Abstract
It is well established by agricultural geographers that peasant farming is not exclusively 'subsistence-oriented' in the sense that all production is wholly for consumption--a certain proportion of the production may be available for sale in rural markets. The purpose of this paper is to assess briefly the role or importance of rural markets and how they, and transport systems, function to support agricultural specialization and trade. A nomenclature of rural markets and the organization of traders and their circulation patterns is elucidated as a mechanism of agricultural change and innovation diffusion, resulting in changing economic opportunities at intraand inter-regional scales. It is generally concluded that improvements in peasant farming systems must be accompanied by infrastructure development if rural marketing problems are to be
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