Abstract:
This report documents member-initiated reforms of a non-cooperative group enterprise, Mbozi
Highlands Economic Groups (MHEG), and its umbrella, Mtandao wa Vikundi vya Kahawa Mbozi
(MVIKAMBO) - a network of Mbozi Coffee Groups. It seeks to underscore the fact that, in some
cases where appropriate co-operative service provision was missing, the same could be accessed
through other alternative initiatives provided that the affected target groups and individuals
continually thought about their own situations. This study provides ample testimony that, when
determined, farmers are capable of initiating and implementing appropriate institutional
arrangements to solve their own problems
