Factors Affecting Location Decisions of Food Processing Plants

Turhan, Şule; Ozbag, Basak Canan; Çetin, Bahattin

doi:10.3923/jas.2007.1734.1740

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“…Infrastructure—Availability of road, high volume of water supply, consistent power supply, sufficient educational facilities, availability of telecom services, availability of IT infrastructure, availability of health facilities, availability of public waste systems, availability of rail transport and availability of natural gas supply (MacCarthy and Atthirawong 2003; Turhan, Ozbag and Cetin 2007).…”

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“…Infrastructure-Availability of road, high volume of water supply, consistent power supply, sufficient educational facilities, availability of telecom services, availability of IT infrastructure, availability of health facilities, availability of public waste systems, availability of rail transport and availability of natural gas supply(MacCarthy and Atthirawong 2003;Turhan, Ozbag and Cetin 2007). Socio-economic factors-customs of the people, values of the people, language of the people, religion and beliefs of the people, gender roles of the society, population density, customer buying habits, attitude towards work, attitude towards local products and differences in social classes(MacCarthy and Atthirawong 2003; Tripathi and Kumar 2017).Based on the discussion of the literature, the following hypotheses were developed:Firms are likely to either locate at Northern Region or Upper East and Upper West regions due to the presence of infrastructural factors.…”

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Understanding What Informs the Choice of Agro-Processing Firm Siting: Evidence from a Developing Country

Nyame¹,

Caesar

2022

International Journal of Rural Management

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This article investigates the complexity of factors that influence the location choice for agro-processing firms from a developing country and SME perspective. It further examines the underpinning role of government policies regarding the siting, operation and effectiveness of agro-processing firms. Using a quantitative methods research design, 124 randomly sampled agro-processing firms were surveyed. The collected data was analysed using exploratory factor analysis and logistic regression analysis. It emerged that business support, economic and socio-cultural factors had a direct impact on decisions regarding the siting of agro-processing firms. Also, the availability of raw materials and cheap labour equally contributes to such decisions. Government policies turned out to be ineffective in influencing decisions on the siting of agro-processing firms. In terms of policy, there is a need to refocus efforts to incentivise agro-entrepreneurs, open up access to sustainable funding options and build the innovative capacity of agro-processing firms. This is critical to attracting agro-processing investments to remote areas such as Northern Ghana to revamp the local economy. This article highlights the impact of policy on the location of agro businesses in developing countries and also demonstrates the nexus between the location of a business and its performance.

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