Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector

Autores
Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina; Hanisch, Markus; Puechagut, Maria Soledad; Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz
Año de publicación
2019
Idioma
inglés
Tipo de recurso
artículo
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versión publicada
Descripción
Since the 1990s, Argentinean dairy-processing cooperatives have lost considerable amounts of members and market share. We analyse their current role by investigating the characteristics of farmers who continue delivering to them and price differentials between cooperatives and investor-oriented firms (IOFs). A probit regression model applied to 917 farmers suggests that cooperative farmers are more disadvantaged than farmers delivering to IOFs in terms of education, farm size and productive technology. Moreover, t-tests applied to data representing 70 per cent of national volume indicate that farmers delivering to cooperatives are between 11 per cent and 29 per cent smaller than those delivering to IOFs, depending on province. A hierarchical multilevel regression model applied to 9,720 transactions among farmers and processors shows that, after controlling for quantity and quality, cooperatives pay lower (3.5%) but more stable prices than IOFs. In a context of rapid structural change, we observe a market in which larger farmers deliver to IOFs and smaller farmers deliver to cooperatives and conclude that, at the expense of paying lower prices, cooperatives may act as buyers of last resort for otherwise disadvantaged farmers.
INTA. CR Córdoba. EEA Manfredi.
Fil: Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina. Humboldt University of Berlin; Alemania
Fil: Hanisch, Markus. Humboldt University of Berlin; Alemania
Fil: Puechagut, María Soledad. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi. Grupo Agricultura de Precisión Cosecha y Postcosecha; Argentina.
Fil: Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina.
Fuente
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics. Annales de l`economie pùblique, sociale et cooperative. : 1-23 (May 2019)
Materia
Cooperativas Agrícolas
Cooperativas Lecheras
Explotación Agrícola Cooperativa
Mercadeo
Agricultural Cooperatives
Dairy Cooperatives
Cooperative Farming
Marketing
Argentina
Nivel de accesibilidad
acceso restringido
Condiciones de uso
Repositorio
INTA Digital (INTA)
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Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector
title Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector
spellingShingle Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector
Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina
Cooperativas Agrícolas
Cooperativas Lecheras
Explotación Agrícola Cooperativa
Mercadeo
Agricultural Cooperatives
Dairy Cooperatives
Cooperative Farming
Marketing
Argentina
title_short Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector
title_full Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector
title_fullStr Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector
title_full_unstemmed Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector
title_sort Understanding member characteristics and cooperative price effects: the case of the Argentinean dairy sector
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina
Hanisch, Markus
Puechagut, Maria Soledad
Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz
author Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina
author_facet Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina
Hanisch, Markus
Puechagut, Maria Soledad
Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz
author_role author
author2 Hanisch, Markus
Puechagut, Maria Soledad
Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz
author2_role author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Cooperativas Agrícolas
Cooperativas Lecheras
Explotación Agrícola Cooperativa
Mercadeo
Agricultural Cooperatives
Dairy Cooperatives
Cooperative Farming
Marketing
Argentina
topic Cooperativas Agrícolas
Cooperativas Lecheras
Explotación Agrícola Cooperativa
Mercadeo
Agricultural Cooperatives
Dairy Cooperatives
Cooperative Farming
Marketing
Argentina
dc.description.none.fl_txt_mv Since the 1990s, Argentinean dairy-processing cooperatives have lost considerable amounts of members and market share. We analyse their current role by investigating the characteristics of farmers who continue delivering to them and price differentials between cooperatives and investor-oriented firms (IOFs). A probit regression model applied to 917 farmers suggests that cooperative farmers are more disadvantaged than farmers delivering to IOFs in terms of education, farm size and productive technology. Moreover, t-tests applied to data representing 70 per cent of national volume indicate that farmers delivering to cooperatives are between 11 per cent and 29 per cent smaller than those delivering to IOFs, depending on province. A hierarchical multilevel regression model applied to 9,720 transactions among farmers and processors shows that, after controlling for quantity and quality, cooperatives pay lower (3.5%) but more stable prices than IOFs. In a context of rapid structural change, we observe a market in which larger farmers deliver to IOFs and smaller farmers deliver to cooperatives and conclude that, at the expense of paying lower prices, cooperatives may act as buyers of last resort for otherwise disadvantaged farmers.
INTA. CR Córdoba. EEA Manfredi.
Fil: Malvido Pérez Carletti, Agustina. Humboldt University of Berlin; Alemania
Fil: Hanisch, Markus. Humboldt University of Berlin; Alemania
Fil: Puechagut, María Soledad. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Manfredi. Grupo Agricultura de Precisión Cosecha y Postcosecha; Argentina.
Fil: Gastaldi, Laura Beatriz. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Rafaela; Argentina.
description Since the 1990s, Argentinean dairy-processing cooperatives have lost considerable amounts of members and market share. We analyse their current role by investigating the characteristics of farmers who continue delivering to them and price differentials between cooperatives and investor-oriented firms (IOFs). A probit regression model applied to 917 farmers suggests that cooperative farmers are more disadvantaged than farmers delivering to IOFs in terms of education, farm size and productive technology. Moreover, t-tests applied to data representing 70 per cent of national volume indicate that farmers delivering to cooperatives are between 11 per cent and 29 per cent smaller than those delivering to IOFs, depending on province. A hierarchical multilevel regression model applied to 9,720 transactions among farmers and processors shows that, after controlling for quantity and quality, cooperatives pay lower (3.5%) but more stable prices than IOFs. In a context of rapid structural change, we observe a market in which larger farmers deliver to IOFs and smaller farmers deliver to cooperatives and conclude that, at the expense of paying lower prices, cooperatives may act as buyers of last resort for otherwise disadvantaged farmers.
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