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The role of the farmer and their cooperative in supply chain governance: a Latin American small producer perspective

In: Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals

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This chapter covers the role of cooperatives in the economic development of smallholder agricultural producers in Latin America. We begin by discussing the Latin American context: the role of agricultural production in the economy of Latin American countries and the particular place of smallholder producers viz-a-viz industrial agricultural producers. The Fair Trade (FT) and cooperative movements have deep roots in this region, thus we present a brief overview of the FT history. Finally, we describe how producer organizations respond to the present-day challenges of agricultural producers by functioning as “connective organizations” and offer a case study of a coffee cooperative in Chiapas, Mexico.

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  • Stephen Pitts, 2023. "The role of the farmer and their cooperative in supply chain governance: a Latin American small producer perspective," Chapters, in: Matthew S. Elliott & Michael A. Boland (ed.), Handbook of Research on Cooperatives and Mutuals, chapter 10, pages 172-184, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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