Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopia
Agricultural cooperatives are important rural organizations supporting livelihood development and poverty reduction. In recognition of such roles of cooperatives, Ethiopia showed a renewed interest in recent years in promoting cooperative sector development. However, there is lack of a wider and sys...
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| author | Getnet, Kindie Anullo, T. |
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| description | Agricultural cooperatives are important rural organizations supporting livelihood development and poverty reduction. In recognition of such roles of cooperatives, Ethiopia showed a renewed interest in recent years in promoting cooperative sector development. However, there is lack of a wider and systematic analysis to produce sufficient empirical evidence on the livelihood development and poverty reduction impacts of cooperatives in the country. Using a matching technique on rural household income, saving, agricultural input expenditure and asset accumulation as indicator variables, this paper evaluates the livelihood impact of agricultural cooperatives in Sidama zone, Ethiopia. The finding shows that cooperatives improved the livelihoods of service user farmers through impacting better income, more savings and reduced input costs. In view of such evidence, further promotion, deepening and supporting of agricultural cooperatives is recommended. |
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| spelling | CGSpace417822025-06-17T08:23:33Z Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopia Getnet, Kindie Anullo, T. agricultural cooperatives organizations history rural areas rural development poverty farmers households income costs socioeconomic development indicators Agricultural cooperatives are important rural organizations supporting livelihood development and poverty reduction. In recognition of such roles of cooperatives, Ethiopia showed a renewed interest in recent years in promoting cooperative sector development. However, there is lack of a wider and systematic analysis to produce sufficient empirical evidence on the livelihood development and poverty reduction impacts of cooperatives in the country. Using a matching technique on rural household income, saving, agricultural input expenditure and asset accumulation as indicator variables, this paper evaluates the livelihood impact of agricultural cooperatives in Sidama zone, Ethiopia. The finding shows that cooperatives improved the livelihoods of service user farmers through impacting better income, more savings and reduced input costs. In view of such evidence, further promotion, deepening and supporting of agricultural cooperatives is recommended. 2012-06 2014-07-25T11:40:43Z 2014-07-25T11:40:43Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41782 en Limited Access Wiley Getnet, Kindie; Anullo, T. 2012. Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopia. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 83(2):181-198. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8292.2012.00460.x |
| spellingShingle | agricultural cooperatives organizations history rural areas rural development poverty farmers households income costs socioeconomic development indicators Getnet, Kindie Anullo, T. Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopia |
| title | Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full | Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_short | Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_sort | agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods evidence from ethiopia |
| topic | agricultural cooperatives organizations history rural areas rural development poverty farmers households income costs socioeconomic development indicators |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41782 |
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