Add to ORKGUntil recently, smallholder farmers in the Transkei area had very limited access to a profitable market outlet for their wool. In response, the South African wool industry built shearing sheds, managed by a local association that sells directly to the brokers. This article investigates the effect of joint wool marketing through the shearing shed on the farmers' revenue from wool. A three-step regression model of the revenue from wool indicates that the farmers selling through the shearing shed obtain better financial results as compared to those who use alternative channels. This analysis shows how new institutional arrangements may contribute to economic development
In this article we describe an initiative from the local wool growing industry to integrate small-sc...
The importance of social capital and institutional reform is increasingly recognized in current deve...
Specialising in wool production could be a good opportunity for farmers in the former Transkei to up...
Until recently, smallholder farmers in the Transkei area had very limited access to a profitable mar...
Until recently, smallholder farmers in the Transkei area had very limited access to a pro. table mar...
Until recently, smallholder farmers in the Transkei area had very limited access to a pro. table mar...
Until recently, smallholder farmers in the Transkei area had very limited access to a profitable mar...
Commercial producers, brokers, exporters and spinners dominate the wool supply chain in South Africa...
Commercial producers, brokers, exporters and spinners dominate the wool supply chain in South Africa...
Commercial producers, brokers, exporters and spinners dominate the wool supply chain in South Africa...
Commercial producers, brokers, exporters and spinners dominate the wool supply chain in South Africa...
The importance of social capital and institutional reform is increasingly recognized in current deve...
The importance of social capital and institutional reform is increasingly recognized in current deve...
In this article we describe an initiative from the local wool growing industry to integrate small-sc...
The importance of social capital and institutional reform is increasingly recognized in current deve...
In this article we describe an initiative from the local wool growing industry to integrate small-sc...
The importance of social capital and institutional reform is increasingly recognized in current deve...
Specialising in wool production could be a good opportunity for farmers in the former Transkei to up...
Until recently, smallholder farmers in the Transkei area had very limited access to a profitable mar...
Until recently, smallholder farmers in the Transkei area had very limited access to a pro. table mar...
Until recently, smallholder farmers in the Transkei area had very limited access to a pro. table mar...
Until recently, smallholder farmers in the Transkei area had very limited access to a profitable mar...
Commercial producers, brokers, exporters and spinners dominate the wool supply chain in South Africa...
Commercial producers, brokers, exporters and spinners dominate the wool supply chain in South Africa...
Commercial producers, brokers, exporters and spinners dominate the wool supply chain in South Africa...
Commercial producers, brokers, exporters and spinners dominate the wool supply chain in South Africa...
The importance of social capital and institutional reform is increasingly recognized in current deve...
The importance of social capital and institutional reform is increasingly recognized in current deve...
In this article we describe an initiative from the local wool growing industry to integrate small-sc...
The importance of social capital and institutional reform is increasingly recognized in current deve...
In this article we describe an initiative from the local wool growing industry to integrate small-sc...
The importance of social capital and institutional reform is increasingly recognized in current deve...
Specialising in wool production could be a good opportunity for farmers in the former Transkei to up...