Cooperatives, Economic Democratization and Rural Development

Inbunden, Engelska, 2016

AvJos Bijman,Roldan Muradian,Jur Schuurman

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Agricultural cooperatives and producer organizations are institutional innovations which have the potential to reduce poverty and improve food security. This book presents a raft of international case studies, from developing and transition countries, to analyse the internal and external challenges that these complex organizations face and the solutions that they have developed.The contributors provide an increased understanding of the transformation of traditional community organizations into modern farmer-owned businesses. They cover issues including: the impact on rural development and inclusiveness, the role of social capital, formal versus informal organizations, democratic participation and member relations, and their role in value chains.Students and scholars will find the book's multidisciplinary approach useful in their research. It will also be of interest to policy-makers seeking to understand the wide diversity of organizational forms and functions. NGOs, donors and governments seeking to support rural developments will benefit from the discussions raised in this book.Contributors: J. Bijman, K. Blokland, M.L. Cook, J. Duncan, A.Groot Kormelinck, M. Hanisch, J. Hellin, G. Hendrikse, Y. Hu, X. Jia, B. Losch, R. Muradian, G. Muricho, D.J. O'Brien, S. Pascucci, D. Pesche, C. Plaisier, R. Ruben, J. Schuurman, B. Shiferaw, S. Singh, K. Wedig

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Utgivningsdatum2016-01-29
Mått156 x 234 x undefined mm
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781784719371

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Contents:1. The Changing Nature of Farmer Collective Action: Introduction to the BookJos BijmanPART I: PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT2. The Progressive Participation of Rural Producer Organizations in the Policy Debate. Lessons from the Experience of West AfricaDenis Pesche and Bruno Losch3. Cooperatives in Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation Markus Hanisch4. Smallholder Organization through Farmer (Producer) Companies for Modern Markets: Experiences of Sri Lanka and India Sukhpal SinghPART II. ECONOMIC DEMOCRATIZATION, INCLUSIVENESS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL5. Markets Access and Agricultural Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities for Producer OrganizationsBekele Shiferaw, Jon Hellin and Geoffrey Muricho6. Social Capital and Agricultural Cooperatives: Experimental Evidence from EthiopiaAnnemarie Groot Kormelinck, Christine Plaisier, Roldan Muradian and Ruerd Ruben7. Towards Inclusive Rural Development? Effects of Governance on Economic Equality in Uganda’s Coffee CooperativesKarin Wedig8. “Informal Virtues” and “Formal Vices”? Understanding the Implications of Producer Organizations for Pastoralists in IndiaStefano Pascucci and Jessica DuncanPART III. INTERNAL GOVERNANCE AND MEMBER RELATIONS9. Centralized Versus Individual: Governance of Farmer Professional Cooperatives in ChinaXiangping Jia, Yamei Hu and George Hendrikse10. Smallholder Dairy Entities in East Africa: Challenges and OpportunitiesDavid J. O’Brien and Michael L. CookPART IV. CONCLUSIONS 11. Growth, Democracy and Income Equality. Cooperatives: The Development Impact Beyond Membership BenefitsKees Blokland and Jur Schuurman12. Transformation, Inclusiveness and Tensions of Cooperatives; Synthesis and Further ResearchJos Bijman, Roldan Muradian and Jur SchuurmanIndex