The Ethiopian live animal and meat export marketing system is operating in an environment characterized by several constraints that needs the attention and action of the government and other non-governmental development organizations. Despite the reported high livestock population of the...

Spatial and temporal attributes of watersheds and associated market failures require institutional arrangements for coordinating use and management of natural resources. Effective collective action (CA) for watershed management has the potential to provide multiple economic and environmental...

Using survey data from the community, producer marketing groups (PMGs) and farmhouseholds in Kenya, this paper investigates the potential of rural institutions (farmerorganizations, their rules and enforcement mechanisms) for remedying pervasive marketimperfections and facilitate access to new...