Cooperative Involvement In Grain Marketing Classic Reprint

Author : Stephen C. Schmidt
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780260645159
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (451 download)

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Download or read book Cooperative Grain Trade Opportunities in Eastern Europe (Classic Reprint) written by Stephen C. Schmidt and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-09 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Cooperative Grain Trade Opportunities in Eastern Europe This study is part of a research effort to help us. Farmer cooperatives improve and strengthen their capabilities in international trade. The objective is to identify and analyze potential markets and marketing strategies cooperatives might pursue to penetrate selected Eastern European markets for grains, oilseeds, and products. These commodities represent more than 80 percent of the value of us. Agricultural exports to Eastern Europe and often are marketed through similar facilities and by the same firms. Much of the information generated for grains and oilseeds applies to other commodities. Countries of primary interest in this study are Poland, German Democratic Republic Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. Neighboring countries will be discussed to the extent they influence trade and economic relations of these countries. All four countries are major importers of oilseeds and oilseed meals and, except for Hungary, are significant net importers of grains. They have the highest living standards in the region, with g.d.r. On top, followed by Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland. The study proceeded in three phases, beginning with assembling background material on production, consumption, trade, and trade policies from secondary sources. Phase two involved interviews in Washington with appropriate embassy officials, followed by extensive overseas interviews with key agencies involved in foreign trade and domestic marketing. Overseas fieldwork took place in September 1979. Phase three involved projecting import needs for grains and oilseed meals to 1985 and 1990 and developing marketing strategies u.s. Cooperatives may use to take advantage of trade opportunities. Many people contributed data and made suggestions to improve this study. The authors sincerely appreciate their assistance. The authors especially appreciate the contribution of many officials in the importing countries. Officials in the ministries of agriculture and food, foreign trade, and finance, and those in foreign trade organizations and end-using enterprises contributed much time and information to the study. Other officials from state planning organizations, universities, state and cooperative farms, and embassies in the United States were most helpful. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.