Linking smallholders to the new agricultural economy: The case of the plataformas de concertación in Ecuador

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dc.creatorCavatassi, Ramina
dc.creatorGonzález-Flores, Mario
dc.creatorWinters, Paul
dc.creatorAndrade-Piedra, Jorge
dc.creatorEspinosa, Patricio
dc.creatorThiele, Graham
dc.date2016-10-21
dc.date2024-06-21T09:23:34Z
dc.date2024-06-21T09:23:34Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T17:57:39Z
dc.descriptionThe authors of Chapter 12 (Cavatassi et al.) performed an ex-post evaluation using econometric techniques common in impact evaluations. They assessed whether participation in Ecuador’s Plataformas program, which establishes alliances between small-scale farmers and a range of agricultural support-service providers, had any effect on income. The chapter finds that the program had a positive impact on yields, prices, and gross margins. The authors conducted baseline household and community surveys in two Ecuadorean provinces and then identified treatment communities. Using data from the most recent census, they constructed a counterfactual control group with similar geographical, agroecological, and sociodemographic characteristics to the treatment communities. They then used PSM to identify which control communities were most similar to each treatment community. In addition to creating control communities, they also factored in households in treatment communities that did not participate in the program. The PSM procedure allowed the authors to select a control community that was very similar to each treatment community in all observable aspects except for the treatment status, thus providing a proper counterfactual for each treatment community.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/147960
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/150701
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292130
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceCavatassi, Ramina; González-Flores, Mario; Winters, Paul; Andrade-Piedra, Jorge; Espinosa, Patricio; and Thiele, Graham. 2016. Linking smallholders to the new agricultural economy: The case of the plataformas de concertación in Ecuador. In Innovation for inclusive value-chain development: Successes and challenges. Devaux, André; Torero, Máximo; Donovan, Jason; Horton, Douglas (Eds.). Chapter 12. Pp. 375-410. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896292130_12.
dc.subjectvalue chains
dc.subjectretail marketing
dc.subjecttransport
dc.subjectfarmers organizations
dc.subjectsmallholders
dc.subjectmarket access
dc.subjecttrade
dc.subjectwholesale marketing
dc.subjectproducer organizations
dc.subjectfood processing
dc.titleLinking smallholders to the new agricultural economy: The case of the plataformas de concertación in Ecuador
dc.typeBook Chapter

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