Agricultural marketing in tropical Africa : contributions from the Netherlands

To mark the 65th birthday of the Dutch economist and Africanist Laurens van der Laan, a symposium was held in Leiden in November 1997 on 'Agricultural marketing in tropical Africa'. This book contains the seven papers presented at the symposium as well as four others. Contents: Agricultural marketing in tropical Africa: obstacles to systematic study (H. Laurens van der Laan) - Maize marketing policies in Tanzania, 1939-1998: from basic needs to market basics (Deborah Fahy Bryceson, Pekka Seppälä and Marja-Liisa Tapio-Biström) - Maize marketing in Kenya, 1976-1996: liberalization and food security (Henk Meilink) - Food grain marketing in Burkina Faso: the challenge of food security (Andries Klaasse Bos, Clemens Lutz and Boubié Bassolet) - Cocoa production and marketing in Cameroon and Ghana: the effects of structural adjustment and liberalization (Ali de Jong and Annelet Harts-Broekhuis) - Coffee in Côte d'Ivoire and Costa Rica: national and global aspects of competitiveness (Wim Pelupessy) - Primary rice marketing in north-west Sierra Leone: market and non-market transactions (Aad van Tilburg and Inge Hamming) - Maize and bean marketing in Benin: the peasant farmer's choice of marketing outlet (Lineke van Bruggen and Aad van Tilburg) - Horticultural marketing in Kenya: why potato farmers need collecting wholesalers (Tjalling Dijkstra) - Cattle marketing in Zambia, 1965-1995: policies, institutions and cattle owners in Western Province (Henk A.J. Moll and Désirée C.E. Dietvorst) - Cross-border cattle marketing in sub-Saharan Africa since 1900: geographical patterns and government-induced change (Leo de Haan, Paul Quarles van Ufford and Fred Zaal)