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Item Open Access Banana marketing performance in Blantyre Agricultural Development Division, Malawi(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1990) Ndengu, Joseph D., authorThis study provides insight into the complexities underlying the marketing of bananas in Blantyre Agricultural Development Division (A.D.D.), in southern Malawi. While farmers formed the core of the study, varying numbers of wholesalers/dealers, retailers and truckers were also contacted. A dualistic system of marketing operated in the area; that is, farmers sold their bananas both directly to consumers and also through middlemen. Sales, in order of importance based on patronage, were directly to the urban markets by the farmers themselves, to the middlemen/traders, to the village or roadside markets and lastly to the local markets. The most important problem was that of transportation, especially in getting the bananas to the urban markets. The main issue was the condition of the outlet road system. It appears that there is a lot of risk taking on the part of the truckers who opt to operate in the area. A detailed market performance analysis was not possible due to the paucity of relevant data. However, imperfect indicators of performance were highlighted. These included physical losses as bananas passed through various channels; price setting by market authorities; erratic supplies and inconsistent volume measures. Retail prices for a period of 69 days showed highly significant differences among mean prices of the three grades of bananas - large, medium and small. There appeared to be no relationship at all between the price movements for the large and medium size bananas. However, those for large and small, as well as medium and small, showed considerably higher degrees of positive association.Item Open Access Survey and analysis of issues in rural to urban water transfers in Colorado Water Divisions 1 and 2(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1993) Maxwell, Maureen Kay, author; Young, Robert A., committee member; Ward, Robert C., committee member; Kean, John M., committee memberHistorically, the dominant use of water in Colorado has been irrigation. However, new demand is being driven by urban needs. The amount of unappropriated water available for cities to claim is decreasing. Good dam and reservoir sites are becoming more scarce and costly to develop. Increasingly, the purchase of rural water rights for transfer to urban use is being used to help fulfill the demand. The transfer of rural water to urban use, however, is controversial and has given rise to charges that important effects of water transfers are not given proper consideration in water allocation decision making. The questions that people are raising about the transfer of agricultural water to urban use - economic and social changes in the areas of origin, environmental effects of transfers of water, access to the decision making process - can be described as "livelihood" issues. The public debate highlights the issues that people think are important to water transfer. It does not make clear what is actually known about the relevance and details of these issues, nor is it clear whether these issues are considered by the water courts and to what extent. This study attempts to examine these livelihood issues and find out why they are important to the public and what the research reveals about them. The study also examines water court documents to determine if these issues play a role in water allocation decisions. This study explores the livelihood issues surrounding agricultural-to- municipal transfers of water, examining the economics of such transfers; the social, cultural, and political issues for water importing and exporting areas; the environmental and ecological aspects of water transfers; and the institutions that allocate water in Colorado. The results of a study of water court applications to transfer rural water to cities are reported. The study examines agricultural-to-urban water transfer cases in Colorado Water Divisions 1 and 2 for the years 1977 through 1991. It attempts to develop a picture of such transfers in the two busiest water basins in Colorado, and to identify what information is available about these transfers in the legal system used to allocate water in Colorado, what issues of transfers are addressed by that system, and to identify who participates in the system.Item Open Access Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics 1990-1992 publications(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1993-03) Cary, Nancy, author; Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University, publisherThe primary purpose of this publication listing is to help increase the accessibility to published research by the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics (DARE) faculty, affiliates and graduate students to the general public and interested individuals.Item Open Access Final report, Upper Gunnison basin in-stream flow project(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1994-09-20) Sparling, Edward W., author; Harpman, David A., author; Booker, Jim, author; Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Colorado State University, publisherThis is the final report for a project funded by the Ford Foundation, the purpose of which was to measure the value of the water flows in, and the habitats affected by water flows in the East and the Taylor Rivers near Gunnison, Colorado. Motivation for the study arose from public controversy over the proposed transmountain diversion of water from these streams to municipalities near Denver. The main goal of the study was to estimate a total uncompensated value of resource services lost if water flowing in the upper Gunnison River were diverted by one of two proposed projects. Estimated values include both market and non-market values.Item Open Access Asia and the world: its impact on small farms in Colorado(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1998) Hine, Sue, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Rural financial trends: how are lenders and interest rates changing?(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1998) Hine, Sue, author; Thilmany, Dawn, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Marketing food products: direct sales vs. distributors and brokers(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1998) Thilmany, Dawn, editor; Grannis, Jennifer, editor; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Swine industry economics(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1998) Grannis, Jennifer, author; Seidl, Andrew, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access The swine industry and community economic development: a report to the Baca County Commission(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1998) Grannis, Jennifer, author; Seidl, Andrew, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Common components of swine policies(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1998) Seidl, Andrew, author; Grannis, Jennifer, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Financial ratios: what they say about your business(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1998) Hine, Sue, author; Thilmany, Dawn, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Community and natural resource economic issues and the swine industry(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1998) Seidl, Andrew, author; Grannis, Jennifer, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Swine policy decision points(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1998-10) Seidl, Andrew, author; Grannis, Jennifer, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Community development and the profitability of value-added meat production and processing(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1999) Koontz, Stephen R., author; Hoag, Dana L., author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Report on animal feeding operations and rural Colorado communities: executive summary(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1999) Seidl, Andrew, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Report on animal feeding operations and rural Colorado communities(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1999) Seidl, Andrew, editor; Davis, Jessica, editor; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Matrix of state level policies for animal feeding operations(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1999) Patton, O. Michael, author; Seidl, Andrew, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Public policy (issues) education resources(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1999-02) Seidl, Andy, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Marketing opportunities for natural pork products in the intermountain west(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2000) Grannis, Jennifer, author; Thilmany, Dawn, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisherItem Open Access Regional distinctions and similarities among Colorado professionals' concerns, abilities, and needs for land use planning(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2000) Seidl, Andrew, author; Colorado State University, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, publisher