Do Citrus Growers Benefit from Participating in Cooperatives?Evidence from China
Economic globalization and industrialization have caused financial, technical, and marketing hardships among citrus growers in the developing countries. A large number of researchers strongly believe that cooperatives are the best way to help the citrus farmers to go through these hardships. Based on a household-level survey, this paper analyses the potential change of farmers welfare level in China, if they participate in cooperatives. The results show that higher welfare level can be achieved with additional entry cost. In addition, technical, financial and marketing economies of scale contribute to the increase of the welfare level, while the influence of industry and traditional institutions is not positive. Therefore, citrus growers may benefit form participating in cooperatives if the influence from industry and traditional institutions is controlled. Peasant systematization may be a good way to promote the economic development in rural areas in the developing countries and regions.
Growers Welfare, Modeling Econometric results Output effect Production ability International market Competitiveness
Zhiping Li Chunjie Qi
The College of Economics and Management, Research Institution of Horticultural Economics, Huazhong Agricultural University, Wuhan 430070, P. R. China
国际会议
11th International Citrus Congress(第11届国际柑橘大会)
武汉
英文
1512-1517
2008-10-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）