New forms of collective action by small scale growers
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2007
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Latin American Center for Rural Development (RIMISP), Santiago, CL
Abstract
Some critical issues relating to markets and cooperatives in the south include a tendency towards expensive and extensive administrative structures suited to handle donor demands but not market needs, slow decision-making processes, and a focus on processes of vertical integration sustained by development projects and programs. The report analyzes some successful hybrids of the agricultural co-operative model such as the “lead farmer” model and Hortifruti in Central America, and the Cooperative Cuatro Pinos in Guatemala, and asks, Which model is most appropriate and under what conditions?
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RURAL DEVELOPMENT, POVERTY ALLEVIATION, INCOME GENERATION, SMALLHOLDERS, CENTRAL AMERICA