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Group Model Building to Assess Rural Dairy Cooperative Feasibility in South-Central Mexico

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  • McRoberts, Keenan C.
  • Nicholson, Charles F.
  • Blake, Robert W.
  • Tucker, Terry W.
  • Padilla, Gabriel Díaz

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A group model building process based on system dynamics was developed to assess the potential of a cooperative manufacturing and marketing goat cheese in a community near Xalapa. The process identified important outcomes, key variables to consider, parameter values, and relevant scenarios. This information facilitated development of a dynamic simulation model including key biological and economic factors affecting cooperative success. Model analyses indicated that the cooperative potentially could increase community incomes while controlling risk under a range of environmental and market conditions. A system dynamics-based participatory approach can help inform ex ante assessment of potential development and agribusiness interventions.

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  • McRoberts, Keenan C. & Nicholson, Charles F. & Blake, Robert W. & Tucker, Terry W. & Padilla, Gabriel Díaz, 2013. "Group Model Building to Assess Rural Dairy Cooperative Feasibility in South-Central Mexico," International Food and Agribusiness Management Review, International Food and Agribusiness Management Association, vol. 16(3), pages 1-44, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:ifaamr:156459
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.156459
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    1. Dizyee, Kanar & Baker, Derek & Rich, Karl M., 2017. "A quantitative value chain analysis of policy options for the beef sector in Botswana," Agricultural Systems, Elsevier, vol. 156(C), pages 13-24.
    2. Courtney Blair & Erica Gralla & Finley Wetmore & Jarrod Goentzel & Megan Peters, 2021. "A Systems Framework for International Development: The Data‐Layered Causal Loop Diagram," Production and Operations Management, Production and Operations Management Society, vol. 30(12), pages 4374-4395, December.
    3. Kelechukwu G. Odoemena & Jeffrey P. Walters & Holger Maximilian Kleemann, 2020. "A System Dynamics Model of Supply-Side Issues Influencing Beef Consumption in Nigeria," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 12(8), pages 1-22, April.

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