Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: empirical evidence from Ethiopia
Using household survey data from Ethiopia, this paper evaluatesthe impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders’ technical efficiency. We usedpropensity score matching to compare the average difference in technical efficiencybetween cooperative member farmers and similar independent farmers....
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| author | Abate, Gashaw T. Francesconi, Gian N. Getnet, Kindie |
| author_browse | Abate, Gashaw T. Francesconi, Gian N. Getnet, Kindie |
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| description | Using household survey data from Ethiopia, this paper evaluatesthe impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders’ technical efficiency. We usedpropensity score matching to compare the average difference in technical efficiencybetween cooperative member farmers and similar independent farmers. The resultsshow that agricultural cooperatives are effective in providing support services thatsignificantly contribute to members’ technical efficiency. These results are found to beinsensitive to hidden bias and consistent with the idea that agricultural cooperativesenhance members’ efficiency by easing access to productive inputs and facilitating ex-tension linkages. According to the findings, increased participation in agriculturalcooperatives should further enhance efficiency gains among smallholder farmers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace570032025-11-12T05:54:31Z Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: empirical evidence from Ethiopia Abate, Gashaw T. Francesconi, Gian N. Getnet, Kindie smallholders cooperatives agricultural development Using household survey data from Ethiopia, this paper evaluatesthe impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders’ technical efficiency. We usedpropensity score matching to compare the average difference in technical efficiencybetween cooperative member farmers and similar independent farmers. The resultsshow that agricultural cooperatives are effective in providing support services thatsignificantly contribute to members’ technical efficiency. These results are found to beinsensitive to hidden bias and consistent with the idea that agricultural cooperativesenhance members’ efficiency by easing access to productive inputs and facilitating ex-tension linkages. According to the findings, increased participation in agriculturalcooperatives should further enhance efficiency gains among smallholder farmers. 2014-06 2015-03-10T18:47:16Z 2015-03-10T18:47:16Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57003 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Abate, Gashaw; Francesconi, Gian Nicola; Getnet, Kindie. 2014. Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders’ technical efficiency: empirical evidence from Ethiopia. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics 85(2): pp 1-30. |
| spellingShingle | smallholders cooperatives agricultural development Abate, Gashaw T. Francesconi, Gian N. Getnet, Kindie Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: empirical evidence from Ethiopia |
| title | Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: empirical evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full | Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: empirical evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: empirical evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: empirical evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_short | Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: empirical evidence from Ethiopia |
| title_sort | impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders technical efficiency empirical evidence from ethiopia |
| topic | smallholders cooperatives agricultural development |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/57003 |
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