Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi: Structure, conduct, and performance
Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi, in contrast to other farmer-level organizations, have legal status and can own assets, borrow money for their operations, and sign contracts, making it easier for them to do business for the profit of their members. Conceptually, such cooperatives enable...
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2023
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| author | Davis, Kristin E. Kazembe, Cynthia Benson, Todd De Weerdt, Joachim Duchoslav, Jan |
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| author_facet | Davis, Kristin E. Kazembe, Cynthia Benson, Todd De Weerdt, Joachim Duchoslav, Jan |
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| description | Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi, in contrast to other farmer-level organizations, have legal status and can own assets, borrow money for their operations, and sign contracts, making it easier for them to do business for the profit of their members. Conceptually, such cooperatives enable their member-farmers to achieve economies of scale for their commercial activities. By joining together in a cooperative, members can obtain commercial inputs at lower prices closer to wholesale prices than if they purchased the inputs as individuals. In selling their output, by aggregating their crops and other products into larger lots that the cooperative then negotiates to sell on their behalf, buyers can achieve greater efficiency in buying from them and can be expected to offer a premium over the prices that they would offer farmers selling those products individually. Cooperatives can also serve farmers in providing an important channel for obtaining information and advice to increase their productivity and the profitability of their farming. Moreover, by joining together to achieve common objectives in primary agricultural cooperatives, member-farmers can exercise greater influence on local and national policy issues of concern to them, while also building social cohesion, solidarity, and trust within their communities. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1305132025-11-06T07:42:02Z Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi: Structure, conduct, and performance Davis, Kristin E. Kazembe, Cynthia Benson, Todd De Weerdt, Joachim Duchoslav, Jan agricultural cooperatives finance inputs prices information productivity farmers development Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi, in contrast to other farmer-level organizations, have legal status and can own assets, borrow money for their operations, and sign contracts, making it easier for them to do business for the profit of their members. Conceptually, such cooperatives enable their member-farmers to achieve economies of scale for their commercial activities. By joining together in a cooperative, members can obtain commercial inputs at lower prices closer to wholesale prices than if they purchased the inputs as individuals. In selling their output, by aggregating their crops and other products into larger lots that the cooperative then negotiates to sell on their behalf, buyers can achieve greater efficiency in buying from them and can be expected to offer a premium over the prices that they would offer farmers selling those products individually. Cooperatives can also serve farmers in providing an important channel for obtaining information and advice to increase their productivity and the profitability of their farming. Moreover, by joining together to achieve common objectives in primary agricultural cooperatives, member-farmers can exercise greater influence on local and national policy issues of concern to them, while also building social cohesion, solidarity, and trust within their communities. 2023-05-19 2023-05-26T20:25:17Z 2023-05-26T20:25:17Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130513 en https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136710 Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Davis, Kristin; Kazembe, Cynthia; Benson, Todd; De Weerdt, Joachim; and Duchoslav, Jan. 2023. Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi: Structure, conduct, and performance. MaSSP Working Paper 41. Lilongwe, Malawi: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.136709 |
| spellingShingle | agricultural cooperatives finance inputs prices information productivity farmers development Davis, Kristin E. Kazembe, Cynthia Benson, Todd De Weerdt, Joachim Duchoslav, Jan Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi: Structure, conduct, and performance |
| title | Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi: Structure, conduct, and performance |
| title_full | Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi: Structure, conduct, and performance |
| title_fullStr | Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi: Structure, conduct, and performance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi: Structure, conduct, and performance |
| title_short | Primary agricultural cooperatives in Malawi: Structure, conduct, and performance |
| title_sort | primary agricultural cooperatives in malawi structure conduct and performance |
| topic | agricultural cooperatives finance inputs prices information productivity farmers development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/130513 |
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