---
entity_slug: agricultural_market_communication_channels
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T00:28:30.790126'
overall_score: 4.4
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The definition clearly identifies a specific concept - information networks
    for agricultural market data transmission - and distinguishes it from general
    communication or market structures. It avoids circularity and captures the informational
    aspect that enables market coordination.
- name: source_grounding
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: Smith explicitly discusses how medieval institutions restricted market
    information flow and prevented farmers from knowing distant market conditions,
    which is central to his analysis of agricultural development. The entity accurately
    reflects Smith's emphasis on information asymmetries hindering efficient agricultural
    markets.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: '"Exchange" is the correct domain placement since this entity concerns
    the information infrastructure that enables market transactions and price discovery
    between agricultural producers and consumers. It''s fundamentally about facilitating
    exchange relationships rather than production or distribution per se.'
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity maps clearly to S4 (intelligence/environmental adaptation)
    as it represents the information gathering and transmission systems that allow
    agricultural producers to sense market conditions and adapt their production decisions.
    It's the classic VSM intelligence function for market sensing.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The entity illuminates a crucial mechanism in Smith's theory - how information
    flow constraints prevent efficient market coordination and specialization in agriculture.
    It explains the structural relationship between communication infrastructure and
    market efficiency rather than just naming a surface phenomenon.
---

# Evaluation: Agricultural Market Communication Channels

## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly identifies a specific concept - information networks for agricultural market data transmission - and distinguishes it from general communication or market structures. It avoids circularity and captures the informational aspect that enables market coordination.

## source_grounding — 4.0 / 5.0

Smith explicitly discusses how medieval institutions restricted market information flow and prevented farmers from knowing distant market conditions, which is central to his analysis of agricultural development. The entity accurately reflects Smith's emphasis on information asymmetries hindering efficient agricultural markets.

## domain_placement — 5.0 / 5.0

"Exchange" is the correct domain placement since this entity concerns the information infrastructure that enables market transactions and price discovery between agricultural producers and consumers. It's fundamentally about facilitating exchange relationships rather than production or distribution per se.

## vsm_relevance — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity maps clearly to S4 (intelligence/environmental adaptation) as it represents the information gathering and transmission systems that allow agricultural producers to sense market conditions and adapt their production decisions. It's the classic VSM intelligence function for market sensing.

## explanatory_value — 4.0 / 5.0

The entity illuminates a crucial mechanism in Smith's theory - how information flow constraints prevent efficient market coordination and specialization in agriculture. It explains the structural relationship between communication infrastructure and market efficiency rather than just naming a surface phenomenon.
