Author(s): Ton, G.; Bijman, J.; Oorthuizen, J. [Editors]

Publisher address: PO Box 220, NL-6700 AE Wageningen, Netherlands; Wageningen Academic Publishers. Tel. +31 317 47 65 14. Fax +31 317 45 34 17. E-mail sales@WageningenAcademic.com. www.WageningenAcademic.com. Price EUR 28.00, USD 42.00

Publication Year: 2007

Language(s): English

ISBN: 9789086860487

This book discusses different approaches towards support for producer organisations in terms of providing economic services to their members, focusing on developing countries, and is divided into 3 sections with the following headings: Organisational support for producer organisations (4 chapters); Value chain development with producer organisations (8 chapters); and Changes in the institutional environment for producer organisations (4 chapters). Individual chapters are entitled: The balancing act of creating a cooperative – the role of outsiders in a Kyrgyz Republic case; Coaching organisational transitions towards an increased market orientation – SNV's experience with producer organisation support in the Bolivian Valleys; Creating a balance between loyalty and efficiency – the importance of organisational culture for the market integration of coffee producer organisations in Chiapas, Mexico; Peer-to-peer farmer support for economic development; How can cooperatives meet the challenges of agrifood supply chains?; Chain empowerment: supporting African smallholders to develop markets; Fostering co-ownership with producer organisations in international value chains – a strategic answer to the mainstreaming of fair trade fruits?; African smallholders in organic export projects; Small farmer group certification to access socially and environmentally "just" markets; Connecting Costa Rican small scale coffee farmers to the main stream European market – an integral chain strategy for sustainable development and improved competitiveness; Building social capital for potato production and marketing – producer organisations initiatives in north-western Rwanda; Farmers' organisations in West Africa – emerging stakeholders in cotton sector reforms; The farmers' organisation route to economic development; The rise of new rural producer organisations in China; Farmers' organisations in agricultural research and development: governance issues in two competitive funding programs in Bolivia; and Contract farming and social action by producers – the politics and practice of agrarian modernisation in the Philippines.

Section: Economics

Keywords: AGRICULTURAL PRODUCE; BOOKS; CROPS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FOOD POLICY; MARKETS

Pages: 320pp.

Book

Accession number: 2009-10-Dc0471

Date added: 03-Aug-2009

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