Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopia

cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Water Management Instituteen
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2ET
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.subregionBoricha
cg.coverage.subregionSidama
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8292.2012.00460.xen
cg.issn1370-4788en
cg.issue2en
cg.journalAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economicsen
cg.volume83en
dc.contributor.authorGetnet, Kindieen
dc.contributor.authorAnullo, T.en
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-25T11:40:43Zen
dc.date.available2014-07-25T11:40:43Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/41782
dc.titleAgricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopiaen
dcterms.abstractAgricultural cooperatives are important rural organizations supporting livelihood development and poverty reduction. In recognition of such roles of cooperatives, Ethiopia showed a renewed interest in recent years in promoting cooperative sector development. However, there is lack of a wider and systematic analysis to produce sufficient empirical evidence on the livelihood development and poverty reduction impacts of cooperatives in the country. Using a matching technique on rural household income, saving, agricultural input expenditure and asset accumulation as indicator variables, this paper evaluates the livelihood impact of agricultural cooperatives in Sidama zone, Ethiopia. The finding shows that cooperatives improved the livelihoods of service user farmers through impacting better income, more savings and reduced input costs. In view of such evidence, further promotion, deepening and supporting of agricultural cooperatives is recommended.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2012-04-24
dcterms.bibliographicCitationGetnet, Kindie; Anullo, T. 2012. Agricultural cooperatives and rural livelihoods: evidence from Ethiopia. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, 83(2):181-198. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8292.2012.00460.xen
dcterms.extentpp. 181-198en
dcterms.issued2012-06
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherWileyen
dcterms.subjectagricultural cooperativesen
dcterms.subjectorganizationsen
dcterms.subjecthistoryen
dcterms.subjectrural areasen
dcterms.subjectrural developmenten
dcterms.subjectpovertyen
dcterms.subjectfarmersen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectincomeen
dcterms.subjectcostsen
dcterms.subjectsocioeconomic developmenten
dcterms.subjectindicatorsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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