How to make a milk market: A case study from the Ethiopian highlands

Some smallholders are able to generate reliable and substantial income flows through small-scale dairy production for the local market; for others, a set of unique transactions costs hinders participation. Co-operative selling institutions are potential catalysts for mitigating these costs, stimulat...

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Autores principales: Holloway, G.J., Nicholson, C., Delgado, Christopher L., Staal, Steven J., Ehui, Simeon K.
Formato: Artículo preliminar
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: International Livestock Research Institute 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49796
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author Holloway, G.J.
Nicholson, C.
Delgado, Christopher L.
Staal, Steven J.
Ehui, Simeon K.
author_browse Delgado, Christopher L.
Ehui, Simeon K.
Holloway, G.J.
Nicholson, C.
Staal, Steven J.
author_facet Holloway, G.J.
Nicholson, C.
Delgado, Christopher L.
Staal, Steven J.
Ehui, Simeon K.
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description Some smallholders are able to generate reliable and substantial income flows through small-scale dairy production for the local market; for others, a set of unique transactions costs hinders participation. Co-operative selling institutions are potential catalysts for mitigating these costs, stimulating entry into the market, and precipitating growth in rural communities. Trends in co-operative organisation in East African dairy are evaluated. Empirical work focuses on alternative techniques for effecting participation among a representative sample of peri-urban milk producers in the Ethiopian highlands. The techniques considered are a modern production practice (crossbred cow use), a traditional production practice (indigenous cow use), three intellectual-capital-forming variables (experience, education and extension) and the provision of infrastructure (as measured by time to transport milk to market). A Tobit analysis of marketable surplus generates precise estimates of non-participants distances to market and their reservation levels of the covariates measures of the inputs necessary to sustain and enhance the market. Policy implications focus on the availability of crossbred stock and the level of market infrastructure, both of which have marked effects on participation, and, inevitably, the social returns to agro-industrialisation.
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spelling CGSpace497962025-11-04T14:07:09Z How to make a milk market: A case study from the Ethiopian highlands Holloway, G.J. Nicholson, C. Delgado, Christopher L. Staal, Steven J. Ehui, Simeon K. marketing animal products livestock Some smallholders are able to generate reliable and substantial income flows through small-scale dairy production for the local market; for others, a set of unique transactions costs hinders participation. Co-operative selling institutions are potential catalysts for mitigating these costs, stimulating entry into the market, and precipitating growth in rural communities. Trends in co-operative organisation in East African dairy are evaluated. Empirical work focuses on alternative techniques for effecting participation among a representative sample of peri-urban milk producers in the Ethiopian highlands. The techniques considered are a modern production practice (crossbred cow use), a traditional production practice (indigenous cow use), three intellectual-capital-forming variables (experience, education and extension) and the provision of infrastructure (as measured by time to transport milk to market). A Tobit analysis of marketable surplus generates precise estimates of non-participants distances to market and their reservation levels of the covariates measures of the inputs necessary to sustain and enhance the market. Policy implications focus on the availability of crossbred stock and the level of market infrastructure, both of which have marked effects on participation, and, inevitably, the social returns to agro-industrialisation. 2000 2014-10-31T06:08:24Z 2014-10-31T06:08:24Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49796 en Open Access application/pdf International Livestock Research Institute
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Nicholson, C.
Delgado, Christopher L.
Staal, Steven J.
Ehui, Simeon K.
How to make a milk market: A case study from the Ethiopian highlands
title How to make a milk market: A case study from the Ethiopian highlands
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title_short How to make a milk market: A case study from the Ethiopian highlands
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animal products
livestock
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/49796
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