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CLASS: SS 3
WEEK 8
TOPIC: MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE
CONTENT:
SUBTOPIC 1: MEANING AND IMPORTANCE OF MARKETING
Agricultural Marketing involves all the stages of operations which aid the movement of agricultural produce/commodities from the farms to the final consumers. Marketing involves assembling, storing, transporting, processing, grading of goods and financing of all these activities. It also involves the supply of raw materials to processing industries and sales of processed products.
Importance of Agricultural Marketing
SUBTOPIC 2: MARKETING AGENTS
Marketing agents are the people or corporate bodies that are directly or indirectly involved in
the free flow of farm produce from the Farm to the consumer.
They include;
PRODUCERS / FARMERS:
The Producers are farmers who are involved in both the production of goods and marketing of these produced commodities.
Advantages of Producers
Disadvantages of Producers as Marketing Agents
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