FEDERAL-GRANT RESEARCH 



at the 



STATE AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATIONS 



Projects on 

 ECONOMICS OF MARKETING 



Section b: Fruits and Vegetables 

 Contents 



Page 



I. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES 



A. Market Structure and Functional Operation* • • • • • 1 



B. Market Prices— Supply, Demand, Consumption, 



and Other Market Forces. «. 7 



C. Consumer Preference, Acceptance, and Merchandising • 10 



D. Grades and Standards . • Ill 



E. Market Information • • 15 



F. Maintaining and Improving Quality— Costs and Returns 16 



G. Costs, Margins, and Efficiency of Operation 19 



H. Transportation, Storage, and Interregional 



Competition . 2? 



I. Cooperatives CNo projects in this section) .....— 



J. Government Programs ... 30 



K» Utilization (Economics of) (No projects in 



this section). • — 



II. REGIONAL RESEARCH, INCLUDING STATES WITH CONTRIBUTING 



PROJECTS 31 



III. LIST OF SUBJECT-MATTER AREA COMPILATIONS Attaci»«nt 



iii 



