scholarly journals Networks of Rural Producer Organizations in Uganda: What Can be Done to Make Them Work Better?

2016 ◽  
Vol 78 ◽  
pp. 572-586 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evgeny Latynskiy ◽  
Thomas Berger
Keyword(s):  
Rural Producer Organizations

scholarly journals Building Trust in Rural Producer Organizations in Senegal: Results from a Randomized Controlled Trial

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bernard Tanguy ◽  
Markus Frölich ◽  
Andreas Landmann ◽  
Pia Unte ◽  
Angelino Viceisza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Building Trust ◽  
Rural Producer Organizations

scholarly journals Building trust in rural producer organizations: results from a randomized controlled trial

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Tanguy Bernard ◽  
Pia Naima Dänzer ◽  
Markus Frölich ◽  
Andreas Landmann ◽  
Angelino Viceisza ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Spillover Effect ◽  
Spillover Effects ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Agricultural Produce ◽  
Trust In Leaders ◽  
Rural Producer Organizations ◽  
Cluster Randomized

Trust is considered an important factor for successful collective action in groups of smallholder farmers. A prime example is collective commercialization of agricultural produce through producer organizations. While previous research has focused on trust as an exogenous determinant of participation in groups, this article tests whether trust within existing groups can be improved using a training program. We conduct a cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Senegal to identify the effects of training members and/or leaders with respect to commercialization on intragroup trust. Our design allows identifying both direct treatment effects of having participated in the training and spillover effects on farmers who did not partake. Looking at different measures of trust in leaders’ competence and motives and of trust in members, we find that participating in the training significantly enhances both trust in leaders and trust in members. For trust in leaders, we also find a strong spillover effect. Our findings suggest that relatively soft and noncostly interventions such as group training appear to positively affect trust within producer organizations.

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