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Tag: price pass-through

Middleman Margins and Market Structure in West Bengal Potato Supply Chains

Middleman Margins and Market Structure in West Bengal Potato Supply Chains


In developing countries, small farmers often cannot access organized markets directly. Instead, they sell to middlemen who resell their output to distant buyers. These middlemen appear to earn large margins, and they appropriate most of the gains from rising consumer prices.

Posted on August 20, 2017October 9, 2019Categories Asia, supply chainsTags India, margins, middlemen, potatos, price pass-through, West Bangal

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