The negative but significant parameters for the P2t-1 and P2t-2 suggest that high lagged prices in reference markets have the effect of lowering prices in local markets since, factors other than price movements in consuming markets influence market actors’ behavior and expectations, an d for a given demand or supply situation, it is their expectations and behavior that greatly influence prices in the local markets. Out of fifty-six pairs of pineapple markets analyzed,seventeen indicate some integration with only six market pairs indicating high integration while the rest did not show any market integration and are excluded for table 1. With the exception of Ikonge, there is very little integration between producing markets. Ikonge serves as a transit point for pineapple from Mawawa,Ekerenyo, Chabera and Keberigo markets destined for the urban markets, so prices in Ikonge may influence or be influenced by prices in these producing
markets.