Undue control of prices by intermediaries

Many Third World farmers do not market their products but rather depend on "middlemen" to be the link between the farm and the market. By creating a false market in which local prices are manipulated below the level of the actual market, the middleman effectively reduces the profit margin for the farmer. This manipulation of the local market creates an annual crisis of indebtedness when, in order to sustain family and farm, the farmer is forced to borrow capital at high rates of interest, which intensifies a debilitating cycle. Probably more damaging than the financial crisis is the position of subservience in which the farmer is placed: he is not it control of his own destiny or the destiny of his land.

1. Dependence on costly trading intermediaries
2. Cultural traditions blocking business profit

1. Variation of prices in the same area
2. Lack of dairy markets
3. Lack of contract power
4. Exploitation in rural pricing

1. Unprofitable scope of rural industrial operations
2. Restricted farming alternatives
3. Insufficient returns from farming
4. Felt community powerlessness

1. Limited local markets for goods and services
2. Inadequate transportation facilities for rural communities
3. Discriminatory business practices
4. Archaic marketing methods

1. Paralyzing patterns between villages and administrative structures
2. Landlord controlled marketing
3. Counterproductive eco-labelling
4. Costly international market organizations

1. Curtailing excessive middleman benefits

1. Undue
2. Self-control
3. Profiteering