Marketing, cooperatives and price heterogeneity: evidence from the CIS dairy sector

Johannes Sauer, Matthew Gorton and John White

No 103722, 2011 Annual Meeting, July 24-26, 2011, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from Agricultural and Applied Economics Association

Abstract: Drawing on survey data, this paper identifies the determinants of variations in farm gate milk prices for three CIS countries (Armenia, Moldova and Ukraine). We apply a multi-level modeling approach, specifically a bootstrapped mixed-effects linear regression model. The analysis suggests three main strategies to improve the price received by farmers for their output: consolidation, competition for output and stable supply chain relationships. In Armenia and Ukraine selling through a marketing cooperative has a significant, positive, albeit modest, effect on farm gate milk prices. In all three countries studied, the size of dairy operations, trust and contracting also affect positively the prices received by farmers.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Demand and Price Analysis; Marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2011
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.103722

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