Agricultural cooperatives and farm sustainability–A literature review

A Candemir, S Duvaleix… - Journal of Economic …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
We present a literature review of the role played by agricultural cooperatives in influencing
farm sustainability. We first focus on the theoretical literature to highlight the various …

Systemic perspectives on scaling agricultural innovations. A review

S Wigboldus, L Klerkx, C Leeuwis, M Schut… - Agronomy for …, 2016 - Springer
Agricultural production involves the scaling of agricultural innovations such as disease-
resistant and drought-tolerant maize varieties, zero-tillage techniques, permaculture …

[HTML][HTML] Impacts of extension access and cooperative membership on technology adoption and household welfare

T Wossen, T Abdoulaye, A Alene, MG Haile… - Journal of rural …, 2017 - Elsevier
This paper examines the impacts of access to extension services and cooperative
membership on technology adoption, asset ownership and poverty using household-level …

The determinants and economic impacts of membership in coffee farmer cooperatives: recent evidence from rural Ethiopia

D Mojo, C Fischer, T Degefa - Journal of Rural studies, 2017 - Elsevier
Smallholder farmers in developing countries are often encouraged to get organized into
cooperatives mainly to overcome production and marketing constraints that usually hinder …

Does cooperative membership improve household welfare? Evidence from apple farmers in China

W Ma, A Abdulai - Food Policy, 2016 - Elsevier
This paper examines the impact of cooperative membership on farm performance indicators
such as apple yields, net returns and household income, using cross-sectional data from a …

Analysis of adoption and impacts of improved maize varieties in eastern Zambia

M Khonje, J Manda, AD Alene, M Kassie - World development, 2015 - Elsevier
This paper analyzes the adoption and welfare impacts of improved maize varieties in
eastern Zambia using data obtained from a sample of over 800 farm households. Using both …

Do farmer groups impact on farm yield and efficiency of smallholder farmers? Evidence from rice farmers in northern Ghana

A Abdul-Rahaman, A Abdulai - Food policy, 2018 - Elsevier
Multiple production and marketing challenges facing smallholder farmers in developing
countries have resulted in renewed interests of governments, donor agencies and private …

Impacts of cooperative membership on rice productivity: Evidence from China

B Lin, X Wang, S Jin, W Yang, H Li - World Development, 2022 - Elsevier
Productivity growth is essential for food security and sustainable development of agriculture.
Since rice is a major staple food in China, understanding factors affecting the performance of …

Agricultural cooperative membership and technical efficiency of apple farmers in China: An analysis accounting for selectivity bias

W Ma, A Renwick, P Yuan, N Ratna - Food policy, 2018 - Elsevier
This study examines the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on technical
efficiency (TE) of apple farmers in China. We make novel contributions to the literature by …

Agricultural cooperatives and investment in organic soil amendments and chemical fertilizer in China

W Ma, A Abdulai, R Goetz - American Journal of Agricultural …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
In this article, we develop a dynamic model to show how membership in agricultural
cooperatives influences smallholder farmers' decisions to invest in organic soil amendments …