کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
991897 935665 2012 14 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Linking Smallholders to Markets: Determinants and Impacts of Farmer Collective Action in Kenya
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم انسانی و اجتماعی اقتصاد، اقتصادسنجی و امور مالی اقتصاد و اقتصادسنجی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Linking Smallholders to Markets: Determinants and Impacts of Farmer Collective Action in Kenya
چکیده انگلیسی

SummaryThis article investigates determinants and impacts of cooperative organization, using the example of smallholder banana farmers in Kenya. Farmer groups are inclusive of the poor, although wealthier households are more likely to join. Employing propensity score matching, we find positive income effects for active group members. Yet price advantages of collective marketing are small, and high-value market potentials have not yet been tapped. Beyond prices, farmer groups function as important catalysts for innovation adoption through promoting efficient information flows. We discuss the conditions under which collective action is useful, and through what mechanisms the potential benefits emerge.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: World Development - Volume 40, Issue 6, June 2012, Pages 1255–1268
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