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Sep 2026
When Services Matter: Rethinking Farmer Cooperation in an Export-Oriented Smallholder Setting
Why does agricultural cooperation remain fragile in post-socialist settings, despite its potential to reduce transaction costs and improve market access? Explanations usually stress institutional voids and the legacy of distrust. This paper advances a different view: farmers cooperate when the services offered are econ...
Engjell Skreli, Orjon Xhoxhi, Vladislav Valentinov et al.
· International Journal of the... · 0 citations