In Hungary the number of agricultural co-operatives changed but slightly since 1988. However, their average land area has been reduced from 4,082 to 1,557 hectares. The land area they possessed in 1988 is now cultivated by private farms (54 per cent), agricultural co-operatives (36 per cent),...

The majority of the small-scale fruit and vegetable producers due to their small sizes are not able to meet the requirements of the large commercial chains by themselves. Only the cooperation could bring an effective solution. The POs are able to concentrate the scatteredsmall-scale commercial...