Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: evidence from Ethiopia
Using household survey data from Ethiopia, this paper evaluates the impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency. We utilize propensity score matching to compare the average difference in technical efficiency between cooperative farmers and similar independent farmers. T...
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| author | Abate, Gashaw T. Francesconi, Gian N. Getnet, Kindie |
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| description | Using household survey data from Ethiopia, this paper evaluates the impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency. We utilize propensity score matching to compare the average difference in technical efficiency between cooperative farmers and similar independent farmers. The approach assumes exogenous cooperative formation and similar farm technology across households. 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. Based on the findings, increased participation in agricultural cooperatives should further enhance efficiency gains among smallholder farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace418082024-07-11T08:30:10Z Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: evidence from Ethiopia Abate, Gashaw T. Francesconi, Gian N. Getnet, Kindie agricultural cooperatives marketing smallholders farmers farm income technology efficiency households Using household survey data from Ethiopia, this paper evaluates the impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency. We utilize propensity score matching to compare the average difference in technical efficiency between cooperative farmers and similar independent farmers. The approach assumes exogenous cooperative formation and similar farm technology across households. 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. Based on the findings, increased participation in agricultural cooperatives should further enhance efficiency gains among smallholder farmers. 2013 2014-07-25T11:40:45Z 2014-07-25T11:40:45Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41808 en Open Access European Research Institute on Cooperatives and Social Enterprises (EURICSE). Abate, G. T.; Francesconi, G. N.; Getnet, Kindie. 2013. Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders? technical efficiency: evidence from Ethiopia. Trento, Italy: European Research Institute on Cooperatives and Social Enterprises (EURICSE). 32p. (EURICSE Working Paper 50/13) |
| spellingShingle | agricultural cooperatives marketing smallholders farmers farm income technology efficiency households Abate, Gashaw T. Francesconi, Gian N. Getnet, Kindie Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: evidence from Ethiopia |
| title | Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full | Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_short | Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_sort | impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders technical efficiency evidence from ethiopia |
| topic | agricultural cooperatives marketing smallholders farmers farm income technology efficiency households |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/41808 |
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