How rigid business approaches paved the way for inclusive business practices: A case study of innovative milk trading practices aligned with pastoralists

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Livestock Research Instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University & Researchen
cg.contributor.donorInternational Fund for Agricultural Developmenten
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeLivestock and Climateen
cg.creator.identifierEsther Kihoro: 0000-0002-0956-5134en
cg.creator.identifierTodd A Crane: 0000-0002-4395-7545en
cg.creator.identifierSietze Vellema: 0000-0002-6476-4558en
cg.howPublishedFormally Publisheden
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/27685241.2024.2384366en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn2768-5241en
cg.issue1en
cg.journalNJAS: Impact in agricultural and life sciencesen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaResilient Agrifood Systemsen
cg.subject.ilriCATTLEen
cg.subject.ilriLIVESTOCKen
cg.subject.ilriPASTORALISMen
cg.subject.impactAreaClimate adaptation and mitigationen
cg.volume96en
dc.contributor.authorKihoro, Estheren
dc.contributor.authorCrane, Todd A.en
dc.contributor.authorLupatu, Habiben
dc.contributor.authorVellema, Sietzeen
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-28T22:12:33Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-28T22:12:33Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/170276
dc.titleHow rigid business approaches paved the way for inclusive business practices: A case study of innovative milk trading practices aligned with pastoralistsen
dcterms.abstractThe poor integration of pastoral households into milk markets has been attributed to several aspects, including the mobile nature of pastoralists and seasonal fluctuations in milk volumes. Pastoralists also keep their cattle as a store of wealth, meaning they are keener to increase livestock numbers than their productivity. These aspects make it risky for traders to source milk from pastoral households because of the high transaction costs and the uncertainty of milk prices and volumes. This study evaluates the practice of sourcing milk and the innovative strategies used by several traders to ensure that pastoral households are integrated into milk markets. Methodologically, we use the practice approach, where practices are meaning-making and order-producing activities that result in an institutionalised way of doing. The results indicate that previous market engagement for pastoralists took place in a rigid, predetermined context that failed to account for pastoralists’ varying production practices. Our analysis shows how the skillful performance of traders and motorbike milk aggregators has aligned with the logic and interests of pastoralists. However, this alignment capacity can only be realised under specific conditions, which involve aligning with local production systems, coordinating with intermediaries, and having a flexible approach to marketing prices and buyers across seasons. This study highlights that economic organization emerges from everyday action and problem-solving and is not only an outcome of an intentional system design. In doing so, this study contributes to more realistic needs-driven business intervention strategies that are beneficial in achieving inclusive rural development.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Accessen
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2024-08-06en
dcterms.bibliographicCitationKihoro, E., Crane, T.A., Lupatu, H. and Vellema, S. 2024. How rigid business approaches paved the way for inclusive business practices: A case study of innovative milk trading practices aligned with pastoralists. NJAS: Impact in agricultural and life sciences 2024, Vol. 96, No. 1, 2384366. https://doi.org/10.1080/27685241.2024.2384366en
dcterms.issued2024-08-06en
dcterms.languageenen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0en
dcterms.subjectcattleen
dcterms.subjecthouseholdsen
dcterms.subjectlivestocken
dcterms.subjectmilken
dcterms.subjectmilk collectionen
dcterms.subjectpastoralistsen
dcterms.typeJournal Articleen

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