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Looking at the books: Social accounting of three cassava drying (appropriate technology) cooperative associations in Colombia

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Title Looking at the books: Social accounting of three cassava drying (appropriate technology) cooperative associations in Colombia
 
Creator Romanoff, S.A.
 
Subject cassava chips
costs
economics
income
prices
socioeconomic aspects
solar drying
dried roots
processed products
cassava products
drying
processing
manihot esculenta
 
Description The social infrastructure of the farmers` associations on the Northern Coast of Colombia that produce dried cassava chips is analyzed, and the benefits received by both members and nonmembers are indicated. The benefits received by the members vary, depending on the affiliation and the member himself. Political, ideological, and sociological factors affect the no. of beneficiaries. No matter how homogeneous the membership of an association or cooperative is, differential participation can create interest groups within the association that will determine the group cohesion and the use of resources. The lower the price an association pays for cassava, the more the low-sales members benefit from membership, and the higher the price, the more the high-sales members benefit. Low-income members benefit more from wages and profits than from sales. (CIAT)
 
Date 1985
2016-01-18T13:37:45Z
2016-01-18T13:37:45Z
 
Type Working Paper
 
Identifier ROMANOFF, S. 1985. Looking at the books: Social accounting of three cassava drying (appropriate technology) cooperative associations in Colombia. Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cassava Program, Cali, CO. 34 p. (Working document no. 2)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/70048
http://ciat-library.ciat.cgiar.org/Articulos_Ciat/Digital/23763_Looking_%20at_%20the_%20books_Social_%20accounting_%20of_%20three_%20cassava_%20drying_%20(appropriate_%20techn.pdf
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format 34 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT), Cassava Program