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The economic impact of the growth in off-patent production of farm inputs

This paper outlines a regional analysis of the off-patent manufacture of agrochemicals in Europe, the Far East and Latin America. The volumes of sales turnover produced by this manufacturing sector are identified, and the range of chemical types...

Catalogue: Seminar 1994: From Farmer To Consumer

Author: David D. Murray

June 15, 1994

East-West resource allocation for agricultural input suppliers- A question of economics, politics or luck?

This paper examines the long term potential of the development of consumption of agricultural inputs in East Europe and contrasts that with the potential development in the EC. The input sectors considered are, animal feed, animal health and...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: European Agriculture In Transition

Author: Tony M. Houghton

June 15, 1992

The image and the image improvement of farmers

Why is the chemical industry interested in the image of farmers? Haven't they got enough to cope with their own image? Doesn't the chemical industry have a worse image than agriculture? These questions arise when a man from the agrochemical industry...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: European Agriculture In Transition

Author: Alfred Schmelder

June 15, 1992

Predicting reactions of farmers to a changing competitive and pricing situation

This paper shows how the NSS PRICE SENSITIVITY METER, developed by one of the authors was applied to a multi-country agricultural research problem. It demonstrates how, by combining the price perception data with other types of data accurate...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: European Agriculture In Transition

Authors: T. Justus Homburg, Peter H. van Westendorp

Company: Bayer AG

June 15, 1992

Environmental concerns and the implications for pesticides

The aqrochemicals industry faces potentially serious threats from the pressures created by public opinion regarding the uses of pesticides in Great Britain. Adverse public opinion could affect employee morale within the industry, lead to tighter...

Catalogue: Seminar 1992: European Agriculture In Transition

Author: Ian G. Catchpole

June 15, 1992

Developing a volume estimation procedure for new agrichemicals

The Agrochemical division of Monsanto in Europe were looking to develop a means to evaluate their new herbicides in terms of their likely volume potential in the market. Research International was briefed to adapt a simulated test market procedure...

Catalogue: Seminar 1988: New Methodologies In Test Marketing

Authors: Dany Theunens, Stafford Crossman

June 15, 1988

What price advice?

This paper will describe how a sector within the British agricultural industry has been required to adjust to the political and economic problems in agricultural production prevalent in the 1980's. During the Second World War and in subsequent...

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Identifying Change in European Agriculture

Author: Christine Ward

June 15, 1987

Changing patterns of pesticide distribution

Seven countries: France, Italy, Germany, the United Kingdom, United States, Japan, and Brazil account for 55 to 60% of annual pesticide sales. Co-operatives account for approximately 40% of sales to the more than 12 million growers in these markets....

Catalogue: Seminar 1987: Identifying Change in European Agriculture

Author: Jeanie H. Ayers

June 15, 1987

Development in farm panel research in Europe

FARMSTAT International represents a group of companies operating a continuous farm panel audit of the use of seeds, fertilisers and agrochemicals. In 1984 surveys were already established in U.K., Germany, Holland, Denmark and Sweden and in 1985 more...

Catalogue: Seminar 1985: Agricultural Marketing Research in Europe

Author: Tony M. Houghton

June 15, 1985