The Effect of Vertical Coordination on Indonesian Dairy Industry Performance on Quality: A Comparison of Two Regions

The changes in institutional environment that have occurred in the Indonesian dairy industry have influenced the approach taken by the industry in managing their partnership with dairy cooperatives and with Indonesian dairy farmers. Previous studies discovered that the increasing milk quality standard required by consumers is driving the industry to apply vertical coordination. This means that the industry (as a buyer) is more closely aligned with producers (seller). In relation to the issues above, this paper reviews the effect of vertical coordination on the performance of the Indonesian dairy industry especially on milk quality. The research is based on a comparative case study of the dairy value chain by comparing two regions in Indonesia, West Java and East Java. This study used the number of germ content (total plate count) as indicator of milk quality. By interviewing 29 key informant of the value chains, the study shows that there are strong differences in implementing vertical coordination of the milk value chain in each of two regions. In West Java, the seller (cooperatives) are more reluctant to close a contract with the buyers (industry) than in East Java. East Java has strong power to implement vertical coordination because this region has only one major dairy industry. Furthermore, vertical coordination has a positive effect on improving the quality of fresh milk in both regions, though the study found that East Java has higher milk quality than West Java

Beyond the merchant and the clergyman: assessing moral claims about development cooperation

This article proposes to move beyond the categories of altruism and self-interest in the analyses of the motives for development cooperation. This opposition ignores the inherently moral nature of development policy. The article illustrates the shortcomings of such a perspective by tracing the metaphor of the merchant and the clergyman as archetypical figures shaping Dutch development policy. Through these images the suggestion of an opposition between moral and amoral motives in the history of development has gained a strong foothold within the interplay of scholars, policy makers and public opinion. We go on to assess claims about economy, security, solidarity, prestige and guilt, and ecology, which have been brought forward to legitimise Dutch foreign aid. This analysis calls for research on the dynamics of the transnational exchanges of ideas, interests and expectations, especially during episodes when the moral validity of policy has been explicitly contested

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Cohérence des politiques de développement de l'Union européenne

Hoebink Paul. Cohérence des politiques de développement de l'Union européenne. In: Tiers-Monde, tome 41, n°164, 2000. Disparités régionales et globalisation, organisations paysannes et marchés, ... pp. 885-902

Aid, ownership, and coordination in the health sector in Ethiopia

The Government of Ethiopia is seen as a owner of its national programs and policies and thus also as a strong coordinator of the foreign aid it receives. This is also the case in the health sector in Ethiopia, where the Ministry of Health have shown leadership in the last two decades. National health plans have been clear-cut and had ambitious objectives, to which the international donor community has adhered. The government-led coordination structures and joint health financing arrangements have been instrumental for improved donor coordination and aid effectiveness in the sector. This has led to impressive results, looking at the poor state of health that the government inherited from former regimes. However, the sector has at once been heavily dependent on foreign sources and characterized by high aid fragmentation. In this paper, we describe the health plans and health financing between 1990 and 2015. We also look at health leadership, donor coordination, and the results of investments in health

The effects of coffee certification in Kenya

Sustainability standards like Fair Trade (FT) or Utz certified (Utz) are widely regarded as a promising way of improving smallholder coffee farmer welfare. As yet, the impact of certification remains poorly understood. This chapter presents the findings of the study regarding the impact of FT and Utz in Kenya.24 The study was carried out in the Kiambu and Nyeri districts of Kenya (Figure 3.1). The study is based on two waves of data collection carried out in 2009 and 2013 with farmers belonging to six cooperative societies: Ndumberi, Tekangu, Kiambaa, Mikari, Rugi and Kiama. This chapter aims to answer the following central research question: What is the impact of FT/Utz involvement at producer and producer organisation level in Kenya