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The reasons for failure in the regional plan of agricultural marketing in Colombia: The case of the fruit and vegetables marketing plan in the Cauca Valley Province

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    • Contributors:
      Rodriguez, H.; Garcia, R.; Iwamoto, I.
    • Publication Date:
      2008
    • Abstract:
      Summary (En)
      8 tab. 16 ref.
      To support farmers' organizations to become self-sustainable in commercialization, the Colombian government carried out in the 1990s a 'regional agricultural marketing plan'. In the Cauca Valley Province, 19 farmers' organizations were supported but only 3 of them became self-sustainable. The factors that caused the plan to fail were many: 1) Some farmers organizations were not established in the farmers' best interests, but for the support organizations, therefore the farmers' participation was low. 2) Because farmers did not get credit or supply of materials from the organizations, they did not feel the organizations were important. 3) The farmers did not have enough experience to manage the organizations and they were not able to achieve the commercial plan. 4) Because the settlement plan was long, the organizations' funds were insufficient to pay the farmers early. 5) The farmers were borrowing some credit and supplies and getting quick repayment from a middleman, therefore they were tied by this informal agreement, and could not sell to their own organizations.
    • Author Affiliations:
      Kagoshima Univ. Japan
    • ISSN:
      1341-934X
    • Accession Number:
      edsagr.JP2008006931