| Titre |
Farm Labor Networks, Cooperatives and Fair Trade : An Empirical Analysis of Peruvian Coffee Growers |
| Titre traduit |
Réseaux de travail agricole, coopératives et commerce équitable : Etude empirique des caféiculteurs péruviens |
| Lien hypertexte |
Site de peri.umass.edu |
| Auteur |
ENELOW, Noah |
| Date |
2014 |
| Pagination ou Durée d'écoute |
44 p. |
| Notes |
University Massachusetts (USA), Political Economy Research Institute, Ecotrust and E3 Network, Working Paper Series n°357 |
| Résumé |
Abstract : «Agricultural marketing cooperatives are potentially important tools for rural development. However, many cooperatives experience significant outside sales to private intermediaries. This study analyzes the problem of outside sales in a coffee cooperative in northern Peru, and finds that the labor practices of cooperative members exert significant influence on their level of outside sales. I find that coffee growers who use more intensively cooperative labor networks known as choba-choba, as well as family household labor, engage in fewer outside sales and channel more sales through the cooperative. These results imply a symbiotic relationship between agrarian marketing cooperatives and non-market labor practices, and suggest an important role for robust community structures in building sustainable livelihoods in agrarian regions of the developing world.»
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CDTM de Paris
Centre de ressources sur le commerce équitable
