---
entity_slug: agricultural_market_access_development_sequence
evaluator: null
evaluated_at: '2026-02-23T00:27:52.765883'
overall_score: 4.6
scores:
- name: definition_precision
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: "The definition clearly describes a specific historical progression of\
    \ market development with distinct stages (local \u2192 regional \u2192 national\
    \ \u2192 international). It avoids circularity and captures a concrete developmental\
    \ sequence rather than a vague concept."
- name: source_grounding
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity is well-grounded in Book III, Chapter 2, where Smith explicitly
    traces the historical development of agricultural markets and emphasizes how institutional
    barriers retarded this natural progression. The focus on market access as essential
    for agricultural development directly reflects Smith's analysis.
- name: domain_placement
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: The "Exchange" domain is perfectly appropriate since this entity fundamentally
    concerns the evolution of market structures and trading relationships. The progression
    from local to international markets is quintessentially about exchange mechanisms
    and their institutional development.
- name: vsm_relevance
  value: 4.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity maps well to S4 (intelligence/environmental adaptation) as
    it describes how agricultural systems adapt to expanding market environments,
    and to S1 (primary operations) as it concerns the fundamental operational capacity
    to access markets. The developmental sequence shows clear VSM structural relevance.
- name: explanatory_value
  value: 5.0
  max_value: 5.0
  rationale: This entity provides significant explanatory power by illuminating the
    mechanism through which agricultural productivity depends not just on farming
    techniques but on institutional frameworks that enable market access. It reveals
    the structural relationship between institutional development and economic progress
    that is central to Smith's argument.
---

# Evaluation: Agricultural Market Access Development Sequence

## definition_precision — 4.0 / 5.0

The definition clearly describes a specific historical progression of market development with distinct stages (local → regional → national → international). It avoids circularity and captures a concrete developmental sequence rather than a vague concept.

## source_grounding — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity is well-grounded in Book III, Chapter 2, where Smith explicitly traces the historical development of agricultural markets and emphasizes how institutional barriers retarded this natural progression. The focus on market access as essential for agricultural development directly reflects Smith's analysis.

## domain_placement — 5.0 / 5.0

The "Exchange" domain is perfectly appropriate since this entity fundamentally concerns the evolution of market structures and trading relationships. The progression from local to international markets is quintessentially about exchange mechanisms and their institutional development.

## vsm_relevance — 4.0 / 5.0

This entity maps well to S4 (intelligence/environmental adaptation) as it describes how agricultural systems adapt to expanding market environments, and to S1 (primary operations) as it concerns the fundamental operational capacity to access markets. The developmental sequence shows clear VSM structural relevance.

## explanatory_value — 5.0 / 5.0

This entity provides significant explanatory power by illuminating the mechanism through which agricultural productivity depends not just on farming techniques but on institutional frameworks that enable market access. It reveals the structural relationship between institutional development and economic progress that is central to Smith's argument.
