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Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 1 Sample composition of coffee growers

From: What sets cooperative farmers apart from non-cooperative farmers? A transaction cost economics analysis of coffee farmers in Mexico

Cooperative

Total active coffee cooperative members or affiliates (%)

Surveyed cooperative members or affiliates (%)

Surveyed non-cooperative coffee farmers (%)

Total surveyed cooperative affiliates and non-cooperative farmers (%)

A

26 (2)

8 (8)

8 (8)

16 (8)

B

17 (1)

11 (12)

8 (8)

19 (10)

C

276 (18)

15 (16)

16 (17)

31 (16)

D

350 (22)

17 (18)

18 (19)

35 (18)

E

900 (57)

44 (46)

45 (47)

89 (47)

Total

1569 (100)

95 (100)

95 (100)

190 (100)

  1. This Table shows the number of coffee farmers and corresponding shares across cooperatives in parenthesis. Active cooperative members or affiliates (in column 2) are defined as coffee growers affiliated with a cooperative who also regularly sold their coffee through the cooperative and were actively involved with the activities of the cooperatives
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