The analysis of agricultural distribution systems |
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Authors: | Gordon R Foxall |
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Institution: | Department of Agricultural Marketing, The University, Newcastle upon Tyne, Great Britain |
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Abstract: | The application of systems analysis to the study of agricultural distribution has far-reaching implications for marketing investigations and for managerial decision-making. Concepts developed in the emerging discipline of Physical Distribution Management are applicable to agricultural distribution, an area which has not hitherto been the subject of a systems approach which incorporates such concepts as ‘total distribution analysis’, ‘socio-technical systems’ and ‘synergy’. This paper demonstrates the scope for taking a systems analysis view of agricultural distribution and illustrates three of its aspects—namely, the marketing of farm inputs, the distribution of farm produce and machinery management on the farm. |
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