Farmers choose where to sell based on volume, distance, and profit margins.
Farmer → Cooperative Society → Processor → Retailer → Consumer.
: High supply during harvest can lead to price drops, while off-season scarcity drives prices up.
Work through previous exam questions on agricultural marketing to understand the examiner's phrasing.
| Paper | Key Link to Grade 12 Notes | |-------|----------------------------| | (Ch. 3 in Agricultural Economics by Colman & Young – but a free excerpt exists online) | Explains price spread (farm gate vs. retail) and marketing margins – a core calculation in your notes. | | "Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in Market Access" (2020, Journal of Co-operative Studies ) – just read the abstract & conclusions. | Directly tests whether "cooperative marketing is best" (a claim in your notes). The paper finds: only if the cooperative has storage & transport . |
