Institutional Arrangements for Environmental Co-operatives: a Conceptual Framework

Hagedorn, Konrad; Arzt, K.; Peters, Ulla

doi:10.4337/9781782543916.00009

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“…The concept of jointness of production is a key characteristic of so-called nature-related transactions costs that have been often overlooked in literature, even if with some important exceptions in the NIE field (Hagedorn et al, 2002;Vatn, 2002;Hagedorn, 2008). Following Hagedorn (2008), for example, buying and applying fertilizers and pesticides on a crop might result in higher yields with farm income increases as a consequence.…”

Section: Sustainability Practicesmentioning

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Matching ecological transition and food security in the cereal sector: The role of farmers' preferences on production contracts

Ciliberti

Frascarelli

Martino

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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IntroductionUnder an increasing demand from citizen and public institutions, agri-food supply chains are requested to comply with stringent environmental requirements. Moreover, new sources of uncertainty related to pandemic and geo-political turbulences put further pressures on economic agents, calling for proper and resilient governance mechanisms. Under the lens of the Neo Institutional Economics, we focus on production contracts and their clauses which, in turn, perform different functions and contribute to allocate property and decision rights, in the attempt to conciliate sustainability and food security.MethodsIn this framework, contract design assumes a key importance. Thus, we analyze farmers' preferences for different contractual clauses in the cereal sector. A choice experiment is carried out among durum wheat producers in Italy and mixed logit estimations assuming heterogeneous preferences are performed.Results and discussionFindings provide interesting indications, revealing a strong farmers' willingness to adhere production contracts in exchange for price stability and knowledge transfer offered by technical assistance services. However, producers are not available to limit their decisional autonomy in unilateral agreement with buyers and they reveal a certain indifference to costly production techniques aimed to improve environmental sustainability.

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Section: Sustainability Practicesmentioning

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Matching ecological transition and food security in the cereal sector: The role of farmers' preferences on production contracts

Ciliberti

Frascarelli

Martino

2023

Front. Sustain. Food Syst.

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“…For our analysis of these journeys we draw on a large body of literature addressing human-nature interdependencies, natural resources management, and collective decision-making in complex social-ecological-technical systems (SETS), all of which reveal influences on governance approaches, i.e., their design, development, and working conditions (e.g. Hagedorn et al, 2002;Loft et al, 2015;Ostrom, 2009;Sorge et al, 2022). In our case study analyses, we identify such influencing factors by focusing on key turning points, i.e.…”

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The development of governance innovations for the sustainable provision of forest ecosystem services in Europe: A comparative analysis of four pilot innovation processes

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“…Today, a broad range of frameworks for institutional analysis with different foci and from diverse disciplines exists. Among those best known are the 'Institutional Analysis and Development' and 'Social-Ecological Systems' frameworks elaborated by Ostrom and colleagues (e.g., Ostrom 1990;, the 'Institutions of Sustainability' framework by Hagedorn, Arzt, and Peters (2002), the 'Framework for Institutions and Development' by De Soysa and Jütting (2007a), or the actor-centered framework by Mayntz and Scharpf (1995). Given the right setting and focus (e.g., natural resource use, collective action), these are very useful for analyzing a given situation.…”

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Development, Informal Institutions and Agency Analyzed through the Lens of New Institutional Anthropology: A Modification of Ensminger"s Framework on Institutional Change

Goetter¹

2017

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In development research, much effort has gone into analyzing the impact of economic and political institutions and their adequate design. However, unforeseen factors such as the impact of the cumulative behavior of individuals as shaped by informal institutions – especially social norms and moral values – may also determine the pace and path of development. Thus, positive economic, social or political triggers may only then translate into development if the relevant actors adapt their strategies and actions appropriately. Similarly, while negative triggers may induce a deterioration of the socioeconomic situation if no adaptation or a mal-adaptation takes place, in another real-world setting with a different set of institutions and actors it may in turn be possible to preserve the status quo. Sound analytical frameworks are needed to gain a deeper understanding of the complex and dynamic interaction of factors leading to a case-specific outcome and history of change. These frameworks have to be specific enough to allow the interpretation of complex changes and dynamics and at the same time general enough to fully cover a broad range of diverse settings and all important but possibly unforeseen aspects. In this paper, I present a modified version of the Framework for Modeling Institutional Change developed by Jean Ensminger (1992). Accounting for the relationships and dynamics of incentives, formal and informal institutions, bargaining power and the constellation of actors, Ensminger’s framework, which is rooted in the theoretical approach of New Institutional Anthropology, merges important aspects from New Institutional Economics and anthropology. However, it fails to leave room for agency which, as the paper illustrates, has been shown to play an often important role in development. The modified version of Ensminger’s framework incorporates agency as a main factor. For the purpose of demonstration, it is applied to a case study on informal constraints to cope with cattle rustling in Madagascar. The paper illustrates the modified framework’s analytical strength for a meticulous investigation of a wide range of empirical cases and discusses to which development-related cases and research interests it fits best. JEL Codes: B52, O1, N57, Z13

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Institutional Arrangements for Environmental Co-operatives: a Conceptual Framework

Cited by 69 publications

References 21 publications

Matching ecological transition and food security in the cereal sector: The role of farmers' preferences on production contracts

Matching ecological transition and food security in the cereal sector: The role of farmers' preferences on production contracts

The development of governance innovations for the sustainable provision of forest ecosystem services in Europe: A comparative analysis of four pilot innovation processes

Development, Informal Institutions and Agency Analyzed through the Lens of New Institutional Anthropology: A Modification of Ensminger"s Framework on Institutional Change

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