Integration of Smallholders in Modern Agri-food Chains: Lessons from the KASCOL Model in Zambia

Sepiso Mungandi, Daniel Conforte and Nicola M. Shadbolt

International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, 2012, vol. 15, issue 3, 22

Abstract: The Kaleya Smallholders Company Limited (KASCOL) model has been considered in Zambia a success in increasing smallholders’ participation, ownership and governance in an agri-food val-ue chain. This study explores if and why this was a successful experience. The evidence gathered revealed that along its thirty years of existence, the model was able to grow the smallholder ownership and governance role. Although the context, governance structures and managerial competence were necessary factors in the sustainability of the model, the variables related to social capital were key determinants for the long term successful inclusion of the smallholders.

Keywords: Community/Rural/Urban Development; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis; Farm Management; Food Security and Poverty; Health Economics and Policy; Institutional and Behavioral Economics; International Development; International Relations/Trade; Labor and Human Capital; Land Economics/Use; Livestock Production/Industries; Marketing; Productivity Analysis (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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