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

Ma, Wanglin; Hong, Sanghyun; Reed, W. Robert; Duan, Jianhua; Luu, Phong Quoc

doi:10.1111/apce.12411

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“…A public meal center facilitated the transformation of arms-length relations between kitchens and distributors into in-house partnerships with farmers. Our study further extends the agricultural cooperatives literature and contributes to a better understanding of the role of a municipality and an agri-food intermediary in the governance process involving producers and kitchens (Lee et al ., 2020; Ma et al ., 2022, 2023). Considering to the institutional context on PFP, still more research is needed to fully uncover different roles and governance structures in agrifood ecosystems.…”

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confidence: 99%

Towards a sustainable agri-food ecosystem: the case study of South Korean public food procurement

Baek

Radziwon

2023

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PurposePublic food procurement (PFP) plays an important role in establishing agri-food systems. The study explores local food system stakeholders' response to PFP interventions by addressing the question of how PFP transforms agri-food systems and how this new agri-food ecosystem is governed.Design/methodology/approachThis article presents and discusses a unique case study of Jeonbuk, a rural province in South Korea, which successfully transformed its agri-food system into an ecosystem through its sustainability-oriented innovations (SOIs) among born ecopreneur farmers. This case not only offers insights into a novel way to create value chains through legislative, executive and judicial governance but also extends the body of knowledge on agri-food systems by introducing the concept of an agri-food ecosystem.FindingsThe findings indicate the importance of the ecosystem governance and knowledge exchange among internal and external ecosystem stakeholders. In particular, PFP institutions play a crucial role in facilitating the operation of public meal centers and cooperation among actors.Practical implicationsTaking an ecosystem lens to agri-food systems may offer agricultural cooperatives a wider perspective and better understanding of the governance structures necessary to successfully execute public interventions. Lastly, the Korean case differs from other developing countries, but its role model qualities could help to implement successful school meal programs elsewhere.Originality/valueThis paper reviewed and applied a conceptual framework aimed at identifying the role of PFP institutions in the value chain governance by studying a case study of a South Korean local school meal program. The study further extends the agricultural cooperatives research and contributes to a better understanding of the role of a municipality and an agri-food intermediary in the governance process involving producers and kitchens.

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Towards a sustainable agri-food ecosystem: the case study of South Korean public food procurement

Baek

Radziwon

2023

BFJ

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“…Studies have shown that cooperatives help smallholder farmers access input and output markets and technology extension services and bring farmers together, thereby promoting collective action (Demont 2022; Lin et al 2020; Liu et al 2017; Neupane et al 2022). Membership in cooperatives also affects smallholder farmers’ decisions to adopt improved technologies and invest in their farming operations, helping farmers achieve higher crop yields and production efficiency (Kumar et al 2018; Lin et al 2022; Ma et al 2023; Verhofstadt & Maertens 2014; Zhang et al 2020).…”

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Does agricultural cooperative membership influence off‐farm work decisions of farm couples?

Zheng

Vatsa

et al. 2023

Ann Public Coop Econ

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Membership in agricultural cooperatives may influence intra-household decisions regarding the division of household labor. However, the linkages between cooperative membership and labor allocation remain unexplored. To fill this gap, we examine the impact of cooperative membership on off-farm work decisions of couples engaged in farming, using data collected from 595 banana farmers in China. The recursive bivariate probit model and endogenous-treatment Poisson regression model are employed to address the self-selection bias inherent in cooperative membership. The resultsshow that cooperative membership increases the probability of participating in off-farm work by 38% for husbands and 31% for wives. Having large households reduces the probability of husbands but increases that of wives working off-farm. Cooperative membership is also associated with more time spent on off-farm work and higher earnings for both husbands and wives. Our findings point to the potential of agricultural cooperatives to increase farm couples' off-farm employment, thus increasing household income and quality of life.

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“…Small‐scale farmers often live in poor areas with limited infrastructure and face high transaction costs for both agricultural input and output exchange (Barrett, 2008). Farmer organizations, cooperatives, and other forms of collective action are thus expected to be a venue to reduce high transaction costs (Valentinov, 2007), improve the economies of scale (Hoang et al., 2021; Ma et al., 2023), and increase the bargaining power of their members (Su & Cook, 2020). They also play an important role in facilitating agricultural technology adoption and innovations among their members (Ma et al., 2022; Jabbouri et al., 2022; Zhang et al., 2020).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Female leadership, internet use, and performance of agricultural cooperatives in Vietnam

Nguyen

Hung

Rahut

et al. 2023

Ann Public Coop Econ

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Supporting agricultural cooperatives might contribute to the livelihood improvement of many small-scale farmers in developing countries. This research examines the factors affecting the internet use of agricultural cooperatives with a focus on female leadership, its effects on cooperatives' economic, social, and innovative performance, and the distributional effects of internet use on economic performance. Our analysis relied on the data of 3,512 agricultural cooperatives collected in 2021 from Vietnam. We addressed the endogeneity issue of internet use in impact assessment by employing an instrumental variable approach. Our results show that female leadership was positively and significantly associated with internet use and that internet use had a positive and significant effect on returns on assets, returns on equity, labor productivity, payment per laborer, contribution to labor union and insurance per laborer, and innovation in products of agricultural cooperatives.

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

Cited by 14 publications

References 75 publications

Towards a sustainable agri-food ecosystem: the case study of South Korean public food procurement

Towards a sustainable agri-food ecosystem: the case study of South Korean public food procurement

Does agricultural cooperative membership influence off‐farm work decisions of farm couples?

Female leadership, internet use, and performance of agricultural cooperatives in Vietnam

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