The Impact of Agricultural Cooperatives on Efficiency and Productivity: Evidence from Olive-growing Farms in West Bank of Palestine

Kashiwagi, Kenichi

doi:10.30682/nm2003b

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“…This echoes the findings of studies that report an insignificant relationship between cooperative membership and farm yield (Hun et al. 2018; Kashiwagi 2020; Mwaura 2014; Shumeta & D'Haese 2016). With respect to the subsequent analysis, the finding of publication bias indicates that we should include the SEPCC variable in Equation () when investigating the sources of effect heterogeneity in the literature.…”

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confidence: 82%

“…Most studies show that cooperative membership increases yield (Ahado et al 2021;Bairagi & Mottaleb 2021;Chagwiza et al 2016;Ingutia & Sumelius 2022). In contrast, some find that cooperative membership has little (Hun et al 2018;Kashiwagi 2020;Mwaura 2014;Shumeta & D'Haese 2016) or even a negative impact on yield (Fischer & Qaim 2012;Neupane et al 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In contrast, some find that cooperative membership has little (Hun et al. 2018; Kashiwagi 2020; Mwaura 2014; Shumeta & D'Haese 2016) or even a negative impact on yield (Fischer & Qaim 2012; Neupane et al. 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Yield effects of agricultural cooperative membership in developing countries: A meta‐analysis

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This study uses a meta-analysis to synthesize the effects of agricultural cooperative membership on the yield of crops and livestock. It collects 158 estimated yield effects from 42 studies, covering 19 developing countries.Our analysis finds evidence that there exists positive publication bias in the empirical literature, confirming that researchers and journals have a preference to publish articles that report positive and significant results. After correcting for publication bias, we find that cooperative membership has a small-sized and insignificant effect on the yield. The meta-regression analysis reveals that variation in the reported yield effects can be largely explained by the study attributes such as the sample type (full sample vs. subsample), membership ratio, econometric approaches (instrumental-variable based parametric approach, non-parametric approach or ordinary least square regression), effect size types (average treatment effects on the treated, average treatment effects, or coefficient), agro-product type (grain or others), and climate zones (tropical or non-tropical).

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“…First, the lack of effective channels to learn about new technologies is why farmers do not adopt them. Technical training provided by cooperatives can spread new technology and teach farmers how to use organic fertilizers correctly [ 23 , 58 ]. Second, agricultural cooperatives can be essential in accelerating the adoption of agricultural technologies.…”

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“…For example, regarding technology adoption, Wang et al and Suvedi et al found that farmers who join cooperatives have easier access to advanced technologies and make more rational technology-adoption decisions [ 21 , 22 ]. Regarding technology application, Kashiwagi [ 23 ] found that farmers with cooperative membership were more technically efficient and had more significant technological progress. In general, agricultural cooperatives have advantages in promoting agricultural technologies.…”

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The Effect of Technical Training Provided by Agricultural Cooperatives on Farmers’ Adoption of Organic Fertilizers in China: Based on the Mediation Role of Ability and Perception

Liu

Shi

Liu

et al. 2022

IJERPH

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Organic fertilizers can be crucial in promoting sustainable agricultural development, but they are not used in a wide-ranging way among smallholder farmers in many developing countries. In China, cooperatives are considered essential subjects of agricultural technical training, but it is more common to join cooperatives without participating in their technical training. Thus, joining cooperatives or not cannot simply be used to assess the role of cooperatives in influencing the farmers’ production behavior. Based on survey data of 1160 citrus farmers in Sichuan Province, China, this study estimated the effect of the technical training provided by agricultural cooperatives on farmers’ adoption of organic fertilizers, taking into account the farmers’ ability and perception as the mediation variables. The findings showed that participating in the technical training provided by agricultural cooperatives could significantly enhance the likelihood that farmers will adopt organic fertilizers. The impact was 81.6% in influencing the farmer’s abilities and 7.64% in their perceptions of organic fertilizers. Furthermore, other variables, such as farm sizes, land transfers, and education levels, also make a difference in the effectiveness of the agricultural cooperatives’ technical training. This study provides support for developing pertinent policies to promote the complete adoption of agricultural cooperatives’ technical training functions and the widespread use of organic fertilizers.

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Effect of adoption of organic farming on technical efficiency of olive-growing farms: empirical evidence from West Bank of Palestine

Kashiwagi¹,

Kamiyama²

2023

Agric Econ

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Organic farming is one of the methods that increases the value added of agricultural products in a sustainable way. This paper examines how the adoption of organic farming has impacted the technical efficiency of Palestinian olive-growing farms in the West Bank. Using cross-sectional data of olive farms in the Jenin governorate, we employ an input-oriented data envelopment analysis framework to compute radial and input use efficiencies. Considering heterogeneity in technology between organic and conventional farming, a metafrontier with a directional distance function approach was applied. As self-selection bias may exist due to the decision to adopt organic farming, we apply the endogenous switching regression method to reduce bias caused by unobserved heterogeneity. Results suggest that organic farms in Jenin are not less efficient than conventional farms. Their organic farming method improves input use efficiency with respect to labor and cost relative to conventional farming. While organic farming is commonly considered to be less efficient and more costly, our findings from Jenin imply that it is, in fact, a more efficient method. We suggest that promoting organic olive farming could offer an effective strategy for small farms to add value, despite the severe geopolitical constraints of farming in the West Bank.

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The Impact of Agricultural Cooperatives on Efficiency and Productivity: Evidence from Olive-growing Farms in West Bank of Palestine

Cited by 3 publications

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Yield effects of agricultural cooperative membership in developing countries: A meta‐analysis

Yield effects of agricultural cooperative membership in developing countries: A meta‐analysis

The Effect of Technical Training Provided by Agricultural Cooperatives on Farmers’ Adoption of Organic Fertilizers in China: Based on the Mediation Role of Ability and Perception

Effect of adoption of organic farming on technical efficiency of olive-growing farms: empirical evidence from West Bank of Palestine

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