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Impact of Agricultural Cooperatives on Smallholders’ Technical Efficiency: Empirical Evidence From Ethiopia

Year: 2014

Type: article

Abstract: ABSTRACT Using household survey data from Ethiopia, this paper evaluates the impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders’ technical efficiency. We used propensity score matching to compare the average difference in technical efficiency between cooperative member farmers and similar independent farmers. The results show that agricultural cooperatives are effective in providing support services that significantly contribute to members’ technical efficiency. These results are found to be insensitive to hidden bias and consistent with the idea that agricultural cooperatives enhance members’ efficiency by easing access to productive inputs and facilitating extension linkages. According to the findings, increased participation in agricultural cooperatives should further enhance efficiency gains among smallholder farmers.

Source: Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics

DOI: 10.1111/apce.12035

Authors: Gashaw Tadesse ABATE, Gian Nicola FRANCESCONI, Kindie GETNET

Institutions: University of Trento, European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprise, International Food Policy Research Institute, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, International Center for Tropical Agriculture, International Water Management Institute

Language: English

Topic: Cooperative Studies and Economics

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Zero hunger, No poverty, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2170163533

FWCI: 27.67

Cites: 53

Cited by: 261

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