Women smallholders face greater constraints than men in accessing capital and commodity
markets in Sub-Saharan Africa. Collective action has been promoted to remedy those …

Smallholder farmers in developing countries encounter multiple barriers in access to inputs
and technology, which prevent them from reaping the benefits from market participation …

Agricultural techniques and technologies that could foster sustainable intensification of
farming (hereafter: SI practices) can originate from existing farm practices, from the adoption …

The Common Agricultural Policy pays particular attention to the decline of young farmers in
the European Union. For this reason, plenty of different policy measures and motives for new …

Member commitment is essential for the efficiency and survival of member-based economic
organizations like agricultural cooperatives. In Ethiopia, cooperatives are considered as …

Abstract Deforestation in Burkina Faso is estimated to be between 0.91–1.03% per annum
and displacement by croplands or rangeland expansion is identified as its main drivers. The …

This study explored the relations between the farmer‐members' social networks and their
interest in cooperative governance, specifically their willingness to be elected …

This article explores the importance of a number of motivational factors that may be related
to farmer-members' loyalty to their agricultural cooperative. A review of relevant literature …

Team leadership plays a crucial role in the management of agricultural cooperatives,
especially in post‐Soviet countries where farmers keep bad experiences from the …

Cooperatives refer to producer-owned and controlled organizations that improve farmers'
livelihoods by correcting market failure. Policy makers consider cooperatives as an …