The grower-trader relationship: experiments with coffee value chain actors in Uganda

IF 16.4 1区 化学 Q1 CHEMISTRY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Alexandra Peralta, Robert Shupp, Cansın Arslan
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ABSTRACT In this study, we explore the nature of the relationship between smallholder growers and local traders in the coffee value chain in Eastern Uganda. Analysing the results of two lab-in-the-field experiments (trust and dictator games), we highlight the complex relationship between these two value chain actors. We develop three competing hypotheses: (1) coffee growers will send more to fellow growers than local traders due to social identity and fairness motives as well as because of past opportunistic behaviour of traders (2) coffee growers will send more to traders to curry favour, and (3) growers will send growers and traders the same amount because in a relatively competitive market setting there is little room for opportunistic trader behaviour. We fail to reject our third hypothesis. Our results highlight the importance of fully understanding value chain actor relationships and contexts to better design interventions to improve rural markets.
种植户与贸易商的关系:乌干达咖啡价值链参与者的实验
摘要在本研究中,我们探讨了乌干达东部咖啡价值链中小农户和当地贸易商之间关系的性质。通过分析两个实验室实地实验(信任和独裁者游戏)的结果,我们强调了这两个价值链参与者之间的复杂关系。我们提出了三个相互竞争的假设:(1)由于社会身份和公平动机,以及贸易商过去的机会主义行为,咖啡种植者会向同行种植者发送比当地贸易商更多的咖啡,(3)种植者将向种植者和贸易商发送相同的金额,因为在相对竞争的市场环境中,机会主义贸易商行为的空间很小。我们没有否定我们的第三个假设。我们的研究结果强调了充分理解价值链参与者关系和背景的重要性,以更好地设计干预措施来改善农村市场。
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Accounts of Chemical Research
Accounts of Chemical Research 化学-化学综合
CiteScore
31.40
自引率
1.10%
发文量
312
审稿时长
2 months
期刊介绍: Accounts of Chemical Research presents short, concise and critical articles offering easy-to-read overviews of basic research and applications in all areas of chemistry and biochemistry. These short reviews focus on research from the author’s own laboratory and are designed to teach the reader about a research project. In addition, Accounts of Chemical Research publishes commentaries that give an informed opinion on a current research problem. Special Issues online are devoted to a single topic of unusual activity and significance. Accounts of Chemical Research replaces the traditional article abstract with an article "Conspectus." These entries synopsize the research affording the reader a closer look at the content and significance of an article. Through this provision of a more detailed description of the article contents, the Conspectus enhances the article's discoverability by search engines and the exposure for the research.
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