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State Administered Rural Change by Bjorn Gyllstrom
Agricultural Cooperatives in Kenya
Co-operative organizations are a common feature of rural development strategies under both capitalism and socialism. In socialist states, collectivization has been considered a prerequisite for eradicating exploitative class relationships and for alleviating rural poverty. Frequently this has been accompanied by the introduction of producer co-operatives, but these seem to have had very limited positive effects. In market economies co-operatives have frequently been used as a means of giving smallholders access to marketing and input supply services which would otherwise be beyond their means. Usually this has been justified on the grounds of its "democratic" characteristics, increasing the economic and social mobility of the small farmer and fostering self-sustained development at the local level.
Kenya has one of the largest co-operative movements in sub-Saharan Africa. This book includes an extended case study of the movement, focusing on specific elements of the institutional setting within which agricultural marketing co-operatives operate. Factors like land tenure, market regulations, co-operative legislation and direct development support are shown to have had dire effects on the managerial behaviour and social impact of the co-operative sector. |
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| Author(s) : Bjorn Gyllstrom | Format : Hardback Book |
| ISBN-10 : 041504815X | ISBN-13 : 9780415048156 |
| RRP : £50.00 | Best available price : £ / $ |
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Product Details:
Country Publication : United Kingdom
Publication Date : 06/12/1990
Publisher : Taylor & Francis Ltd
Page Length : 352mm
Page Size : 216mm