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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
economics, econometrics and finance
Impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency: Empirical evidence from Ethiopia
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Volume 85, No. 2, Year 2014
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Using household survey data from Ethiopia, this paper evaluates the impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders' technical efficiency. We used propensity score matching to compare the average difference in technical efficiency between cooperative member farmers and similar independent farmers. 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. According to the findings, increased participation in agricultural cooperatives should further enhance efficiency gains among smallholder farmers. © 2014 CIRIEC.
Authors & Co-Authors
Abate, Gashaw Tadesse
Italy, Trento
Università Di Trento
Francesconi, Gian Nicola
Senegal, Dakar
International Food Policy Research Institute, Senegal
Getnet, Kindie
Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
International Water Management Institute Iwmi
Statistics
Citations: 178
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 3
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/apce.12035
ISSN:
13704788
e-ISSN:
14678292
Research Areas
Health System And Policy
Study Design
Cross Sectional Study
Case-Control Study
Study Approach
Quantitative
Study Locations
Ethiopia