Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa

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Abstract

It is argued that dairying is vital to future viability of many small farms in East Africa and that high transactions costs for dairy production and marketing limit participation by asset- and information-poor smalholders. Case studies from Kenya and Ethiopia illustrate the role of dairy cooperatives in reducing transactions costs. Analysis of the determinants of producer prices received by a sample of dairy producers near Addis Ababa suggests that different levels of access to infrastructure, assets, and information explain why they contemporaneously accept widely different producer prices for fluid milk.

Citation

Staal, Steven J.; Delgado, Christopher L.; Nicholson, Charles. 1997. Smallholder dairying under transactions costs in East Africa. World Development;25(5): 779-794. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0305-750X(96)00138-6

Authors

  • Staal, Steven J.
  • Delgado, Christopher L.
  • Nicholson, Charles

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