Title
Farmer satisfaction and cocoa cooperative performance: Evidence from Tocache, Peru
Date Issued
01 January 2020
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Publisher(s)
Wageningen Academic Publishers
Abstract
Cocoa marketing cooperatives are essential in the current model of governance of cocoa production and distribution in Peru and other developing countries. Because farmer satisfaction is particularly important for the success and development of cooperatives, this article focuses on an analysis of the factors related to farmer satisfaction as well as the identification of demographic and socio-economic elements that can explain the different levels of satisfaction among different cooperative members. Data obtained through a survey of 150 cocoa farmers were analyzed through three main statistical methods: (1) an exploratory factor analysis with a principal component analysis method; (2) cluster analysis; and (3) an independent samples t-test. The results confirm that farmer satisfaction is explained by a complex set of cognitive and psycho-social elements and pro-social emotions. Finally, the results indicate that some socio-economic features such as farm size or household size are associated with the varying existing levels of farmer satisfaction.
Start page
217
End page
234
Volume
23
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Negocios, Administración
Economía
Econometría
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85092259784
Source
International Food and Agribusiness Management Review
ISSN of the container
15592448
Sponsor(s)
Our gratitude goes out to the annual internal grant 2016 promoted by the vice-presidency for research at Universidad del Pacífico (Lima, Perú), and also to Edinov Anchahua, director of the Prodatu II-DEVIDA project for his support on the survey application.
Sources of information:
Directorio de Producción Científica
Scopus