Property rights, collective action, and agribusiness

Nancy L. Johnson and Berdegué, Julio A.
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Julio A. Berdegue

No 11 No. 13, 2020 vision briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: The authors state that "governments and research and development organizations are increasingly interested in understanding and promoting rural agroenterprises as a way to combat rural poverty." They look at the implications of market orientation for small-scale agricultural producers and the implications of integration for small farms and firms. They conclude that agroindustrialization, which is changing agriculture and rural communities in developing countries, forces farmers and entrepreneurs to change the way they do business. Collective action and networking, a better understanding of how to develop and support those networks, and less traditional forms of organization, such as agricultural cooperatives, is necessary for the development of an "efficient and equitable agribusiness sector." from Text

Keywords: poverty alleviation; property rights; collective action; agro-industrial sector; rural communities; small enterprises; cooperatives; small farms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations: View citations in EconPapers (5)

Downloads: (external link)
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/157469

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:fpr:2020br:1113

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in 2020 vision briefs from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) Contact information at EDIRC.
Bibliographic data for series maintained by ().