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022			_a1876-4525 (Online)
022	0		_a1876-4517
024	8		_ahttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-011-0153-0
040			_aMX-TxCIM
041			_aeng
090			_aCIS-6388
100	1		_9696 _aShiferaw, B.
245	1	0	_aImproving market access and agricultural productivity growth in Africa : _bwhat role for producer organizations and collective action institutions?
260			_aNetherlands : _bSpringer, _c2011.
500			_aPeer review
500			_aPeer-review: Yes - Open Access: Yes|http://science.thomsonreuters.com/cgi-bin/jrnlst/jlresults.cgi?PC=MASTER&ISSN=1876-4517
520			_aThe history of producer organizations in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a mixed one. In the past, producer organizations often failed to provide desired services due to dependence on government support, which led to heavy political interference as well as internal leadership and managerial problems. However, the hasty retreat of the state following adjustment and market liberalization reforms left an institutional void that the private sector has failed to fill. This study reviews the role that producer organizations can play, and the challenges they face in improving access to markets and technologies for enhancing productivity of smallholder agriculture in SSA in the post-adjustment era. The paper critically examines the evidence for improving access to markets, information and technologies, and the conditions that facilitate the success of producer organizations in providing such services. Emphasis is on the characteristics of user groups, institutional arrangements, governance mechanisms, types of products (staples, perishables and other commodities), and the role of the public and private sector service providers. We conclude that while recent experiences are mixed, good governance, more homogeneous and optimal group size, transparency and market orientation can enhance the role of producer organizations in improving access to markets. However, ideally these organizations need to prioritise agribusiness opportunities over social welfare objectives even though this may mean that some households are unable to take advantage of them. Donors and governments have important roles to play in stimulating the emergence and development of economically viable and self-sustaining producer organizations. The private sector is also critical in terms of providing producer organizations with financial and business development services.
526			_aMCRP _bFP1
536			_aSocioeconomics Program
546			_aText in English
591			_aCIMMYT Informa No. 1775|Springer
594			_aINT2698|INT3019
595			_aCSC
650		7	_aProducer organizations _911400 _2AGROVOC
650		7	_aMarket access _95027 _2AGROVOC
650		7	_aTechnology transfer _96415 _2AGROVOC
650		7	_aSmallholders _91763 _2AGROVOC
650		7	_aAgriculture _91007 _2AGROVOC
700	1		_9852 _aHellin, J. J. _gFormerly Socioeconomics Program _8INT2698
700	1		_aMuricho, G. _8001712985 _gSustainable Agrifood Systems _93230
773	0		_tFood Security _gv. 3, no. 4, p. 475-489 _dNetherlands : Springer, 2011. _wG93816 _x1876-4517
856	4		_uhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12665/1037 _yAccess only for CIMMYT Staff
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