NEW ROLE OF COOPERATIVES IN ETHIOPIA: THE CASE OF ETHIOPIAN COFFEE FARMERS COOPERATIVES


Autoria(s): Kodama, Yuka
Data(s)

26/11/2008

26/11/2008

01/03/2007

Resumo

Since 1991, policies of economic liberalization in Ethiopia have been effective in releasing the economy from rigid state control. At the same time, they have also exposed Ethiopian people to domestic and international free market competition. In African countries, the retreat of governments from rural development due to economic liberalization policies has led to the re-evaluation of the role of cooperatives. Since 1999, in Ethiopia, several coffee farmers cooperative unions have been established to support peasants who are handicapped by their lack of negotiating power in the global economy. Coffee cooperatives have become market-oriented and are now relatively democratic compared to the former Marxist cooperatives of the previous regime. Thus far, these coffee cooperatives have provided higher profits to coffee farmers than have private traders. The actual volume of purchase, however, is limited due to financial constraints. Because of this, the majority of cooperatives continues to rely on conventional marketing channels rather than on unions. Considering their weak financial condition, it is too early to judge the sustainability of the cooperatives because international prices have been high recently, and it is not yet clear how they would survive a downward international price trend.

Revised version of "NEW ROLE OF COOPERATIVES IN ETHIOPIA: THE CASE OF ETHIOPIAN COFFEE FARMERS COOPERATIVES" ; African Study Monographs, Suppl.35: 87-108, March 2007

Identificador

African Study Monographs, Suppl.35: 87-108, March 2007

http://hdl.handle.net/2344/797

African study monographs. Supplementary issue

35

87

108

Idioma(s)

en

eng

Publicador

The Center for African Area Studies, Kyoto University

京都大学アフリカ地域研究資料センター

Palavras-Chave #Coffee #Cooperative #Ethiopia #Fairtrade #Yirgacheffe #コーヒー #協同組合 #エチオピア #フェアトレード #イルガチェフェ #617.3 #FEET Ethiopia エチオピア #Q13 - Agricultural Markets and Marketing; Cooperatives; Agribusiness #Q17 - Agriculture in International Trade #633.73
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Article

Journal Article