Multinationals versus cooperatives: The income and efficiency effects of supply chain governance in India

Anneleen Vandeplas, Bart Minten () and Johan Swinnen

No 126892, 2012 Conference, August 18-24, 2012, Foz do Iguacu, Brazil from International Association of Agricultural Economists

Abstract: The impact of multinational firms on the domestic agricultural sector in developing countries is controversial, in particular in India. Relying on a unique set of household-level data from the state of Punjab, we study the biggest dairy company in the world (Nestlé) in India and compare its vertical spillover effects on upstream suppliers to other market channels (informal sector and cooperatives). We find that farmers that supply informal channels are less efficient and earn less profits per dairy animal than farmers supplying the cooperative and the multinational sector. Further, we find that farmers in the multinational channel are more efficient than farmers in the cooperative channel, but equally profitable. Hence, we do not find that supplying the cooperative channel is more beneficial for local dairy farmers than supplying the multinational channel. Overall, however, dairy productivity and profitability levels are still dramatically low, with tremendous scope for dairy development.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Consumer/Household Economics; Industrial Organization; International Development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 43
Date: 2012
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Working Paper: Multinationals or Cooperatives: Does it Matter to Farmers? - A Study of the Dairy Sector in Punjab (India) (2011)
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.126892

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