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Contract farming, cooperatives and challenges of side selling: malt barley value-chain development in Ethiopia

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  • Dawit Alemu
  • Alice Guinan
  • Judith Hermanson

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This paper presents the experience of malt barley value-chain development through cooperative-based contract farming. The descriptive and qualitative analysis used primary data collected from the actors involved and secondary data. The results indicate that side selling is a major challenge, estimated at about 30%. Promoting the role of cooperatives and avoiding side selling by addressing both farmer- and system-level issues requires considering the dynamic nature of the malt barley market, involvement of all relevant stakeholders, capacitating cooperatives rather than providing handout-type support, and promoting market-based disincentives and incentives for the misconduct and conduct of actors.

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  • Dawit Alemu & Alice Guinan & Judith Hermanson, 2021. "Contract farming, cooperatives and challenges of side selling: malt barley value-chain development in Ethiopia," Development in Practice, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 31(4), pages 496-510, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:cdipxx:v:31:y:2021:i:4:p:496-510
    DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2020.1860194
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    1. Keenan, Michael & Fort, Ricardo & Vargas, Ricardo, 2024. "Shocked into side-selling? Production shocks and organic coffee farmers’ marketing decisions," Food Policy, Elsevier, vol. 125(C).

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