Reis ver, drink wijn, denk na lach hard, duik diep kom terug" Spinvis"I heard a whisper as soft as iron, as safe as lions by the ocean beyond the sea" Jon ForemanVoor Joram en Jiska Table of Contents Prologue p. 1. General Introduction p. 1.1 Societal challenge: food and nutrition security and connecting farmers to markets p. 1.2 Research focus: how institutions work and evolve p. 1.3 Scientific background: a contextualised understanding of institutions and modes of governance p. 1.3.1 How institutions are studied: bridging structure and agency p. 1.3.2 What institutions do: governance of market transactions p. 1.3.3 What makes institutions viable: socio-material embedding and external pressures p. 1.3.4 How institutions work and evolve: a practice perspective p. 1.4 Research objectives and research questions p. 1.5 Research design p. 1.5.1 Zooming in & zooming out p. 1.5.2 Research area: bulking sunflower in northern Uganda p. 1.5.3 Case study design and case selection p. 1.5.4 Methods used for data collection and analysis p. 1.6 Thesis outline p. 2. From cotton to sunflower: historical dynamics driving agrarian transformation in the edible oils sector in Uganda p. 4. Navigating dynamic contexts: African cooperatives as institutional bricoleurs p. 4.1 Introduction p. 4.2 Theoretical framework p. 4.2.1 Depart from new institutional economics p. 4.2.2 Institutional bricolage p. 4.3 Methods and research area p. 4.3.1 Methods p. 4.3.2 Case studies p. 4.3 Findings p. 4.3.1 Alito farmer group in Uganda p. 4.3.2 Nyetaa Waale cooperative in Mali p. 4.4 Analysis and discussion p. 4.5 Conclusion p. 5. From contract farming to contract trading: dynamics of enforcement in linking Ugandan sunflower farmers to corporate buyers p. 5.1 Introduction p. 5.2 Materials and methods p. 5.2.1 Research area and case study p. 5.2.2 Methods p. 5.3 Results p.