Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector
Since the 1990s, Argentinean dairy-processing cooperatives have lost considerable amounts of members and market share. We analyse their current role by investigating the characteristics of farmers who continue delivering to them and price differentials between cooperatives and investor-oriented firm...
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| author | Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina Hanisch, Markus Puechagut, Maria Soledad Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz |
| author_browse | Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz Hanisch, Markus Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina Puechagut, Maria Soledad |
| author_facet | Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina Hanisch, Markus Puechagut, Maria Soledad Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz |
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| description | Since the 1990s, Argentinean dairy-processing cooperatives have lost considerable amounts of members and market share. We analyse their current role by investigating the characteristics of farmers who continue delivering to them and price differentials between cooperatives and investor-oriented firms (IOFs). A probit regression model applied to 917 farmers suggests that cooperative farmers are more disadvantaged than farmers delivering to IOFs in terms of education, farm size and productive technology. Moreover, t-tests applied to data representing 70 per cent of national volume indicate that farmers delivering to cooperatives are between 11 per cent and 29 per cent smaller than those delivering to IOFs, depending on province. A hierarchical multilevel regression model applied to 9,720 transactions among farmers and processors shows that, after controlling for quantity and quality, cooperatives pay lower (3.5%) but more stable prices than IOFs. In a context of rapid structural change,
we observe a market in which larger farmers deliver to IOFs and smaller farmers deliver to cooperatives and conclude that, at the expense of paying lower prices, cooperatives may act as buyers of last resort for otherwise disadvantaged farmers. |
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| spelling | INTA55472019-07-22T13:05:44Z Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina Hanisch, Markus Puechagut, Maria Soledad Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz Cooperativas Agrícolas Cooperativas Lecheras Explotación Agrícola Cooperativa Mercadeo Agricultural Cooperatives Dairy Cooperatives Cooperative Farming Marketing Argentina Since the 1990s, Argentinean dairy-processing cooperatives have lost considerable amounts of members and market share. We analyse their current role by investigating the characteristics of farmers who continue delivering to them and price differentials between cooperatives and investor-oriented firms (IOFs). A probit regression model applied to 917 farmers suggests that cooperative farmers are more disadvantaged than farmers delivering to IOFs in terms of education, farm size and productive technology. Moreover, t-tests applied to data representing 70 per cent of national volume indicate that farmers delivering to cooperatives are between 11 per cent and 29 per cent smaller than those delivering to IOFs, depending on province. A hierarchical multilevel regression model applied to 9,720 transactions among farmers and processors shows that, after controlling for quantity and quality, cooperatives pay lower (3.5%) but more stable prices than IOFs. In a context of rapid structural change, we observe a market in which larger farmers deliver to IOFs and smaller farmers deliver to cooperatives and conclude that, at the expense of paying lower prices, cooperatives may act as buyers of last resort for otherwise disadvantaged farmers. INTA. CR Córdoba. EEA Manfredi. Fil: Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina. Humboldt University of Berlin; Alemania Fil: Hanisch, Markus. Humboldt University of Berlin; Alemania Fil: Puechagut, María Soledad. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi. Grupo Agricultura de Precisión Cosecha y Postcosecha; Argentina. Fil: Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina. 2019-07-22T12:46:05Z 2019-07-22T12:46:05Z 2019-06-10 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/5547 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/apce.12247 1467-8292 https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12247 eng info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/PNPA/1126043/AR./Sustentabilidad de los sistemas de producción de leche bovina. info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/SANFE/1261101/AR./Contribución al desarrollo territorial sustentable de la zona ganadera del centro norte de Santa Fe. info:eu-repograntAgreement/INTA/SANFE/1261103/AR./Fortalecimiento del desarrollo territorial sustentable de la zona litoral centro. info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess application/pdf Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics. Annales de l`economie pùblique, sociale et cooperative. : 1-23 (May 2019) |
| spellingShingle | Cooperativas Agrícolas Cooperativas Lecheras Explotación Agrícola Cooperativa Mercadeo Agricultural Cooperatives Dairy Cooperatives Cooperative Farming Marketing Argentina Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina Hanisch, Markus Puechagut, Maria Soledad Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector |
| title | Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector |
| title_full | Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector |
| title_fullStr | Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector |
| title_full_unstemmed | Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector |
| title_short | Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector |
| title_sort | understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects the case of the argentinean dairy sector |
| topic | Cooperativas Agrícolas Cooperativas Lecheras Explotación Agrícola Cooperativa Mercadeo Agricultural Cooperatives Dairy Cooperatives Cooperative Farming Marketing Argentina |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/5547 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/apce.12247 https://doi.org/10.1111/apce.12247 |
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