quantity and quality, smallholders, in particular, have to increase their reliability in order to be able to compete within the …

This article investigates determinants and impacts of cooperative organization, using the example of smallholder banana … farmers in Kenya. Farmer groups are inclusive of the poor, although wealthier households are more likely to join. Employing …

This paper empirically investigates farm-gate banana (Musa spp.) price negotiation under asymmetric information using a … smallholders in southern Ethiopia. A regression analysis reveals that cooperative membership positively and significantly affects … the bargaining power of smallholder banana growers. The result also confirms that access to central …