Creating Agricultural Markets : How the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Connects Farmers and Buyers through Partnership and Technology

Commodity exchanges can provide emerging market economies with orderly, transparent, and efficient markets by acting as mechanisms that mitigate price risk, discover equilibrium prices, and connect buyers and sellers. Exchanges can also reduce tran...

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Main Authors: Haile, Abenet Bekele, Volk, Ariane, Rehermann, Thomas
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC 2018
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/314711500630465638/Creating-agricultural-markets-how-the-Ethiopia-commodity-exchange-connects-farmers-and-buyers-through-partnership-and-technology
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spelling okr-10986-303632021-05-25T10:54:41Z Creating Agricultural Markets : How the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Connects Farmers and Buyers through Partnership and Technology Haile, Abenet Bekele Volk, Ariane Rehermann, Thomas COMMODITY EXCHANGE AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETS PRICE RISK TECHNOLOGY MARKET INFORMATION TRANSACTION COST SUPPLY CHAIN PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS Commodity exchanges can provide emerging market economies with orderly, transparent, and efficient markets by acting as mechanisms that mitigate price risk, discover equilibrium prices, and connect buyers and sellers. Exchanges can also reduce transaction costs and information asymmetries by using technology to disseminate market information while creating better supply chains. The Ethiopia commodity exchange is striving to transform Ethiopia’s agriculture sector from a fragmented one marked by high transaction costs and low quality standards to a thriving and reliable part of the country’s economy. Ethiopia’s exchange continues to expand its activity across the farming regions of the country. 2018-09-06T16:57:30Z 2018-09-06T16:57:30Z 2017-04 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/314711500630465638/Creating-agricultural-markets-how-the-Ethiopia-commodity-exchange-connects-farmers-and-buyers-through-partnership-and-technology http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30363 English EMCompass,no. 37; CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo International Finance Corporation International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Ethiopia
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topic COMMODITY EXCHANGE
AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
PRICE RISK
TECHNOLOGY
MARKET INFORMATION
TRANSACTION COST
SUPPLY CHAIN
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
spellingShingle COMMODITY EXCHANGE
AGRICULTURE
AGRICULTURAL MARKETS
PRICE RISK
TECHNOLOGY
MARKET INFORMATION
TRANSACTION COST
SUPPLY CHAIN
PUBLIC-PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS
Haile, Abenet Bekele
Volk, Ariane
Rehermann, Thomas
Creating Agricultural Markets : How the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Connects Farmers and Buyers through Partnership and Technology
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description Commodity exchanges can provide emerging market economies with orderly, transparent, and efficient markets by acting as mechanisms that mitigate price risk, discover equilibrium prices, and connect buyers and sellers. Exchanges can also reduce transaction costs and information asymmetries by using technology to disseminate market information while creating better supply chains. The Ethiopia commodity exchange is striving to transform Ethiopia’s agriculture sector from a fragmented one marked by high transaction costs and low quality standards to a thriving and reliable part of the country’s economy. Ethiopia’s exchange continues to expand its activity across the farming regions of the country.
format Brief
author Haile, Abenet Bekele
Volk, Ariane
Rehermann, Thomas
author_facet Haile, Abenet Bekele
Volk, Ariane
Rehermann, Thomas
author_sort Haile, Abenet Bekele
title Creating Agricultural Markets : How the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Connects Farmers and Buyers through Partnership and Technology
title_short Creating Agricultural Markets : How the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Connects Farmers and Buyers through Partnership and Technology
title_full Creating Agricultural Markets : How the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Connects Farmers and Buyers through Partnership and Technology
title_fullStr Creating Agricultural Markets : How the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Connects Farmers and Buyers through Partnership and Technology
title_full_unstemmed Creating Agricultural Markets : How the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange Connects Farmers and Buyers through Partnership and Technology
title_sort creating agricultural markets : how the ethiopia commodity exchange connects farmers and buyers through partnership and technology
publisher International Finance Corporation, Washington, DC
publishDate 2018
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/314711500630465638/Creating-agricultural-markets-how-the-Ethiopia-commodity-exchange-connects-farmers-and-buyers-through-partnership-and-technology
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