Marketing and research


This ranges from rapid appraisals of a particular market or supply chain to whole sector studies. Specific issues are analysed, such as taxation, income distribution, cost structure, social impacts and policy formulation.

Examples:

  • Uzbek cotton and Tajik horticulture sector studies (Cotton Taxation in Uzbekistan. Opportunities for Reform)
  • organic cotton transaction costs analysis in Mali
  • world market analysis of cottonseed
  • cotton producer pricing system in Benin
  • inter-related cereal markets in West Africa
  • integration of small-scale horticulture producers into supply chains
  • Wheat production, transformation and consumption in Uzbekistan