Reaching the rural poor through rural producer organizations? A study of agricultural marketing cooperatives in Ethiopia

By Tanguy Bernard, D. Spielman. 2009

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Subfields: Business and International Management, Economics and Econometrics, General Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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Food and Agriculture in Ethiopia: Progress and Policy Challenges (2013, background): “Finally, although coverage is not yet extensive, cooperatives are playing an increasingly important role in cereal markets (Bernard and Spielman 2009; Bernard et al. 2010).”
Exploring double side-selling in cooperatives, case study of four coffee cooperatives in Rwanda (2013, background): “3 A producer organisation is defined as a ‘voluntary organisation, with a democratic decision making structure’ (Bijman, 2007), such as cooperatives, producers associations, producer groups and other form of economic structure.”
Improving market access and agricultural productivity growth in Africa: what role for producer organizations and collective action institutions? (2011, background): “…and Latin America, have documented the role that farmer groups play in enabling smallholders to access high value markets (Wollni and Zeller 2007; Shiferaw et al. 2008; Bernard et al. 2008; Bernard and Spielman 2009; Hellin et al. 2009; Narrod et al. 2009; Kaganzi et al. 2009; Wollni et al. 2010).”
Gender, agricultural commercialization, and collective action in Kenya (2012, background): “Determinants of farmer participation in collective action and impacts on the degree of commercialization, prices, and incomes have been analyzed in the recent literature (e.g., Barham and Chitemi 2009; Bernard and Spielman 2009; Fischer and Qaim 2012).”
Cooperative membership and dairy performance among smallholders in Ethiopia (2016, background): “In addition, many donor and non-governmental organizations organize their rural development and poverty reduction interventions through cooperatives and other farmers’ organizations (Bernard and Spielman, 2009). In Ethiopia, the government has stressed the importance of cooperatives as vehicles to i”
The impact of cooperatives on agricultural technology adoption: Empirical evidence from Ethiopia (2013, methodology): “Regarding personal characteristics of the household head, previous studies in Ethiopia have found that participation in a cooperative is positively associated with the household head’s age (Bernard et al., 2008; Bernard and Spielman, 2009) and educational status (Bernard and Spielman, 2009).”
The impact of agricultural cooperatives membership on the wellbeing of smallholder farmers: empirical evidence from eastern Ethiopia (2017, background): “Among the personal characteristics of the household head, previous studies (such as Bernard et al. 2008; Bernard and Spielman 2009) indicated that the age of the household head has a positive and significant relationship with cooperative membership while the works of Ito et al.”
Linking Smallholders to Markets: Determinants and Impacts of Farmer Collective Action in Kenya (2012, background): “Previous studies showed that farmers with different land holdings may respond differently to new opportunities offered through collective action (e.g., Bernard & Spielman, 2009; Quisumbing, McNiven, & Godquin, 2008).”
Social capital, governance and performance of Ethiopian coffee cooperatives (2012, background): “Bernard and Spielman (2009)point to trade-offs between community norms that prioritize social cohesion and broad participation, and business norms that demand professional management and efficient performance.”