Publisher's Synopsis
African agriculture has had a strong appeal for the people of The Netherlands. This is due to a long-established interest in tropical agriculture going back to the days when Indonesia was a Dutch colony. It is also, however, due to the broad-based desire to help the Third World and the view that Tropical Africa is highly dependent on agriculture. As practical expertise in Africa and systematic research on African agriculture has grown, specialization has become possible and necessary. This volume reflects the specialization on marketing ? one that is welcomed by economists, geographers and last but not least, scholars of agricultural marketing. The occasion for composing this book has been the retirement of Laurens van der Laan, an economist who has extensively published on African affairs for over forty years.
