Nature and performance of smoked marine fish markets. Evidence from Ghana
This paper assessed the smoked marine fish markets along the Central-Ashanti region trade corridor of Ghana by adopting the structure-conduct-performance framework. Through a multi-stage sampling technique, 158 fish smokers, 100 wholesalers, and 120 retailers were sampled for primary data collection...
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| description | This paper assessed the smoked marine fish markets along the Central-Ashanti region trade corridor of Ghana by adopting the structure-conduct-performance framework. Through a multi-stage sampling technique, 158 fish smokers, 100 wholesalers, and 120 retailers were sampled for primary data collection. Using the market concentration ratio and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, the smoked marine fish market was found to be very competitive during the major season and weakly oligopolistic during the minor season, regardless of the fish type traded. The conduct of key market players was done in an open environment devoid of interference or collusion, with minimal entry barriers, if any. Consistent with a priori expectations, the smoked marine fish market performed much better at the retail node than at the processing and wholesale nodes of the chain. However, the most popular marketing channel through which smoked marine fish flows from fish smokers to final consumers via wholesalers and retailers was identified as the least efficient in terms of performance, irrespective of the fish type traded and the season within which the trading occurred. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-98714c7d969f47e9a2e16b400b92bbb42025-08-20T02:38:14ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCogent Food & Agriculture2331-19322024-12-0110110.1080/23311932.2024.2367376Nature and performance of smoked marine fish markets. Evidence from GhanaAwura-Abena Amoah Osei0Seth Etuah1Isaac Abunyuwah2Nicholas Oppong Mensah3Robert Aidoo4Simon Cudjoe Fialor5Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education, Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, Kumasi, GhanaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Extension Education, Akenten Appiah-Menka University of Skills Training and Entrepreneurial Development, Kumasi, GhanaDepartment of Agribusiness Management and Consumer Studies, University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, GhanaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaDepartment of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness and Extension, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, GhanaThis paper assessed the smoked marine fish markets along the Central-Ashanti region trade corridor of Ghana by adopting the structure-conduct-performance framework. Through a multi-stage sampling technique, 158 fish smokers, 100 wholesalers, and 120 retailers were sampled for primary data collection. Using the market concentration ratio and Herfindahl-Hirschman Index, the smoked marine fish market was found to be very competitive during the major season and weakly oligopolistic during the minor season, regardless of the fish type traded. The conduct of key market players was done in an open environment devoid of interference or collusion, with minimal entry barriers, if any. Consistent with a priori expectations, the smoked marine fish market performed much better at the retail node than at the processing and wholesale nodes of the chain. However, the most popular marketing channel through which smoked marine fish flows from fish smokers to final consumers via wholesalers and retailers was identified as the least efficient in terms of performance, irrespective of the fish type traded and the season within which the trading occurred.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311932.2024.2367376Concentration ratiogross marginmarketing efficiencymarket structuresmoked marine fishM. Luisa Escudero-Gilete, Nutrition and Bromatology, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain |
| spellingShingle | Awura-Abena Amoah Osei Seth Etuah Isaac Abunyuwah Nicholas Oppong Mensah Robert Aidoo Simon Cudjoe Fialor Nature and performance of smoked marine fish markets. Evidence from Ghana Cogent Food & Agriculture Concentration ratio gross margin marketing efficiency market structure smoked marine fish M. Luisa Escudero-Gilete, Nutrition and Bromatology, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain |
| title | Nature and performance of smoked marine fish markets. Evidence from Ghana |
| title_full | Nature and performance of smoked marine fish markets. Evidence from Ghana |
| title_fullStr | Nature and performance of smoked marine fish markets. Evidence from Ghana |
| title_full_unstemmed | Nature and performance of smoked marine fish markets. Evidence from Ghana |
| title_short | Nature and performance of smoked marine fish markets. Evidence from Ghana |
| title_sort | nature and performance of smoked marine fish markets evidence from ghana |
| topic | Concentration ratio gross margin marketing efficiency market structure smoked marine fish M. Luisa Escudero-Gilete, Nutrition and Bromatology, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/23311932.2024.2367376 |
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