Agricultural Marketing

Subject 208-306 (2009)

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Credit Points: 12.50
Level: 3 (Undergraduate)
Dates & Locations:

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Semester 2, - Taught on campus.
Pre-teaching Period Start not applicable
Teaching Period not applicable
Assessment Period End not applicable
Last date to Self-Enrol not applicable
Census Date not applicable
Last date to Withdraw without fail not applicable


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Time Commitment: Contact Hours: 24 hours of lectures and 24 hours of tutorials
Total Time Commitment: -
Prerequisites:

207-101 Land, Food and Resource Economics or 316-102 Introductory Microeconomics
Corequisites: -
Recommended Background Knowledge: -
Non Allowed Subjects: -
Core Participation Requirements: -

Coordinator

Assoc Prof Bill Malcolm

Contact

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Subject Overview:

This subject is about marketing of agricultural products. The content deals with:

  • marketing as a business activity;

  • schools of marketing thought;

  • perfect and imperfect competition in business activity;

  • agricultural supply and supply chains;

  • agricultural demand;

  • price formation;

  • analysis of effects of interventions in agricultural markets;

  • determination and distribution of marketing margins;

  • product differentiation;

  • product grading;

  • promotion;

  • risk in marketing;

  • strategic alliances;

  • transactions costs;

  • contract marketing;

  • cooperative marketing;

  • international trade in agricultural products; and

  • issues in marketing the major agricultural products.
Objectives: -
Assessment:

A three-hour examination (60%), and two assignments equivalent to 3000 words (each worth 20%).
Prescribed Texts: -
Recommended Texts:

  • Agricultural Product Prices (W G Tomek, and K L Robinson), Cornell University Press, 1990
Breadth Options:

This subject potentially can be taken as a breadth subject component for the following courses:

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Fees Information: Subject EFTSL, Level, Discipline & Census Date
Generic Skills:

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Related Course(s): Bachelor of Agricultural Science
Bachelor of Agricultural Science
Bachelor of Agriculture and Bachelor of Commerce
Bachelor of Food Science
Graduate Diploma in Agricultural Science

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