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andom sample of 100 smallholder farmers from two primary cooperatives (Bulala
and Chaffe) that are part of the umbrella Didaa Farmers’ Cooperative Union. The
farmers participated in the training provided by the cooperative as part of the BOAM
value chain intervention. In addition, we randomly selected 50 neighbouring member
farmers that had not participated in the training.
In Masha district, we administered a survey to 59 randomly selected members
of three honey marketing primary cooperatives (Akach, Debele and Genobay)
and 43 members of three honey marketing PLCs: Gada, Chiefdale and Shatto.
Key informants included practitioners from BOAM at the programme and sector
levels, board members of primary cooperatives, government officials, managers
of lead firms and cooperative unions, and farmers involved in key tasks during the
interventions. Given the theoretical focus of this chapter we mainly report the results
of the qualitative analysis and provide only descriptive quantitative results.
Theoretical framework
Figure 6.1 depicts the main components of the theoretical framework that we
developed. A key assumption is that changes in the economic performance are to
a large extent determined by two processes: capacity upgrading and inclusion. The
latter comprises participation (being engaged in commercial transactions) and the
conditions of participation. We consider these as proximate causes of economic
performance. Furthermore, we identify four main mechanisms through which value
chain interventions induce changes in the upgrading capacity and the processes of
inclusion, namely coordination, social structure, entrepreneurial/technical capacities
and finance.
For a more detailed explanation of the theoretical framework and related references,
please refer to Annex 5.
Figure 6.1 Capacity upgrading and inclusion
Interventions Channels Outputs Outcomes
Value chain governance
and coordination
mechanisms
Economic performance
Upgrading and inclusion
Networks, collective
action and social
capital
Entrepeneurial,
managerial and technical
capacities
Sector/B2B/Knowledge/Service capacity
Finance
Study on BOAM outcomes
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