Technology and Rural Development in a Base Economic Organisation: 'El CEIBO' Ltd., Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives
This paper analyses the case of a federation of thirty-six cocoa producing cooperatives in Bolivia. It is one of the strongest and most successful economic organisations in Bolivia. It is also one of the most successful cases of small farmer organisation around technology generation and product transformation and marketing in the Andes. The paper discusses how this programme has emerged, and factors that have favoured its success.