Agribusiness Firms and Rural Dairy Development. A Case of FrieslandCampina Dairy Development Programme in Nigeria

Q2 Economics, Econometrics and Finance

Agris On-line Papers in Economics and Informatics Pub Date : 2022-03-30 DOI:10.7160/aol.2022.140101

K. B. Amolegbe, M. Adewumi

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Abstract

Rural development interventions funded by private agribusiness firms may positively or negatively affect rural farmers' welfare. A positive effect is that such interventions may provide farmers with market access. The negative effect could be that such firms may be solely motivated by profit and may exploit the farmers. In this paper, we explore the role of FrieslandCampina Dairy Development Programme, a multinational firm with headquarters in Europe, in improving the welfare of rural dairy farmers in Nigeria. We use a two-wave panel survey of 122 programme participants and 95 non-participants. We focus on two outcome measures – annual dairy income and daily milk yield - and use a pooled ordinary least squares method to understand the programme effect. We also explore the mechanism of effect by assessing the programme effects on farmers' sustainable dairy management practices using a negative binomial regression method. Our results suggest that the programme has positive welfare effects on farmers. We attribute these effects to farmers' access to reliable markets offered by the programme and the informal business arrangement between the farmers and the agribusiness firm. Potential policy implications include that governments should encourage other private agribusiness firms to set up similar development programmes.

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农业综合企业与农村乳制品发展。尼日利亚FrieslandCampina乳制品开发项目案例

私营农业综合企业资助的农村发展干预措施可能对农村农民的福利产生积极或消极影响。一个积极的影响是，这种干预措施可以为农民提供市场准入。负面影响可能是，这些公司可能完全出于利润动机，并可能剥削农民。在本文中，我们探讨了总部位于欧洲的跨国公司FrieslandCampina Dairy Development Program在改善尼日利亚农村奶农福利方面的作用。我们对122名计划参与者和95名非参与者进行了两波小组调查。我们关注两个结果指标——年乳制品收入和日产奶量——并使用普通最小二乘法来了解计划效果。我们还通过使用负二项回归方法评估计划对农民可持续乳制品管理实践的影响，探讨了影响机制。我们的研究结果表明，该计划对农民的福利产生了积极影响。我们将这些影响归因于农民获得该方案提供的可靠市场，以及农民与农业综合企业之间的非正式商业安排。潜在的政策影响包括政府应鼓励其他私营农业综合企业制定类似的发展计划。

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期刊介绍： The international journal AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics is a scholarly open access, blind peer-reviewed by two reviewers, interdisciplinary, and fully refereed scientific journal. The journal is published quarterly on March 30, June 30, September 30 and December 30 of the current year by the Faculty of Economics and Management, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague. AGRIS on-line Papers in Economics and Informatics covers all areas of agriculture and rural development: -agricultural economics -agribusiness -agricultural policy and finance -agricultural management -agriculture''s contribution to rural development -information and communication technologies -information and database systems -e-business and internet marketing -ICT in environment -GIS, spatial analysis and landscape planning The journal provides a leading forum for an interaction and research on the above-mentioned topics of interest. The journal serves as a valuable resource for academics, policy makers and managers seeking up-to-date research on all areas of the subject. The journal prefers scientific papers by international teams of authors who deal with problems concerning the focus of our journal in the world-wide scope with relation to Europe.