçant; Système de commercialisation; Sud-Bénin (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://hal.science/hal-01860891
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in Global Scientific Journals - GSJ, 2018, 6 (7), pp.1162-1174

Downloads: (external link)
https://hal.science/hal-01860891/document (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01860891

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().