What Makes Rural Co‐operatives Resilient in Developing Countries?

Borda-Rodriguez, Alexander; Johnson, Hazel; Shaw, Linda; Vicari, Sara

doi:10.1002/jid.3125

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“…This situation has limited the innovativeness of youth engagement in agribusiness and led to 'youth-focused' agribusiness interventions which failed to capture the needs and priorities of the youth. Most of all, the limited membership of youth in farmer organizations coupled with the lack of mechanisms to capture the needs and priorities of rural youth limited their experiences to actively negotiate and lobby for their interests in the interventions [12,83]. The low level of youth participation in farmers' organizations lowered the performance of interventions in engaging youth in agribusiness activities in Nigeria [39].…”

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African Rural Youth Engagement in Agribusiness: Achievements, Limitations, and Lessons

Yami¹,

Feleke

Abdoulaye

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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Engaging rural youth in agribusiness has become an important strategy to create employment opportunities in Africa. To this end, governments and development partners have implemented various interventions that facilitate youth engagement in agribusiness for several years. However, there is a dearth of evidence on what worked and what did not work well, making it difficult to inform evidence-based policy making. In an effort to fill this knowledge gap, a comprehensive literature review of the outcomes of interventions related to youth engagement in agribusiness was conducted using a deductive coding approach. Results showed that the interventions implemented by governments and development partners across Africa have succeeded in producing favorable outcomes despite some limitations. Interventions that integrate capacity development, financial support for startups, and continuous mentorship on the technical and financial aspects of youth-run agribusiness projects proved successful in enhancing youth engagement in agribusiness. This suggests that the design and implementation of future interventions should be based on an integrated approach that considers diversity of youths’ aspirations and shared capabilities, interests, expectations, as well as challenges associated with access to resources and participation in collective action. The design of future interventions should also be built on strong partnerships among rural communities, academia, research, and private sector for increased impact on livelihood improvements.

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Section: Youths' Participation In Collective Actionmentioning

confidence: 99%

African Rural Youth Engagement in Agribusiness: Achievements, Limitations, and Lessons

Yami¹,

Feleke

Abdoulaye

et al. 2019

Sustainability

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“…While we acknowledge that co-operatives often also have social and political functions, leading to the multidimensionality in benefits of co-operatives (Borda-Rodriguez, Johnson, Shaw, & Vicari, 2016), this paper focuses on the economic services provided to members. The provision of economic services to farmers helps in increasing agricultural production and thus improving food security (Shiferaw et al, 2011).…”

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Agricultural Co‐Operatives in Ethiopia: Evolution, Functions and Impact

Tefera

Bijman

Slingerland

2016

J of Intl Development

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To what extent can co-operatives strengthen rural development in sub-Saharan Africa? This paper explores the development of agricultural co-operatives in Ethiopia, particularly the changes in economic functions. Co-operative development in Ethiopia has been strongly influenced by various political regimes. Based on expert interviews and a literature review, we explore the factors that influence a shift in economic functions from provision of inputs to commercialization of farm products. Our review shows that the impact of commercialization on farmer welfare is still inconclusive. Both the institutional environment and the internal governance structure have a hard time adjusting to changing economic conditions.

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“…This paper responds to academic calls oriented towards the study of co‐operatives in developing countries to generate knowledge about how these could be better governed and thus offers ways to help co‐operatives become key economic players. Specifically, the paper responds to the need for (a) analysis about the organizational dimension of co‐operatives (Borda‐Rodriguez et al, ; Salifu et al, ) and (b) methodologies to govern business systems to manage unpredictable phenomena (Dominici, ; Freeman et al, ). This document provides evidence about how a participatory and facilitated systemic intervention could help participants (in this case, within a co‐operative in a developing country) to support their understanding about their own governance system.…”

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Facilitating organizational action regarding a co‐operative's governance system in a developing country using the viable systems model

Martinez‐Lozada

2018

Syst Res Behav Sci

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Studies in developing countries have demonstrated that co‐operatives have the potential to become an important economic factor. However, these studies have revealed deficient management practices that could hinder co‐operative's possibilities of playing this role in the economy. There are recurrent calls to study this issue and generate knowledge that could improve prospects for co‐operatives. This paper advances current research by applying an already tested methodology inspired on the viable systems model to provide a better understanding on co‐operatives' governance systems, in the context of developing countries. The results show positive evidence for how a participatory and facilitated systemic intervention could support the implementation of actions aiming to improve a co‐operative governance system. The approach and methodology used in the project represent a promising toolkit to work on governance systems within co‐operatives and provide new academic perspectives to address governance issues within these organizations.

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What Makes Rural Co‐operatives Resilient in Developing Countries?

Cited by 45 publications

References 56 publications

African Rural Youth Engagement in Agribusiness: Achievements, Limitations, and Lessons

African Rural Youth Engagement in Agribusiness: Achievements, Limitations, and Lessons

Agricultural Co‐Operatives in Ethiopia: Evolution, Functions and Impact

Facilitating organizational action regarding a co‐operative's governance system in a developing country using the viable systems model

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