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Positioning of the (agrochemicals) marketing research manager in an international company

This paper, which is a personal view intended to stimulate debate, starts with the premise that any consideration of the positioning and role of the agrochemical marketing research manager in a diversified international company cannot be isolated...

Catalogue: Seminar 1985: Agricultural Marketing Research in Europe

Author: Ian Donald Farquharson

Company: Shell Global

June 15, 1985

The opinion leader concept in agriculture

One of the major concerns of agricultural marketing is to identify opinion leaders among a population of farmers since they supposedly influence others in the choice of agrochemicals, seeds fertilisers, farm equipment etc. The survey described...

Catalogue: Seminar 1985: Agricultural Marketing Research in Europe

Author: Jean Pierre Ville

Company: BVA Group

June 15, 1985

FARMSTAT

This paper is about the development of a series of techniques to monitor the use, by farmers, of agrochemicals and fertiliser. It describes a system which we believe to be unique, not only to Europe but to anywhere else in the world. The system...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1983: Demonstrating The Contribution Of Research

Author: Howard Biggs

June 15, 1983

Towards a new evaluation of grassland nutrition

Fisons have available a wide range of basic quantitative data on the use of fertilizer on grassland, covering a period of 20 years. But such data is largely restricted to analyses by size of farm and region. To gain a deeper insight into the...

Catalogue: ESOMAR Congress 1976: Research That Works For Today's Marketing Problems

Authors: Derek Harris, Ronald E. Walpole, Bill Blyth

June 15, 1976

Psycho-synectic research into Weedkillers

Out of the total population of Weedkiller buyers (defined ashouseholders with garden/drive areas) only 30-40% actuallybuy Weedkillers. Accordingly 60% or more of property ownerspave a maintenance problem for which Weedkillers shouldlogically offer an...

Catalogue: CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive Collection

Author: CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive

June 14, 1974

Qualitative research on the packaging for the 'plus' fertilizer range

Plant Protection Limited (PPL) is considering abandoning photogravure printing on some or all of its garden fertilizer packs in favour of the less expensive rubber dye method. This raises a number of questions on the design of fertilizer packs in...

Catalogue: CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive Collection

Author: CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive

September 1, 1971

Qualitative research on lawncare for Ciba-Geigy Ltd.

Ciba-Geigy originally commissioned research on the usage of, and attitudes towards, garden fertilizers. Ten depth interviews were conducted with gardeners who used various types of fertilizer. From the results of this first stage, Ciba Geigy decided...

Catalogue: CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive Collection

Author: CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive

May 1, 1971

Qualitative research into usage of and attitudes to garden insecticides for Geigy UK Limited

As part of the company's development program for a brand of garden chemicals, Geigy (UK) Limited are investigating the possibilities of an insecticideeffective primarily against aphides and secondarily against other insects. Consideration is also...

Catalogue: CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive Collection

Author: CRAM/Peter Cooper Archive

April 1, 1971

Problems of fact-finding in marketing to farmers

The British Market Research Bureau has conducted a number of surveys among farmers on topics ranging from mechanical equipment to fertilisers. This paper draws principally on the latest - and one of the largest - of these surveys, which was carried...

Catalogue: Seminar 1968: Market Research On Agriculture And Farmers

Author: Ken Clarke

May 1, 1968