Social and environmental impacts of agricultural cooperatives: Evidence from Ethiopia

International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 388-400

  Mojo, Dagne ^a,b   Fischer, Christian ^a   Degefa, Terefe ^c  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BOZEN BOLZANO   (Italy)

^b ETHIOPIAN INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH   (Ethiopia)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

coffee cooperatives; environment; Ethiopia; human capital; impact evaluation; propensity score matching; social capital; sustainability

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE; COFFEE; COLLECTIVE ACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; HUMAN CAPITAL; SOCIAL CAPITAL; SOCIAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ETHIOPIA;

EID: 84941941321     PISSN: 13504509     EISSN: 17452627     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13504509.2015.1052860     Document Type: Article

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