{"product_id":"9789819262564","title":"Agricultural E-Commerce in Emerging Economies","description":"\u003ch1\u003eAgricultural E-Commerce in Emerging Economies\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAzamat Zhanseitov\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Development \/ Economic Development\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis research monograph examines agricultural e-commerce in emerging economies as a problem of market design rather than technology adoption. It asks a single question: how is digital readiness converted into trusted, formal and scalable agricultural transactions?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eKazakhstan serves as the primary case, combining substantial agricultural potential, long distances between producers and consumers, uneven regional development, strong digital infrastructure and active policy interest in platform-based market access. Drawing on fieldwork in Azerbaijan and Malaysia, the book compares three contrasting routes to the same problem: infrastructure-led and private, administration-led and public, and platform-led and public.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe author argues that readiness is conjunctive - the weakest layer binds - and that the constraint which recurs across all three countries is organisational: the capacity to aggregate dispersed smallholder output into commercially transactable consignments. The book closes with a sequencing framework for policy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt will interest economists of emerging markets and the digital economy, agricultural economists, and policymakers working on digital trade and rural market development.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eAzamat Zhanseitov is a researcher in Economics at Turan-Astana University and at the Academy of Public Administration under the President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, in Astana. His research investigates economic mechanisms for agricultural e-commerce, with particular attention to regional digital readiness, platform governance, institutional support, logistics, and farmer participation in digital marketplaces. His current research is connected with project AP26102757-KC-25, \"Economic Mechanisms for Stimulating the Development of Agricultural E-Commerce in Kazakhstan,\" funded by the Science Committee of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education of the Republic of Kazakhstan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e23 December 2026\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eSpringer Nature Singapore\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePalgrave Macmillan\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9789819262564\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Springer Nature Singapore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53984797458572,"sku":"9789819262564","price":40.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9789819262564","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}