Cooperatives, partnerships and the challenges of quality upgrading: A case study from Ethiopia

Learning the Adoption of Mushroom Farming Partnership: A Case Study of Farmers and an Enterprise from Cianjur Distric, West Java, Indonesia

“…We found and suggested that a partnership between enterprise and rural society is an alternative strategy to overcome those obstacles as enterprise has both the technical capabilities and market access (Febrianda & Tokuda, 2017). Partnership can assist farmers in applying good agricultural standards and production as well as reduce the constraints in accessing the markets (Bitzer et al, 2013;Dentoni et al, 2016;Royer et al, 2017). Innovative partnerships that pool together businesses, governments, and society are being increasingly promoted as having the potential to deliver multiple benefits for small farmers while mitigating some of the risks in order to contribute on the sustainable agricultural development (FAO, 2016).…”

The impact of business relationships on safe production behavior by farmers: Evidence from China

“…The economic strength of the dispersed smallholders is relatively weak. They often lack access to high‐quality fertilizer, to pesticides with low persistence or no persistence, and to soil‐testing (Royer, Bijman, & Abebe, ; Stringer, Sang, & Croppenstedt, ; Swinnen & Maertens, ; B. Zhang et al, ). Smallholders are also faced with many challenges that hinder them from safe production, including high certification costs, the complex requirements of documentation, limited access to productive assets, and a lack of management skills (H. R. Barret, Browne, Harris, & Cadoret, ; Blanc, ; Nordlund & Egelyng, ).…”

Foreign investment, organizational innovation and transformation in food supply chains : evidence from the Ethiopian barley sector

“…Studies in Africa and China reported similar results on POs helping smallholder farmers in meeting quality requirements and linking them to changing food markets (Faysse and Simon, 2015;Francesconi and Ruben, 2012;Yang et al, 2017). However, there is also evidence that POs ~ 162 ~ could be less inclusive and only select specific members when accessing higher-value markets Royer et al, 2017). For instance, POs in China have weak communication capacity and limited capital to influence quality coordination (Yang et al, 2017).…”

“…Both traditional FVCs and modern FVCs have been experiencing a considerable proliferation of partnerships. Royer et al (2017) highlight that the most common type of partnerships in these FVCs is the public-private partnership (PPP) also known as multi-stakeholder partnerships (Devaux et al, 2016). This is a partnership that involves a combination of public, private sector, and NGO partners.…”

“…A recent discussion in CFA literature is the role of intermediaries such as producer organizations (POs) and NGOs (Briones, 2015;Roy and Thorat, 2008;Royer et al, 2017).…”