Recognizing determinants to smallholders’ market orientation and marketing arrangements: Building on a case of dairy farming in rural Kenya
| Autor: | Wangu, James, Mangnus, Ellen, van Westen, A. C.M., Social Urban Transitions, International Development Studies |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Social Urban Transitions, International Development Studies |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cooperative
Context (language use) Commercialization 0502 economics and business Agribusiness 050207 economics Marketing Dairy farming Nature and Landscape Conservation Inclusion Milieubeleid Global and Planetary Change Ecology business.industry Corporate governance 05 social sciences Farmers’ organizations Agriculture Environmental Policy Market orientation 050202 agricultural economics & policy Business Heterogeneity International development Donor |
| Zdroj: | Land, 10(6), 1. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (MDPI) Land, 10(6) Land 10 (2021) 6 Land Volume 10 Issue 6 Land, Vol 10, Iss 572, p 572 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2073-445X |
| DOI: | 10.3390/land10060572 |
| Popis: | Smallholder commercialization is central to international development policy and practice. As a result, several arrangements to foster market linkages are being implemented. Especially popular are farmers’ organizations, which are believed to be owned, controlled, and financed by smallholders. As such, their design is considered inclusive given every household in a community is theoretically allowed to become a member, and the governance and management structure encourage participatory decision-making. However, even in the context in which farmers’ organizations are actively promoted, a notable proportion of smallholders may not be able to engage in market-oriented production or may opt for the existing alternative marketing arrangements, as dictated by individual households’ socioeconomic characteristics. Focusing on the case of smallholder farming in Olenguruone, Nakuru county, Kenya, where a donor funded dairy farmers’ cooperative marketing arrangement is promoted alongside existing marketing opportunities, the present research investigated the factors that determine smallholders’ commercial farming orientation and marketing arrangements. It employed a case study approach, combining both quantitative and qualitative research methods for a more complete empirical inquiry. The findings demonstrate that irrespective of the external support provided through marketing opportunities such as farmer organizations, smallholders’ engagement in commercial farming and marketing is dictated by the socioeconomic attributes and market perceptions that are heterogeneous among households in a smallholder community. |
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