A hierarchy model of associative farming

The disincentives to efforts inherent in group farming have been a continual source of underproduction and disappointment with cooperative farming experiments in Latin America. The paper suggests an intermediate farming structure currently successful in the Dominican Republic. In the framework of an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of development economics
1. Verfasser: Meyer, Carrie Anne (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: 1990
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Agrarreform > Agrargenossenschaft > Lateinamerika > Landwirtschaftsgenossenschaft > Dominikanische Republik > Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
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Zusammenfassung:The disincentives to efforts inherent in group farming have been a continual source of underproduction and disappointment with cooperative farming experiments in Latin America. The paper suggests an intermediate farming structure currently successful in the Dominican Republic. In the framework of an agency contract, incorporating the hierarchical relations between beneficiary, administrator, and governing agency, the advantages of the associative over either individual or collective farming are illustrated
ISSN:0304-3878