Provision of accessible marketing and extension services in less‐developed agriculture

Abstract

An agricultural marketing system is important in assisting farmers to make the transition from subsistence to semi‐commercial and commercial agriculture, but requires a communication system to provide farmers with information on marketing channels and procedures. A study of the marketing system in Ciskei showed that it had not resulted in an increase in marketable surplus among small‐scale subsistence farmers and that the provision of marketing information was inadequate. Recommendations are proposed/or making marketing and extension services more accessible to subsistence farmers.

Notes

Senior Lecturer, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Fort Hare. Alice.

This research note is based on Fraser (1991).