Public–private partnerships and collective action in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains

Narrod, Clare A.; Roy, Devesh; Okello, Julius Juma; Avendano, Belem; Rich, Karl M.; Thorat, Amit

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2008.10.005

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“…The SPCs reduce transaction cost through collective actions (Berdegué 2001) and obtain access to high-value markets that individual farmers are unable to access (Markelova et al 2009;Valentinov 2007). Effective cooperatives are able to reduce transaction costs and to increase members' access to highvalue markets (Narrod et al 2009). Through their bargaining power, cooperatives can reduce transaction costs and help their members benefit from economies of scale (Bijman 2016).…”

Section: Reduced Transaction Costsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Seed producer cooperatives in the Ethiopian seed sector and their role in seed supply improvement: A review

Sisay

Verhees

Trijp

2017

Journal of Crop Improvement

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The role of seed producer cooperatives (SPCs) in the Ethiopian seed sector and their contribution to seed supply improvement have received attention from researchers, policymakers, and development partners. However, limited work has been done in reviewing and documenting their involvement in the seed sector development. In this paper, we review and discuss the SPCs in the Ethiopian seed sector. Specifically, we reflect on the contribution of SPCs to improving seed availability and access in the country. The current liberal market system of Ethiopia creates new opportunities for growth as successful enterprises, but also brings new challenges, such as more intense competition for smallholder producers. The government policy encourages SPCs to engage in seed business. We draw on scientific literature, reports, white papers, project documents, and websites. The review reveals that the seed sector in Ethiopia consists of three seed systems: formal, informal, and intermediary seed systems. Each seed system has a specific contribution to the delivery of seed to farmers, but they vary in their approach and respective strategies. The SPCs are categorized in the intermediary seed system because they have features of both formal and informal seed systems. They play a key role in meeting seed demand and contribute greatly to seed supply improvement through high-volume production of seed, crop, and variety diversification, and seed delivery to farmers. They produce and market the seed through various market channels, including direct sales to farmers, sales through contractual agreement, and sales directly to institutional buyers. Their contribution to improving the seed supply and seed security has received considerable recognition by policymakers and development practitioners. Therefore, government and development partners should support and strengthen SPCs to maximize their success in the seed business and their contribution to improving the seed supply in Ethiopia.ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Reduced Transaction Costsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Seed producer cooperatives in the Ethiopian seed sector and their role in seed supply improvement: A review

Sisay

Verhees

Trijp

2017

Journal of Crop Improvement

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“…The first of the many benefits perceived by using a PPP is access to the private sector (Brinkerhoff & Brinkerhoff, 2011;De Bettignies & Ross, 2004;Narrod et al, 2009;Wood & Gray, 1991). Access comes in the form of financial, managerial, and technical expertise.…”

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confidence: 99%

University Housing Development: A PPP Approach

Blair

Williams

2017

J. Public Nonprof Aff.

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Keywords: Public Affairs, Public Private Partnership, Higher Education PolicyHigher education has joined the growing list of public sector members seeking innovative solutions in an effort to reinvent itself in a time of decreasing state revenue (Government Accountability Office, 2014). Higher education has to now rely more on tuition as a primary revenue source, forcing them to compete with other institutions for admissions. One of the areas in which universities compete with each other is through campus offerings such as new residential halls with amenities similar or better than those at other schools and at home. The University System of Georgia (USG) is one such public sector member embattled with refocusing the mission of a number of its public college and university campuses while also having to account for greater competition amongst its member universities for admissions. This internal competition has left USG with significant debt on its books, leading it to search for a way to entice students while not causing further financial hurdles.On April 14, 2014, the USG, the public higher education system in the state of Georgia, posted a request for qualified contractors (RFQC) for a first of its kind public-private partnership (PPP). Wishing to move away from its current long-term asset financing plan of utilizing public-private ventures (PPV), and to move much of the bonded debt, the USG issued an RFQC for the construction of campus housing on nine system-member institutions across the state of Georgia and the absorption of at least one housing asset on each campus by a single concessionaire. The agreement also includes a contracting period that lasts between 30 and 60 years, depending on the terms of agreement between the USG and the concessionaire. Hired PPP managers will oversee this one-of-a-kind PPP system at the system and university level. This paper examines this unique PPP system for its practice as a case study with practical implications detailed.In an effort to evaluate the importance of this contractual arrangement, a case study approach that examines themes within the publicly available contract documents is analyzed. These documents present the economic circumstances and the values of the USG. Additionally, they display the efforts to grow through the development of infrastructure across the various USG campuses. The documents reviewed are only those written by the USG (i.e., not submissions from potential contractors), and the study aims to address three principal questions using those documents and inferences from their findings:

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“…Free riding has been identified in wine production (Pennerstorfer and Weiss, 2012), coffee (Mahdi, 2012) and dairy production (Gorton et al, 2006). Non-compliance with quality standards may lead to penalties that are imposed on the whole producer organization by buyers (Narrod et al, 2009). …”

Section: Relations Between Producer Organizations and Their Membersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The World Bank (2007, p. 156) pointed out that public administrations often interfere in the governance of producer organizations. However, studies of the relations between producer organizations and their members concerning quality generally take the strategies of the other actors of the supply chain as a given and focus on the way producer organizations can meet the quality requirements of these actors (e.g., Narrod et al, 2009). However, these studies do not question the assumption that cooperatives, by and large, hold all the cards needed to improve quality management, provided the administration respects their autonomy.…”

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Holding All the Cards? Quality Management by Cooperatives in a Moroccan Dairy Value Chain

Faysse

Simón²

2014

Eur J Dev Res

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Public–private partnerships and collective action in high value fruit and vegetable supply chains

Cited by 302 publications

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Seed producer cooperatives in the Ethiopian seed sector and their role in seed supply improvement: A review

Seed producer cooperatives in the Ethiopian seed sector and their role in seed supply improvement: A review

University Housing Development: A PPP Approach

Holding All the Cards? Quality Management by Cooperatives in a Moroccan Dairy Value Chain

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