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IFPRI key facts series: Agricultural cooperatives

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  • Banda, Chimwemwe
  • Duchoslav, Jan

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Highlights • There is an operational agricultural cooperative in every tenth community in Malawi, but they are not well utilized to access markets or services. • Almost no farmers (0.6 percent in 2019/20) receive extension advice through cooperatives. • Although an increasing share of farmers engage in input and output markets, few do so through cooperatives. • Few farmers buy inputs on credit in general, and almost none receive credit from cooperatives. • Farmers who buy inputs from cooperatives do not pay less than farmers who buy inputs elsewhere. • Farmers who sell their produce to cooperatives also do not obtain better prices than farmers who sell to other buyers.

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  • Banda, Chimwemwe & Duchoslav, Jan, 2023. "IFPRI key facts series: Agricultural cooperatives," MaSSP key facts May 2023, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    • Handle: RePEc:fpr:masskf:136712
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    MALAWI; SOUTHERN AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA; agricultural cooperatives; markets; farmers; extension services; inputs; credit; agricultural products; prices;
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