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Extenstion International Trade Res. - 08019501
03/31/96

Marketing of Agricultural Products

This book was first published in 1955. The book mainly      
focuses in food marketing system and examines how this      
system affects farmers, consumers and middlemen and         
illustrates how this dynamic economic system has            
responded to technological, social, economic and            
political changes over time. The book is divided into       
six                                                         
sections.                                                   
1. The Frame Work of Marketing Problem                      
2. Food Markets and Institutions                            
3. Prices and Marketing Costs                               
4. Functional and Organizational issues                     
5. Government and Food Marketing                            
6. Commodity Marketing                                      

Section two has a chapter mainly dealing with               
international trade of agricultural products. The topic     
covered are:                                                

- Significance of Agricultural Trade                        
- The Rational for trade                                    
- The Farm Product Exports                                  
- The U.S. Food imports                                     
- Agricultural Trade Policy                                 

Author: Richard L. Kohls                                    
Published by: MacMillan Publishing company, New York 886    
Third Avenue , New York, New York 100022                    

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