Agricultural Cooperatives and Rural Livelihoods: Evidence from Sidama Ethiopia
Agricultural Cooperatives and Rural Livelihoods: Evidence from Ethiopia Kindie Getnet affiliation not provided to SSRN Tsegaye ANULLO affiliation not provided to SSRN Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, Vol. 83, Issue 2, pp. 181-198, 2012 Abstract: ABSTRACT: Agricultural cooperatives are important rural organizations supporting livelihood development and poverty reduction. In recognition of such roles of cooperatives, Ethiopia showed a renewed interest in recent years in promoting cooperative sector development. However, there is lack of a wider and systematic analysis to produce sufficient empirical evidence on the livelihood development and poverty reduction impacts of cooperatives in the country. Using a matching technique on rural household income, saving, agricultural input expenditure and asset accumulation as indicator variables, this paper evaluates the livelihood impact of agricultural cooperatives in Sidama zone, Ethiopia. The finding shows tha