dc.contributor.author | Batuuka, Sarah K | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-28T09:39:36Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-28T09:39:36Z | |
dc.date.issued | 1979 | |
dc.identifier.citation | A thesis submitted in part fulfillment for the Degree of Master of Arts in Economics in the University of Nairobi. | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/26525 | |
dc.description.abstract | Knowledge of the extent and nature of imperfections
1n a marketing system is essential for any rational
economic policy designed for agricultural development.
The present study attempts to analyze the structure,
conduct and performance of the milk marketing system
ln Ugands since the establishment of UDIC in 1967
to the beginning of 1979.
In this study an attempt has been made to
identify an optimal pricing system with the aid of
theoretical analysis. The resultant model has been
used to examine the:
Ca) Current Government regulations and policies on
milk marketing with regard to pricing and
operational or technical inefficiencies.
Cb) Degree of competitiveness of private trading or
informal milk marketing system and to identify
possible causes of inefficiencies, if any, in
the system.
The study also tests some of the widespread
allegations that a private marketing system in a
developing country has too many competing middlemen
and that 1n some cases there are too few intermediaries with monopolistic and oligopolistic powers. Both
of these allegations are expected to lead to exploitation
of the farmers and consumers.
The overall objective is to analyse the impact
of different milk marketing sub-systems on income
distribution, resource allocation and welfare of
society as a whole.
The above are tested with empirical analysis based
on information obtained from a sample study conducted
In Kyadondo County of Kampala District.
The maln findings of the study are that there
exist a dual milk marketing system in which the role
of the official or formal milk marketing system
is becoming marginalized while that of the informal
or private milk marketing system is increasingly
becoming more significant.
A set of policy recommendations are given in
the last Chapter. | |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.title | Structure,. conduct and perfomance of the milk marketing system in Uganda: A case study of Kyadondo county, Kampala District | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | Arts Economics, University of Nairobi | en |