Do organisational forms of the coffee supply chain matter in poverty reduction?

Author(s)
Murekezi, Abdoul
Jin, Songqing
Loveridge, Scott
Publication date
2012-09-01
Subject
Food and livelihoods
Private sector
Keywords
Agriculture
Livelihoods
Co-operatives
Country
Rwanda

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Development in Practice
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/269964
DOI
10.1080/09614524.2012.697127
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
This paper compares the economic effects of two organisational forms of the coffee supply chain (cooperative and private processors) in Rwanda and assesses quantitatively which form has benefited producers the most. The paper uses panel data from 148 coffee-producing households. Results based on a combination of the instrumental variable method and first differencing show that there is no indication that farmers who sell to cooperative factories get more benefits than farmers selling to private processing plants.
Pages
15
ISSN
0961-4524
EISSN
1364-9213
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