Edited by Jos Bijman, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, Roldan Muradian, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil and Jur Schuurman, formerly Agriterra, the Netherlands

‘This work presents a most useful source of information that is likely to be of value to both scholars and policymakers, as well as those who are actively involved in constructing farmer organisations.’

• Contents:1. The Changing Nature of Farmer Collective Action: Introduction to the BookJos BijmanPART I: PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT2. The Progressive Participation of Rural Producer Organizations in the Policy Debate. Lessons from the Experience of West AfricaDenis Pesche and Bruno Losch3. Cooperatives in Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation Markus Hanisch4. Smallholder Organization through Farmer (Producer) Companies for Modern Markets: Experiences of Sri Lanka and India Sukhpal SinghPART II. ECONOMIC DEMOCRATIZATION, INCLUSIVENESS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL5. Markets Access and Agricultural Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities for Producer OrganizationsBekele Shiferaw, Jon Hellin and Geoffrey Muricho6. Social Capital and Agricultural Cooperatives: Experimental Evidence from EthiopiaAnnemarie Groot Kormelinck, Christine Plaisier, Roldan Muradian and Ruerd Ruben7. Towards Inclusive Rural Development? Effects of Governance on Economic Equality in Uganda’s Coffee CooperativesKarin Wedig8. “Informal Virtues” and “Formal Vices”? Understanding the Implications of Producer Organizations for Pastoralists in IndiaStefano Pascucci and Jessica DuncanPART III. INTERNAL GOVERNANCE AND MEMBER RELATIONS9. Centralized Versus Individual: Governance of Farmer Professional Cooperatives in ChinaXiangping Jia, Yamei Hu and George Hendrikse10. Smallholder Dairy Entities in East Africa: Challenges and OpportunitiesDavid J. O’Brien and Michael L. CookPART IV. CONCLUSIONS 11. Growth, Democracy and Income Equality. Cooperatives: The Development Impact Beyond Membership BenefitsKees Blokland and Jur Schuurman12. Transformation, Inclusiveness and Tensions of Cooperatives; Synthesis and Further ResearchJos Bijman, Roldan Muradian and Jur SchuurmanIndex

Edited by Jos Bijman, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, Roldan Muradian, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil and Jur Schuurman, formerly Agriterra, the Netherlands

‘This work presents a most useful source of information that is likely to be of value to both scholars and policymakers, as well as those who are actively involved in constructing farmer organisations.’

• Contents:1. The Changing Nature of Farmer Collective Action: Introduction to the BookJos BijmanPART I: PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT2. The Progressive Participation of Rural Producer Organizations in the Policy Debate. Lessons from the Experience of West AfricaDenis Pesche and Bruno Losch3. Cooperatives in Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation Markus Hanisch4. Smallholder Organization through Farmer (Producer) Companies for Modern Markets: Experiences of Sri Lanka and India Sukhpal SinghPART II. ECONOMIC DEMOCRATIZATION, INCLUSIVENESS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL5. Markets Access and Agricultural Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities for Producer OrganizationsBekele Shiferaw, Jon Hellin and Geoffrey Muricho6. Social Capital and Agricultural Cooperatives: Experimental Evidence from EthiopiaAnnemarie Groot Kormelinck, Christine Plaisier, Roldan Muradian and Ruerd Ruben7. Towards Inclusive Rural Development? Effects of Governance on Economic Equality in Uganda’s Coffee CooperativesKarin Wedig8. “Informal Virtues” and “Formal Vices”? Understanding the Implications of Producer Organizations for Pastoralists in IndiaStefano Pascucci and Jessica DuncanPART III. INTERNAL GOVERNANCE AND MEMBER RELATIONS9. Centralized Versus Individual: Governance of Farmer Professional Cooperatives in ChinaXiangping Jia, Yamei Hu and George Hendrikse10. Smallholder Dairy Entities in East Africa: Challenges and OpportunitiesDavid J. O’Brien and Michael L. CookPART IV. CONCLUSIONS 11. Growth, Democracy and Income Equality. Cooperatives: The Development Impact Beyond Membership BenefitsKees Blokland and Jur Schuurman12. Transformation, Inclusiveness and Tensions of Cooperatives; Synthesis and Further ResearchJos Bijman, Roldan Muradian and Jur SchuurmanIndex

Edited by Jos Bijman, Wageningen University, the Netherlands, Roldan Muradian, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil and Jur Schuurman, formerly Agriterra, the Netherlands

‘This work presents a most useful source of information that is likely to be of value to both scholars and policymakers, as well as those who are actively involved in constructing farmer organisations.’

• Contents:1. The Changing Nature of Farmer Collective Action: Introduction to the BookJos BijmanPART I: PRODUCER ORGANIZATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT2. The Progressive Participation of Rural Producer Organizations in the Policy Debate. Lessons from the Experience of West AfricaDenis Pesche and Bruno Losch3. Cooperatives in Rural Development and Poverty Alleviation Markus Hanisch4. Smallholder Organization through Farmer (Producer) Companies for Modern Markets: Experiences of Sri Lanka and India Sukhpal SinghPART II. ECONOMIC DEMOCRATIZATION, INCLUSIVENESS AND SOCIAL CAPITAL5. Markets Access and Agricultural Productivity Growth in Developing Countries: Challenges and Opportunities for Producer OrganizationsBekele Shiferaw, Jon Hellin and Geoffrey Muricho6. Social Capital and Agricultural Cooperatives: Experimental Evidence from EthiopiaAnnemarie Groot Kormelinck, Christine Plaisier, Roldan Muradian and Ruerd Ruben7. Towards Inclusive Rural Development? Effects of Governance on Economic Equality in Uganda’s Coffee CooperativesKarin Wedig8. “Informal Virtues” and “Formal Vices”? Understanding the Implications of Producer Organizations for Pastoralists in IndiaStefano Pascucci and Jessica DuncanPART III. INTERNAL GOVERNANCE AND MEMBER RELATIONS9. Centralized Versus Individual: Governance of Farmer Professional Cooperatives in ChinaXiangping Jia, Yamei Hu and George Hendrikse10. Smallholder Dairy Entities in East Africa: Challenges and OpportunitiesDavid J. O’Brien and Michael L. CookPART IV. CONCLUSIONS 11. Growth, Democracy and Income Equality. Cooperatives: The Development Impact Beyond Membership BenefitsKees Blokland and Jur Schuurman12. Transformation, Inclusiveness and Tensions of Cooperatives; Synthesis and Further ResearchJos Bijman, Roldan Muradian and Jur SchuurmanIndex