I once wrote a note titled “Participation of the Rural Poor in Dairy Cooperatives: Case Studies from Gujarat”. This note, written in year 2000, was based on a background paper I wrote for the FAO project on “Rural Household Income Strategies for Poverty Alleviation and Interactions with the Local Institutional Environment”.
The note argues that inequality in the ownership of land and barriers imposed by the caste system are the most formidable obstacles to participation of poor households in these cooperatives.
For various reasons, I never sent it for publication in a journal. Although it is rather old now, I have always felt that the points made in the note are interesting and remain relevant. In particular, it would be of interest for studies on agrarian conditions in Gujarat and for studies of dairy cooperatives in India. Here is the pdf.
The note may be cited as
Rawal, Vikas (2000), “Participation of the Rural Poor in Dairy Cooperatives: Case Studies from Gujarat”, http://agrarianresearch.org/blog/?p=278
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background paper for the FAO project on “Rural Household Income Strategies for Poverty Alleviation and Interactions with the Local Institutional Environment”.
