An analysis of the Peruvian jungle cocoa farmers: Acopagro cooperative vs. Intermediaries- A case of study

作者：A Higuchi; M Moritaka; S Fukuda

来源：AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics, 2010.

• Cooperative
• socio-economic characteristics
• logistic model
• multiple regression function
• cocoa production
• marketing channel
• farmers&rsquo
• organization.

In the Peruvian jungle, there are two main cocoa marketing channels: the intermediaries and the cooperative. TheAcopagro Cooperative, a Peruvian organization, for example, has contributed to the shift from illegal crops likecoca to an alternative crop like cocoa which gives small scale farmers a sustainable welfare. A survey of 243farmers in Juanjui, San Martin-which is the main cocoa production area in Peru-was carried out betweenDecember 2009-January 2010. This study analyzes Peruvian cocoa farmers＊ socio-economic characteristics asthese attributes affect their decision-making process in the cocoa commercialization for their self-improvementand evaluates if the farmers＊ participation in Acopagro or not influences the increment of the cocoa production.Policy makers and farmers＊ organizations should consider these results in order to contribute to improve thecompetitiveness of the farmers＊ marketing channels not only towards the development of these organizations＊but also to that of their communities as a whole.

• 出版日期2010