Marketing and market queens : a study of tomato farmers in the Upper East region of Ghana
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Marketing and market queens : a study of tomato farmers in the Upper East region of Ghana
（ZEF development studies / edited by Solvay Gerke and Hans-Dieter Evers, v. 21）
Lit, c2012
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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral) -- Universität Bonn, 2010
Includes bibliographical references (p. [155]-169)
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This book analyzes how global, regional, and national trade policies have influenced the domestic agricultural food market in Ghana. Through a detailed investigation of the tomato sector in the Upper East Region, a theoretical analysis of risks, power, and the moral market shows a complex market structure dominated by powerful tomato market queens who control the market. Empirical evidence reveals a market chain captured by local actors at various levels who, in an attempt to protect their position, exhibit a moral obligation towards traders by assisting them to buy at cheap prices at the farm gate. At a higher level, the book presents challenges confronting Ghanaian tomato farmers as they are faced with a flooding of the domestic market with tomato paste from European countries and a weak processing sector. Compounding their problem is regional competitions from Burkina Faso farmers. (Series: ZEF Development Studies - Vol. 21)
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