Impact of cooperatives on smallholders' commercialization behavior: Evidence from Ethiopia

Agricultural Economics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-161

  Bernard, Tanguy ^a   Taffesse, Alemayehu Seyoum ^b   Gabre Madhin, Eleni ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b African Centre for Economic and Historical Studies   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cooperatives; Market participation; Program evaluation; Propensity score matching

Indexed keywords

CEREAL; COMMERCIALIZATION; COOPERATIVE SECTOR; CROP PRODUCTION; HETEROGENEITY; MARKETING; RURAL AREA; SMALLHOLDER;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 50649083106     PISSN: 01695150     EISSN: 15740862     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2008.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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