Do quality incentive payments improve cooperative performance? The case of small French agricultural cooperatives

Barry, Ibrahima; Rousselière, Damien

doi:10.1111/1477-9552.12475

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“…Our results suggest a conclusion similar to the latter, possibly as a result of the common practice in the area to pay for members’ grapes according to their quality. Payment by quality has been shown to increase small cooperatives’ performances (Barry and Rousselière, 2022). Also, the obligation of cooperative members to deliver their whole production to the cooperative prevents free-riding practices like selling the best grapes on the market and delivering low-quality ones to the cooperative.…”

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Making wine, selling grapes, or delivering to a cooperative? Determinants of grape allocation

2023

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A typical characteristic of the wine supply chain in the Old World is the significant share of cooperatives in wine-making that coexists with investor-owned firms and on-farm wine-makers. This paper analyzes the determinants of whether grape growers deliver their grapes to a cooperative winery of which they are members, sell their grapes to outside wineries, or make their own wine on their farm. Our analysis is based on data from a typical wine-producing area in Northern Italy. The explanatory variables comprise the potential prices linked to the different grape allocations and various farmer and farm characteristics. The high share of farmers delivering their grapes to cooperatives can, to a large extent, be explained by their higher price relative to one of the spot markets. On-farm wine-making is favored by larger farms and more educated farmers.

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Making wine, selling grapes, or delivering to a cooperative? Determinants of grape allocation

2023

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“…Revenue is frequently used as an indicator of the financial performance of farmer cooperatives (e.g. Soboh et al., 2012; Benos et al., 2016; Grashuis, 2019; 2020; Barry and Rousselière, 2021; Sebhatu et al., 2021). Because we deal with financial time series data, we first normalize the revenue variable in order to account for the effect of inflation.…”

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“…Revenue is often used as an indicator of the financial performance of cooperatives (e.g. Soboh et al., 2012; Benos et al., 2016; Grashuis, 2019; 2020; Barry and Rousseliere, 2021; Sebhatu et al., 2021). The truncated model, which is only estimated for the sub‐sample of cooperatives which cleared the first hurdle (i.e.…”

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The commercial growth of farmer cooperatives in Romania: A double‐hurdle model analysis

Grashuis,

Bercu,

Florea

et al. 2023

Ann Public Coop Econ

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In many countries, farmer cooperatives have been successful at facilitating access to markets in conditions of imperfect competition for a long time. However, modern farmer cooperatives have only been operational in Romania since 2005, and their development is slowed by several internal and external conditions. In the absence of empirical evidence of possible explanations for alleged shortcomings in the growth of farmer cooperatives in Romania, applied research is necessary to inform recommendations for practitioners, policymakers, and other stakeholders. Using financial data from 1,426 farmer cooperatives in Romania for the 2017–21 period, we estimate a double hurdle panel model of the probability and the intensity commercial activity with annual revenue as the variable of interest. All else equal, annual revenue increased in 2020 and 2021 relative to 2017, which to some extent refutes observations of underdevelopment. Although the membership size of farmer cooperatives in Romania is relatively small, its relationship to the probability and the intensity of commercial activity is positive. The relationship of age to the probability and the intensity of commercial activity is ∩‐shaped, which may imply a relatively short lifespan for farmer cooperatives in Romania. Possible explanations are member opportunism and double taxation misunderstandings, but further research is necessary to generate more insights.

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How the Performance of Medium, Small and Micro Co-operatives Should be Measured? A Perspective from Malaysia

Aziz,

Saleh,

Jabbar

et al. 2023

Vision: The Journal of Business Perspective

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Researchers have focused too much on the financial performance of co-operatives, neglecting the original purpose and nature of co-operatives. There is a gap in the literature, especially in developing a holistic measurement of co-operative performance based on stakeholder perspectives. Thus, the objective of this study is to develop a measurement of co-operative performance, considering co-operative principles and economic, social, and sustainable governance perspectives, suitable for the context of medium, small, and micro co-operatives. Malaysia is used as the context. In conducting this study, the Delphi technique is utilized where a specific focus group consisting of five clusters representing the stakeholders as participants. Qualitative analysis of results suggests performance indicators that reflect the purpose (objectives) and principles of co-operatives, which are divided into three aspects, economic, social and sustainable governance. This study is one of very few studies that develop the indicators for co-operative performance measurement. Hence, it is important for co-operatives in this category to consider the use of indicators suggested in this study to comprehensively measure their performance.

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Do quality incentive payments improve cooperative performance? The case of small French agricultural cooperatives

Cited by 7 publications

References 36 publications

Making wine, selling grapes, or delivering to a cooperative? Determinants of grape allocation

Making wine, selling grapes, or delivering to a cooperative? Determinants of grape allocation

The commercial growth of farmer cooperatives in Romania: A double‐hurdle model analysis

How the Performance of Medium, Small and Micro Co-operatives Should be Measured? A Perspective from Malaysia

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