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212 INDEXOutlet options. See Retailing Quantity, 5, 114, 115; checklist for,184-86; competing uses of raw ma-Packaging, 31, 45, 121, 153, 157, 161 terial and, 79-83; output de-Perishability, 5, 115; plant location terminants and, 71-78; processingand, 138; procurement and, 91-93; technology and, 118-19. See alsostorage and, 144, 145, 148; trans- Yieldsport and, 53Plant location, 138-43, 161; checklist Raw material, 29; availability/profor,194-95 curement and, 93-95; competingPorter, H. F., 162, 163 uses of, 79-83; competition forPower, procurement system, 107-08, supply of, 71; diversifying sources115-16 of, 95; "life span" of, 93; organi-Price risk, inventories and, 149-51 zational aspects of procurementPrices: by-product, 159; competition and, 105-07; plant location and,and, 39-40, 42; controls on, 23, 138-40; processing technology and,43-44; costs and, 96, 97-98; de- 128-36; required quantity of, forliveriesand, 98-99; demand fore- mula for, 75; storage and, 145; uncastingand, 59, 61-62; markup, certainty of supply of, 74-75; yieldformula for, 47; procurement/gov- determinants and, 74-78ernment and, 99-101; purchasing Reform. See Agrarian reformand, 35; shadow, 120, 126; support, Regional development, 6, 22-23, 143100-01 Regression analysis of demand, 64-65Pricing: mechanisms, procurement Research: genetic, 23, 86-87, 128;and, 101-03; strategies, 47-49 importance of, 23, marketing, 23Processed foods, 8. See also Food 31m 35-37, 47processing Retailing, 55-56Processing. See Food processing Rice: drying of, 126; milling of, 6,Procurement: checklist for, 191-92; 147, processing/milling and, 131-cost and, 96-104; organization of 34. See also Millingsystem for, 105-14; quality and, Risk: price, inventory management85-89; quantity and, 71-83; hm- and, 149-51; raw material availingand, 90-95, 115 ability and, 95; raw material pro-Product design, 45-47 curement and reduction of, 75Production design, 154-56Rural sector, 143; diet and, 80; in-Product life cycle (PLC), 40-42 dustrialization and, 6-7Project analysis: agribusiness systemsanalysis and, 15-18; economic/financialimplications and, Sampling techniques, 15718-19; forecasting techniques and, Sanitary standards, 43, 8666; intersectoral nature of, 14-15; Seasonality, 115, 149, 161; charmacro-levelconsiderations and, acteristics of, 4-5; processing tech-22-24; marketing and, 27-67; proj- nology and, 128; procurementect cycle and, 20-22. See also problems and, 90-91; storage and,Agroindustrial projects 144, 145Projects. See Agroindustrial projects Seeds, 107, 128; improved, 73; qual-Promotional strategies, 49-52 ity and, 86-87; storage and, 146,Proteins: milling and, 132-33; pro- 148cessing and, 130 Service, competition and, 40. See alsoPurchasing. See Buying process TransportPuri, G. N., 140 Singh, R. Paul, 127Skimming, 48, 56. See also PricesQuality, 5, 114-15; acceptable, 85-89; Small-scale industries (ssi's), 11, 160;branding and, 51; checklist for, capital/labor and, 121; marketing187-88; competition and, 40; con- associations and, 53; marketingtrol, 23, 156-57 plans and, 57