This study evaluated the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on the wellbeing of smallholder farmers using cross-sectional data collected from the eastern part of Ethiopia. Using consumption per adult equivalent as a wellbeing indicator, we measured the impact of agricultural...

Der Einfluss der Zugehörigkeit zu Agroholdings in Russland auf die Produktivität landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe ist wissenschaftlich umstritten. Dennoch gibt es wenige Untersuchungen über den Integrationsprozess und die Entwicklung landwirtschaftlicher Betriebe, die in eine Agroholding...

Introduction -- Problems with cooperatives -- The anthropology of co-ops, the Mafia and the Sicilian lens -- Cooperatives and the historical anti-Mafia movement -- Worldviews of labour: legality and food ideologies -- The limits of 'bad kinship': Sicilian anti-Mafia families -- The use of...

Building alternatives beyond capital / Julio C. Gambina and Gabriela Roffinelli -- The social and solidarity economy in Latin America / Henry Veltmeyer -- New co-operativism in Latin America : implications for Cuba / Marcelo Vieta -- The new guidelines : economic changes and its political and...

Introducing agricultural cooperatives in the context of a failing food system: context, clashing definitions, principles and typologies -- Past and present: the evolution of agricultural cooperatives in Europe from the 1800s to the 21st century -- Theorising cooperativism and food...

The value of membership of an agricultural producer cooperative to a farmer is universally understood to include market access, improved bargaining power, and reduced transaction costs. As a result of consolidation in agriculture, many farmers in developed countries have found themselves in...

In Romania, agricultural cooperatives are important pieces in the development of rural areas with permanent changes in the development of vegetable, vegetable harvesting, storage and marketing of products designed to consumption. Agricultural cooperatives contribute to improving the productivity...

1. On 26 June 2013 the Commission, the European Parliament and the Councilreached a political agreement on the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy(CAP). One of the key elements of the CAP reform is a significant modification ofthe application of competition rules in the agricultural sector....

Genossenschaften besitzen eine bedeutende Stellung in den internationalisierten Wertschöpfungsketten für Obst und Gemüse. Das daraus resultierende Potenzial wird derzeit jedoch nicht genügend ausgeschöpft, um beispielsweise für die Erzeuger höhere bzw. stabilere Preise zu erzielen. Die...

Landwirte und Verbraucher wirtschaften gemeinsam. Das Konzept der Solidarischen Landwirtschaft (Solawi) bietet Vorteile für beide Seiten. Die Broschüre ist gedacht für Landwirte und Gärtner, die das Konzept kennenlernen möchten. Sie erfahren, wie eine Solawi funktioniert, welche Optionen...