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Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa
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Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa
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| Creator |
Staal, Steven J.
Delgado, Christopher L. Nicholson, C. |
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EAST AFRICA
DAIRY INDUSTRY SMALL FARMS COSTS MILK PRODUCER PRICES |
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| Description |
It is argued that dairying is vital to future viability of many small farms in East Africa and that high transactions costs for dairy production and marketing limit participation by asset- and information-poor smalholders. Case studies from Kenya and Ethiopia illustrate the role of dairy cooperatives in reducing transactions costs. Analysis of the determinants of producer prices received by a sample of dairy producers near Addis Ababa suggests that different levels of access to infrastructure, assets, and information explain why they contemporaneously accept widely different producer prices for fluid milk.
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| Date |
2013-06-11T09:25:32Z
2013-06-11T09:25:32Z 1997 |
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Journal Article
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| Identifier |
World Development;25(5): 779-794
0305-750X http://hdl.handle.net/10568/29946 |
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en
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| Source |
World Development
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