Producer organisations and market chains : facilitating trajectories of change in developing countries / / edited by Giel Ton, Jos Bijman, Joost Oorthuizen.

• TeilnehmendeR: Ton, Giel.; Bijman, Jos.; Oorthuizen, Joost.
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (320 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

Table of Contents

Table of contents; Introduction; Giel Ton, Jos Bijman and Joost Oorthuizen; Section A Organisational support for producer organisations; The balancing act of creating a cooperative: the role of outsiders in a Kyrgyz Republic case; Gerrit Holtland; Coaching organisational transitions towards an increased market orientation: SNV's experience with producer organisation support in the Bolivian Valleys; Lithzy Flores, Dick Commandeur, Giel Ton and Gerda Zijm

Creating a balance between loyalty and efficiency: the importance of organisational culture for the market integration of coffee producer organisations in Chiapas, MexicoOlga van der Valk; Peer-to-peer farmer support for economic development; Kees Blokland and Christian Gouët; Section B Value chain development with producer organisations; How can cooperatives meet the challenges of agrifood supply chains?; Jos Bijman; Chain empowerment: supporting African smallholders to develop markets; Lucian Peppelenbos and Hugo Verkuijl

Fostering co-ownership with producer organisations in international value chains: a strategic answer to the mainstreaming of fair trade fruits?Dave Boselie; African smallholders in organic export projects; Bo van Elzakker; Small farmer group certification to access socially and environmentally 'just' markets; Rhiannon Pyburn; Connecting Costa Rican small scale coffee farmers to the main stream European market: an integral chain strategy for sustainable development and improved competitiveness; Myrtille Danse

Building social capital for potato production and marketing: producer organisations' initiatives in north-western RwandaBertus Wennink and Ted Schrader; Farmers' organisations in West Africa: emerging stakeholders in cotton sector reforms; Joost Nelen; Section C Changes in the institutional environment for producer organisations; The farmers' organisation route to economic development; Kees Blokland and Christian Gouët; The rise of new rural producer organisations in China; Jos Bijman, Rik Delnoye and Giel Ton

Farmers' organisations in agricultural research and development: governance issues in two competitive funding programs in BoliviaGiel Ton; Contract farming and social action by producers: the politics and practice of agrarian modernisation in the Philippines; Sietze Vellema; Conclusions; Jos Bijman, Giel Ton and Joost Oorthuizen; About the authors