Journal
FOOD POLICY
Volume 34, Issue 1, Pages 53-59Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2008.10.002
Keywords
Collective action; Agricultural marketing; Farmer groups; Social capital; Planned change initiatives; Tanzania
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This study aims to examine the extent to which certain characteristics and asset endowments of smallholder farmer groups facilitate collective action initiatives to improve group marketing performance. This is approached through an evaluation of a government-led programme in Tanzania, which is attempting to increase smallholder farmers' incomes and food security through a market-oriented intervention. Findings suggest that more mature groups with strong internal institutions, functioning group activities, and a good asset base of natural capital are more likely to improve their market situation. Gender composition of groups also affects group marketing performance, as an enabling factor for male-dominated groups. Structural social capital in the form of membership in other groups and ties to external service providers, and cognitive social capital in the form of intra-group trust and altruistic behaviour are not significant factors in a group's ability to improve its market Situation. Published by Elsevier Ltd.
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