The effect of collective action on smallholder income and asset holdings in Kenya

Mutonyi, Sarah

doi:10.1016/j.wdp.2019.02.010

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“…These factors (which are inter-related) include gender and gender relations, access to land, education and poverty levels and remoteness/access to infrastructure. We also found four studies (1.7%) that identified support to purchase inputs for production or access education for poor households 21,35 .…”

Section: Sustainable Livelihoodmentioning

confidence: 79%

A scoping review of the contributions of farmers’ organizations to smallholder agriculture

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Farmers’ organizations (FOs), such as associations, cooperatives, self-help and women’s groups, are common in developing countries and provide services that are widely viewed as contributing to income and productivity for small-scale producers. Here, we conducted a scoping review of the literature on FO services and their impacts on small-scale producers in sub-Saharan Africa and India. Most reviewed studies (57%) reported positive FO impacts on farmer income, but much fewer reported positive impacts on crop yield (19%) and production quality (20%). Environmental benefits, such as resilience-building and improved water quality and quantity were documented in 24% of the studies. Our analysis indicates that having access to markets through information, infrastructure, and logistical support at the centre of FO design could help integrate FOs into policy. Natural resource management should also be more widely incorporated in the services provided by FOs to mitigate risks associated with environmental degradation and climate change. Finally, farmers who are already marginalized because of poor education, land access, social status and market accessibility may require additional support systems to improve their capacities, skills and resources before they are able to benefit from FO membership.

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Section: Sustainable Livelihoodmentioning

confidence: 79%

A scoping review of the contributions of farmers’ organizations to smallholder agriculture

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“…The included studies demonstrate that training and capacity building can support small-scale producers as they upgrade their production to satisfy the requirements of modern market channels [17][18][19][20][21] . Market information increases the speed of farm product sales while allowing farmers to bargain more effectively and obtain better prices [22][23][24] . Providing timely access to affordable credit also supports the adoption of modern technologies 25,26 , and platforms that facilitate interactions among stakeholders improve the performance of value chains 27,28 .…”

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A scoping review of market links between value chain actors and small-scale producers in developing regions

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Sustainable Development Goal 2 aims to end hunger, achieve food and nutrition security and promote sustainable agriculture by 2030. This requires that small-scale producers be included in, and benefit from, the rapid growth and transformation under way in food systems. Small-scale producers interact with various actors when they link with markets, including product traders, logistics firms, processors and retailers. The literature has explored primarily how large firms interact with farmers through formal contracts and resource provision arrangements. Although important, contracts constitute a very small share of smallholder market interactions. There has been little exploration of whether non-contract interactions between small farmers and both small- and large-scale value chain actors have affected small farmers’ livelihoods. This scoping review covers 202 studies on that topic. We find that non-contract interactions, de facto mostly with small and medium enterprises, benefit small-scale producers via similar mechanisms that the literature has previously credited to large firms. Small and medium enterprises, not just large enterprises, address idiosyncratic market failures and asset shortfalls of small-scale producers by providing them, through informal arrangements, with complementary services such as input provision, credit, information and logistics. Providing these services directly supports Sustainable Development Goal 2 by improving farmer welfare through technology adoption and greater productivity.

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“…This would lead us to think about the prevalence of an individual's direct and immediate interest in the face of water, which is valid in light of the rationality of the producers, but which, from a collective approach, would not represent a broader and a more far-reaching commitment to the organization. In fact, the low willingness to work associatively and the preference for individual work, even in the face of common problems such as commercialization and the precariousness of their economic situation, contrast with cooperative experiences that, due to a greater reach, have influenced rural poverty reduction [28,29]. In the universe of the producers involved in this research, collective work and the organization were not of particular interest, unless they represented an immediate individual benefit.…”

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confidence: 96%

An Analysis of Irrigation Organizations in Colombia through the Prism of Collective Action

2019

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The objective of this article is to deepen the knowledge of collective action in irrigation organizations in Colombia, by identifying the limitations of the members for their organizational work and the variables of context that determine collective behavior. Human and environmental factors have not been sufficiently considered in public irrigation policies, since, in the case of Colombia, these have focused almost exclusively on the physical infrastructure. The methodology develops a qualitative approach based on an ethnographic and quantitative study of the socioeconomic characteristics of irrigation users. The results allow us to affirm that the collective awareness of water is a common good. The vision of the associates about the associative work, the conformation and structuring of the organizations, the nature of the established agreements, and the socio-economic, environmental, and political environment of the organizations studied, are determining factors of their collective action and, therefore, should be taken into account in public policies of associative irrigation.

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The effect of collective action on smallholder income and asset holdings in Kenya

Cited by 41 publications

References 38 publications

A scoping review of the contributions of farmers’ organizations to smallholder agriculture

A scoping review of the contributions of farmers’ organizations to smallholder agriculture

A scoping review of market links between value chain actors and small-scale producers in developing regions

An Analysis of Irrigation Organizations in Colombia through the Prism of Collective Action

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