Producer organisations and market chains: Facilitating trajectories of change in developing countries

321 Pages·2007·8.515 MB·English

by  Giel Ton, Jos Bijman, Joost Oorthuizen

Producer organisations
and market chains
Facilitating trajectories of change in
developing countries
edited by: Giel Ton | Jos Bijman | Joost Oorthuizen
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Producer organisations and market chains
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Producer organisations
market chains
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Facilitating trajectories of change
in developing countries
edited by:
Giel Ton
Jos Bijman
Joost Oorthuizen
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Table of contents
Introduction 11
Giel Ton, Jos Bijman and Joost Oorthuizen
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Section A. Organisational support for producer organisations a
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The balancing act of creating a cooperative: the role of

outsiders in a Kyrgyz Republic case 23 t
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Gerrit Holtland k
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Coaching organisational transitions towards an increased
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market orientation: SNV’s experience with producer
organisation support in the Bolivian Valleys 37
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Lithzy Flores, Dick Commandeur, Giel Ton and Gerda Zijm
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Creating a balance between loyalty and efficiency: the
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importance of organisational culture for the market
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integration of coffee producer organisations in Chiapas, Mexico 53 o
Olga van der Valk i
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Peer-to-peer farmer support for economic development 71 s
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Kees Blokland and Christian Gouët n
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Section B. Value chain development with producer
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How can cooperatives meet the challenges of agrifood c
supply chains? 91 u
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Jos Bijman
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Chain empowerment: supporting African smallholders to P
develop markets 117
Lucian Peppelenbos and Hugo Verkuijl
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Fostering co-ownership with producer organisations
in international value chains: a strategic answer to the
mainstreaming of fair trade fruits? 133
Dave Boselie
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Bo van Elzakker
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environmentally ‘just’ markets 163

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main stream European market: an integral chain strategy
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for sustainable development and improved competitiveness 185
Myrtille Danse
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Building social capital for potato production and marketing:
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producer organisations’ initiatives in north-western Rwanda 205
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Bertus Wennink and Ted Schrader
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The farmers’ organisation route to economic development 235
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The rise of new rural producer organisations in China 251
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Farmers’ organisations in agricultural research and
development: governance issues in two competitive funding
programs in Bolivia 271
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Contract farming and social action by producers: the
politics and practice of agrarian modernisation in the
Philippines 285
Sietze Vellema
Conclusions 299 s
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Jos Bijman, Giel Ton and Joost Oorthuizen
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