An agent-based network approach for understanding, analyzing and supporting rural producer organizations in agriculture

Publikations-Art

Kongressband

Autoren

Latynskiy, E., Berger, T.

Erscheinungsjahr

2013

Veröffentlicht in

Herausforderungen des globalen Wandels für Agrarentwicklung und Welternährung

Herausgeber

Schriften der Gesellschaft für Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften des Landbaus e.V.

Verlag

Landwirtschaftsverlag , Münster

Band/Volume

48/

ISBN / ISSN / eISSN

978-3-7843-5313-5

Seite (von - bis)

191-202

Schlagworte

sustainability

Recent empirical findings suggest that empowerment of producer organizations (POs) in agri-culture requires an effective targeting and case-specific design of development interventions. By viewing PO as a socio-economic network, we develop an agent-based modeling approach for ex-ante impact assessment of PO support interventions. The paper demonstrates the appli-cation of the approach to the example of coffee producers from Uganda and analyzes one of their sub-county level networks more closely. The simulation model is implemented with stakeholder involvement through interactive net-map sessions. The simulation experiments re-flect the interventions that are being implemented or considered for implementation by ongo-ing research of the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). The predicted effects of interventions are displayed at the levels of the producer organization and individual farm-ing households, emphasizing the importance of careful implementation of future motivation schemes.