{"product_id":"9783643902344","title":"Marketing and Market Queens: A Study of Tomato Farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana","description":"This book analyzes how global, regional, and national trade policies have influenced the domestic agricultural food market in Ghana. Through a detailed investigation of the tomato sector in the Upper East Region, a theoretical analysis of risks, power, and the moral market shows a complex market structure dominated by powerful tomato market queens who control the market. Empirical evidence reveals a market chain captured by local actors at various levels who, in an attempt to protect their position, exhibit a moral obligation towards traders by assisting them to buy at cheap prices at the farm gate. At a higher level, the book presents challenges confronting Ghanaian tomato farmers as they are faced with a flooding of the domestic market with tomato paste from European countries and a weak processing sector. Compounding their problem is regional competitions from Burkina Faso farmers. (Series: ZEF Development Studies - Vol. 21)","brand":"Lit Verlag","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47058221793520,"sku":"9783643902344","price":32.06,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783643902344_p0.jpg?v=1763727898","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783643902344","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}