Group Model Building to Assess Rural Dairy Cooperative Feasibility in South-Central Mexico

Keenan C. McRoberts, Charles F. Nicholson, Robert W. Blake, Terry W. Tucker and Gabriel Díaz Padilla

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2013, vol. 16, issue 3, 44

Abstract: A group model building process based on system dynamics was developed to assess the potential of a cooperative manufacturing and marketing goat cheese in a community near Xalapa. The process identified important outcomes, key variables to consider, parameter values, and relevant scenarios. This information facilitated development of a dynamic simulation model including key biological and economic factors affecting cooperative success. Model analyses indicated that the cooperative potentially could increase community incomes while controlling risk under a range of environmental and market conditions. A system dynamics-based participatory approach can help inform ex ante assessment of potential development and agribusiness interventions.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.156459

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