Promoting the role of farmer-based organizations for value chain integration: the tension between a program’s targeting and an organization’s investment strategy
We use new data on 500 Farmer‐Based Organizations (FBOs) in Ghana and regression analysis to reveal determinants of collective investments and the case of the Millennium Development Authority's (MiDA) agricultural program in Ghana to demonstrate that development programs offering hard incentives may...
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| author | Francesconi, Gian N. Wouterse, Fleur |
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| description | We use new data on 500 Farmer‐Based Organizations (FBOs) in Ghana and regression analysis to reveal determinants of collective investments and the case of the Millennium Development Authority's (MiDA) agricultural program in Ghana to demonstrate that development programs offering hard incentives may be counterproductive in promoting collective action. We show that when a program sets criteria for participation and offers in‐cash and in‐kind support to selected FBOs, it may promote rent‐seeking and crowd out equity capital formation. This is so because FBOs may have formed for the sole purpose of benefitting from incentives offered by the program and thus lack an economic justification, which is an important condition for progression through the cooperative life cycle. Further, by setting stringent participation criteria, the program may end up selecting younger organizations while it is the more consolidated organizations that are able to connect to business development services (BDS) and engage in more offensive collective action. |
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| spelling | CGSpace664532025-04-08T18:33:25Z Promoting the role of farmer-based organizations for value chain integration: the tension between a program’s targeting and an organization’s investment strategy Francesconi, Gian N. Wouterse, Fleur smallholders farmers organizations organizaciones de agricultores pequeños agricultores supply chains collective action impact assessment We use new data on 500 Farmer‐Based Organizations (FBOs) in Ghana and regression analysis to reveal determinants of collective investments and the case of the Millennium Development Authority's (MiDA) agricultural program in Ghana to demonstrate that development programs offering hard incentives may be counterproductive in promoting collective action. We show that when a program sets criteria for participation and offers in‐cash and in‐kind support to selected FBOs, it may promote rent‐seeking and crowd out equity capital formation. This is so because FBOs may have formed for the sole purpose of benefitting from incentives offered by the program and thus lack an economic justification, which is an important condition for progression through the cooperative life cycle. Further, by setting stringent participation criteria, the program may end up selecting younger organizations while it is the more consolidated organizations that are able to connect to business development services (BDS) and engage in more offensive collective action. 2015-07 2015-05-28T22:04:19Z 2015-05-28T22:04:19Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66453 en https://hdl.handle.net/10568/150034 Limited Access Wiley Francesconi, Gian Nicola; Wouterse, Fleur. 2015. Promoting the role of farmer-based organizations for value chain integration: the tension between a program’s targeting and an organization’s investment strategy. Agricultural Economics 46: 1-10. |
| spellingShingle | smallholders farmers organizations organizaciones de agricultores pequeños agricultores supply chains collective action impact assessment Francesconi, Gian N. Wouterse, Fleur Promoting the role of farmer-based organizations for value chain integration: the tension between a program’s targeting and an organization’s investment strategy |
| title | Promoting the role of farmer-based organizations for value chain integration: the tension between a program’s targeting and an organization’s investment strategy |
| title_full | Promoting the role of farmer-based organizations for value chain integration: the tension between a program’s targeting and an organization’s investment strategy |
| title_fullStr | Promoting the role of farmer-based organizations for value chain integration: the tension between a program’s targeting and an organization’s investment strategy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Promoting the role of farmer-based organizations for value chain integration: the tension between a program’s targeting and an organization’s investment strategy |
| title_short | Promoting the role of farmer-based organizations for value chain integration: the tension between a program’s targeting and an organization’s investment strategy |
| title_sort | promoting the role of farmer based organizations for value chain integration the tension between a program s targeting and an organization s investment strategy |
| topic | smallholders farmers organizations organizaciones de agricultores pequeños agricultores supply chains collective action impact assessment |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/66453 |
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