Via ProQuest Historical Newspapers., "A daily nation-wide auction of perishable farm products, in which bids and sales will be transmitted from city to city by a teletype network, has been planned by a corporation which is registered in Nevada as the Farmers Market System."
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 93 Document Number: C06927
Notes:
AGRICOLA IND 89039253; Paper presented at the "Conference on Term Markets and the Agricultural World in the Year 2000;" 1985 December 4-5; Paris, France, In: Yannick Marquet, ed. Les Marches a terme et le monde agricole en l'an 2000 : perspectives pour l'avenir : journees d'etudes, Paris, 4-5 decembre 1985. Paris, France : Economica, c1987. p. 121-129
10 pages, In this article we examine the adoption of food safety practices among produce growers in the south and discuss implications of food safety regulations in the U.S. Produce growers have adopted standard food safety practices to varying degrees, but there is still an adoption gap, particularly among small scale operations. Market-driven and regulatory food safety enforcement continues to tighten, and this can further hinder market access for small scale producers.
Danbom, David B. (author / Professor of History, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND) and Professor of History, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1989
Published:
USA
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 84 Document Number: C05383
16 pages, The importance of smallholder farming is increasingly recognized in rural areas where increased crop productivity and market participation can effectively improve their dietary diversity and nutrition quality. However, rural households are still faced with severe food insecurity and malnutrition. The study sought to assess the role of smallholder farming in crop productivity and market access on rural household dietary diversity. The secondary data were collected using a quantitative research method, and 1520 participants were selected using a stratified random sampling technique. The descriptive results showed that cereals were the most (98%) consumed food group, while vegetables and fruits were the least consumed food groups, at 37% and 23%, respectively. The results from the Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS) showed that 57% of smallholder farmers consumed highly diverse diets (more or equal to six food groups), whereas 25% and 18% of smallholder farmers consumed medium dietary diversity (four to five food groups) and low diverse diets (less or equal to three food groups), respectively. The findings from the Conditional Mixed Process (CMP) and Poisson endogenous treatment effect models showed that household size, ownership of livestock, wealth index, and involvement in crop production positively influenced household dietary diversity. On the other hand, output and access to market information showed a negative effect. Social grants had contradicting effects: they had a negative impact on the HDDS received from crop productivity while they had a positive effect on the HDDS from market participation. Providing different ways smallholder farmers can use their funds effectively can help improve household dietary diversity and nutrition quality. The study recommended that more workshops and training be conducted that cover all the sustainable production systems that smallholder farmers can undertake to produce different food groups. These will raise awareness among smallholder farmers about the requirements for balanced diets for food and nutrition security.
