The role of the farmer and their cooperative in supply chain governance: a US perspective

Michael Boland and William Secor

Chapter 11 in Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals, 2023, pp 185-192 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: When farmers, through cooperatives, enter the chain at another stage, it is a form of vertical integration. Farmer governance along the supply chain involves making decisions on the resource allocation in the supply chain while navigating property rights issues (e.g., Cook 1995, Cook 2018). Many marketing cooperatives have significant market share, but not dominance. However, the recent consolidation of cooperatives and increasing extent in the supply and value chain suggests that farmers prefer more control over the supply and value chains. In addition, the stability of the cooperative market share indicates that farmer governance is still critical and efficient to coordinate the chains.

Keywords: Business and Management; Development Studies; Economics and Finance; Environment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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