Agricultural Marketing and Rural Incomes: Drivers and Impacts of Vertical Coordination in Food Supply Chains in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia KU Leuven
The agricultural marketing system in the Northern Highlands of Ethiopia is not performing well, which defeats the large potential for agriculture-based income growth in the region. Absence ofinstitutions to control quality, enforce contracts and provide market information exposes farmers to high transaction costs and limits their market participation. Moreover, the dominant traditional spot market transactions fail to offer ...