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2. The boundary of smallholder producers’ cooperatives: A conceptual and empirical analysis
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Tadesse, Getaw (author), Abate, Gashaw T. (author), and Ergano, Kebebe (author)
- Format:
- Journal article
- Publication Date:
- 2018-11-08
- Published:
- United States: John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Document Number: D12380
- Journal Title:
- Journal of Agricultural Economics
- Journal Title Details:
- Vol.70, Iss. 2
- Notes:
- 21 pages, In this study we explain the concepts, determinants and imperatives of boundary in smallholder producers’ cooperatives both conceptually and empirically. The conceptual framework indicates the importance of the type of goods (being a club good or not) and range of activities that a cooperative provides to its members in defining a competitive boundary. Using unique organisational and market level data from Ethiopia, we then test empirically whether the observed (weak) performance of producers’ cooperatives in Africa is explained by their organisational boundary – the type and range of goods or services they provide to members. The empirical results confirm that the competitiveness of producers’ cooperatives is significantly correlated with the type and number of services – i.e. cooperatives that provide club goods and a limited range of services are found to be more competitive. The results also suggest that a considerable number of cooperatives in Ethiopia engage in markets where they do not have competitive advantage. Overall, we demonstrate the importance of properly defining a viable boundary – proper selection of services (or markets) and limiting the range of services – for improving the competitiveness of membership-based producer cooperatives in Africa.
3. What should AAEA be doing - and doing better?
- Collection:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center (ACDC)
- Contributers:
- Liggett, Lyle (author / American National Cattlemen's Association)
- Format:
- Speech
- Publication Date:
- 1967-11-29
- Published:
- USA: American Agricultural Editors' Association (AAEA).
- Location:
- Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 70 Document Number: D10758
- Notes:
- Claude W. Gifford Collection. Beyond his materials in the ACDC collection, the Claude W. Gifford Papers, 1919-2004, are deposited in the University of Illinois Archives. Serial Number 8/3/81. Locate finding aid at https://archives.library.illinois.edu/archon/, Five-minute speech at the annual meeting of the American Agricultural Editors' Association, Chicago, Illinois, November 29, 1967. 2 pages., Author suggests that AAEA continue to look closely at audiences it serves, changes in its setting, mission, direction, and means.