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The Internet's Impact on Agricultural Input Distribution Channels
Author(s) -
Barton Bill
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9353.00042
Subject(s) - distribution (mathematics) , the internet , agriculture , business , agricultural economics , economics , natural resource economics , computer science , geography , mathematics , world wide web , mathematical analysis , archaeology
Agricultural input distribution channels incorporate a number of complexities that make communication of prices and availability murky, and create inefficiencies in input markets. The Internet provides the potential for realizing significant efficiency gains in the agricultural inputs industry through the continued consolidation and vertical integration made possible by improving communications networks. Innovative firms have the opportunity to profit from the changes wrought and encouraged by the Internet.