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The Influence of Marketing Cooperatives on the Bargaining Position of Producers in Farm-Gate Banana Prices : Evidences from Smallholders in Southern Ethiopia

Authors list: Woldie, GA; Nuppenau, EA

Appeared in: Proceedings of the International Conference on Banana and Plantain in Africa: harnessing international partnerships to increase research impact, Volume 1

Editor list: Dubois, T.; Hauser, S.

Publication year: 2010

Pages: 161-168

ISBN: 978-90-6605-593-3

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.879.14

URL: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2115189

Conference: IV International Symposium on Banana and Plantain in Africa

Title of series: Acta horticulturae

Number in series: 879

Abstract:

This paper empirically investigates farm-gate banana (Musa spp.) price-negotiation under asymmetric information using a bilateral bargaining model. It makes an attempt to show how memberships in cooperatives affect the bargaining power of smallholders in southern Ethiopia. A regression analysis reveals that cooperative membership positively and significantly affects the bargaining power of smallholder banana growers. The result also confirms that access to central-market-price information and past-trade relationship enables farmers to stick to their initially asked price.

Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: Woldie, G. and Nuppenau, E. (2010) The Influence of Marketing Cooperatives on the Bargaining Position of Producers in Farm-Gate Banana Prices : Evidences from Smallholders in Southern Ethiopia, in Dubois, T. and Hauser, S. (eds.) Proceedings of the International Conference on Banana and Plantain in Africa: harnessing international partnerships to increase research impact, Volume 1. Leuven: International Society for Horticultural Science. pp. 161-168. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.879.14

APA Citation style: Woldie, G., & Nuppenau, E. (2010). The Influence of Marketing Cooperatives on the Bargaining Position of Producers in Farm-Gate Banana Prices : Evidences from Smallholders in Southern Ethiopia. In Dubois, T., & Hauser, S. (Eds.), Proceedings of the International Conference on Banana and Plantain in Africa: harnessing international partnerships to increase research impact, Volume 1. (pp. 161-168). International Society for Horticultural Science. https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2010.879.14