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Marketing, co-operatives and price heterogeneity: evidence from the CIS dairy sector

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Abstract

Drawing on survey data, this article identifies the determinants of variations in farm gate milk prices for three CIS countries (Armenia, Moldova, and Ukraine). We apply a multi-level modeling approach, specifically a bootstrapped mixed-effects linear regression model. The analysis suggests three main strategies to improve the price received by farmers for their output: consolidation, competition for output, and stable supply chain relationships. In Armenia and Ukraine selling through a marketing cooperative has a significant, positive, albeit modest, effect on farm gate milk prices. In all three countries studied, the size of dairy operations, trust, and contracting also affect positively the prices received by farmers.

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Author(s): Sauer J, Gorton M, White J

Publication type: Article

Publication status: Published

Journal: Agricultural Economics

Year: 2012

Volume: 43

Issue: 2

Pages: 165-177

Print publication date: 19/12/2011

ISSN (print): 0169-5150

ISSN (electronic): 1574-0862

Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing, Inc.

URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1574-0862.2011.00574.x

DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-0862.2011.00574.x

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