Some small-holders are able to generate reliable and substantial income flows through small-scale dairy production for the local market; for others, a set of unique transaction costs hinders participation. Cooperative selling institutions are potential catalysts for mitigating these costs, stimul...
Holloway, G.J.
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Nicholson, C.
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Delgado, Christopher L.
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Staal, Steven J.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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[Agroindustrialization through institutional innovation. Transaction costs, cooperatives and milk-market development in the East-African highlands]
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Agroindustrialization through institutional innovation. Transaction costs, cooperatives and milk-market development in the East-African highlands
It is argued that dairying is vital to future viability of many small farms in East Africa and that high transactions costs for dairy production and marketing limit participation by asset- and information-poor smalholders. Case studies from Kenya and Ethiopia illustrate the role of dairy cooperat...
Staal, Steven J.
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Delgado, Christopher L.
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Nicholson, C.
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[Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa]
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Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa
Smallholder dairy production is a widespread and growing activity in the Kenyan highlands, and a potentially important source of livelihood for many poor farmers with road access to urban areas of East and Southern Africa. Yet both market participation and net prices received vary widely across ...
Staal, Steven J.
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Delgado, Christopher L.
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Baltenweck, Isabelle
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Kruska, R.L.
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[Spatial aspects of producer milk price formation in Kenya: a joint household-GIS approach]
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Spatial aspects of producer milk price formation in Kenya: a joint household-GIS approach
In peri-urban areas of the world where cattle are present, dairy farming has typically been part of the adjustment in production patterns of smallholders faced with shrinking arable land, higher population density and rising wage rates. In sub-Saharan Africa, where the economic viability of small...
Staal, Steven J.
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Delgado, Christopher L.
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Nicholson, C.
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[Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa]
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Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa
Delgado, Christopher L.
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[Global trends in meat and milk and their implications for developing countries and poor people]
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Global trends in meat and milk and their implications for developing countries and poor people
Delgado, Christopher L.
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Rosegrant, Mark W.
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Wada, N.
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[Meating and milking global demand: stakes for small-scale farmers in developing countries]
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Meating and milking global demand: stakes for small-scale farmers in developing countries
This paper discusses the potential impacts of the formation of milk groups on farm households that participate by selling milk, and develops a conceptual framework for assessing those impacts. It then explores the financial and technical performance of four milk groups formed prior to 1997, and t...
Nicholson, C.
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Gebru, G.
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Ehui, Simeon K.
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Shapiro, Barry I.
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Delgado, Christopher L.
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[Producer milk groups in Ethiopia's highlands: A framework for assessing impacts and a review of group performance]
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Producer milk groups in Ethiopia's highlands: A framework for assessing impacts and a review of group performance