| Title | Coffee Co-Operatives In Malawi: Building Resilience Through Innovation |
|---|---|
| ID_Doc | 75425 |
| Authors | Borda-Rodriguez, A; Vicari, S |
| Title | Coffee Co-Operatives In Malawi: Building Resilience Through Innovation |
| Year | 2015 |
| Published | Annals Of Public And Cooperative Economics, 86, 2 |
| Abstract | This article focuses on the role played by innovation in the context of coffee co-operatives. It shows how interconnected forms of innovation contribute to co-operative resilience. Data was collected from the largest coffee co-operative Union in Malawi and illustrates how coffee co-operatives have innovated in order to cope with organizational and market constrains. We identify four areas of innovation: sustainable technologies, development of market niches, women's inclusion and business diversification. The combination of these forms of innovation contributes to co-operative resilience in different degrees, the article also analyzes how innovation is influenced and driven by co-operative's values and principles and by partnerships with national and international actors. |
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