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Do Coffee Farmers Benefit in Food Security from Participating in Coffee Cooperatives? Evidence from Southwest Ethiopia Coffee Cooperatives

Zekarias Shumeta (UGent) and Marijke D'Haese (UGent)
(2018) FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN. 39(2). p.266-280
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Background: Most coffee in Ethiopia is produced by smallholder farmers who face a daily struggle to get sufficient income but also to feed their families. At the same time, many smallholder coffee producers are members of cooperatives. Yet, literature has paid little attention to the effect of cooperatives on combating food insecurity among cash crop producers including coffee farmers. Objective: The objective of the study was to investigate how coffee cooperative membership may affect food security among coffee farm households in Southwest Ethiopia. Methods: The study used cross-sectional household data on income, expenditure on food, staple food production (maize and teff), and utilization of improved inputs (fertilizer and improved seed) collected from 256 randomly selected farm households (132 cooperative members and 124 non-members) and applied an inverse probability weighting (IPW) estimation to assess the impact of cooperative membership on food security. Results: The result revealed that cooperative membership has a positive and significant effect on staple food production (maize and teff) and facilitated technological transformation via increased utilization of fertilizer and improved seeds. Nonetheless, the effect on food expenditure and income could not be confirmed. Conclusion: Findings suggest a trade-off between coffee marketing and input supply functions of the cooperatives, impairing their true food security impact from the pooled income and production effect.
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AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES, COLLECTIVE ACTION, CROP PRODUCTION, SMALLHOLDERS, LIVELIHOODS, HOUSEHOLD, IMPACT, DETERMINANTS, INSECURITY, MEMBERSHIP, food security, coffee, cooperatives, Southwest Ethiopia, inverse, probability weighting

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Shumeta, Zekarias, and Marijke D’Haese. “Do Coffee Farmers Benefit in Food Security from Participating in Coffee Cooperatives? Evidence from Southwest Ethiopia Coffee Cooperatives.” FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN, vol. 39, no. 2, Sage Publications Inc, 2018, pp. 266–80, doi:10.1177/0379572118765341.
APA
Shumeta, Z., & D’Haese, M. (2018). Do Coffee Farmers Benefit in Food Security from Participating in Coffee Cooperatives? Evidence from Southwest Ethiopia Coffee Cooperatives. FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN, 39(2), 266–280. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572118765341
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Shumeta, Zekarias, and Marijke D’Haese. 2018. “Do Coffee Farmers Benefit in Food Security from Participating in Coffee Cooperatives? Evidence from Southwest Ethiopia Coffee Cooperatives.” FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN 39 (2): 266–80. https://doi.org/10.1177/0379572118765341.
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Shumeta, Zekarias, and Marijke D’Haese. 2018. “Do Coffee Farmers Benefit in Food Security from Participating in Coffee Cooperatives? Evidence from Southwest Ethiopia Coffee Cooperatives.” FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN 39 (2): 266–280. doi:10.1177/0379572118765341.
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Shumeta Z, D’Haese M. Do Coffee Farmers Benefit in Food Security from Participating in Coffee Cooperatives? Evidence from Southwest Ethiopia Coffee Cooperatives. FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN. 2018;39(2):266–80.
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Z. Shumeta and M. D’Haese, “Do Coffee Farmers Benefit in Food Security from Participating in Coffee Cooperatives? Evidence from Southwest Ethiopia Coffee Cooperatives,” FOOD AND NUTRITION BULLETIN, vol. 39, no. 2, pp. 266–280, 2018.
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