Lack of credit for farming is one of the main obstacles that poor Thai farmers face. Most agricultural credits from commercial banks are given to large agricultural businesses thus leaving out poor farmers who consequently have to borrow from informal sources with high interest rates. The Bank...

This study explores barriers to cooperation among cooperatives in the uMgungundlovu District in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, based on a cross-sectional qualitative design with twenty-six conveniently selected cooperatives. Representatives of the participating cooperatives were interviewed using...

Leadership demands on Agricultural Co-operatives’ boards of directors are greater today than ever before. Directors are charged with, not only the fiduciary duties of the organization but the strategic vision to recognize changing trends in agriculture, economic viability, and market needs to...

This study evaluated suitability of the provided co-operative education (CE) on the aspects of context, input and process of delivery. The study was informed by the Context, Input, Process and Product (CIPP) Model. A Constructivist Paradigm was used to focus the study. While a cross-sectional...

This paper examines drivers influencing provision of co-operative education in Sengerema and Ukerewe districts specifically on the influence of membership size, funding and cost of education, activeness of the AMCOS management and readiness of members as well as seasonality timing on provision...

Purpose: Farmers have great importance in our country. They give us the stuff to consume, thus we are dependent on them. Since everyone requires healthy food to survive, farmers must be trusted. The agricultural industry is crucial to the country's economic development, food security, creation...

As far as the development of co-operative societies in Tanzania is concerned, it is important to study not only the history of co-operative societies, but also history of Co-operative Education (CE). History ascertains ways through which CE has been featured in the development of Co-operative...

This study investigates what factors relate to the coffee farmer's cooperative affiliation decision and whether this decision impacts the farmer's cash holdings. First, we propose a cooperative affiliation model based on transaction cost economics theory. There is a lack of consensus in the...

Cooperation amongst natural resource users is key to sustainably managing ecosystems. This paper focuses on the impact that livestock farming can have on the quality of a water body and investigates farmers’ willingness to cooperate to maintain a given quality level under two different sources...

The growing population and climatic uncertainties have compelled producers to undertake faster exploitation of the resources in agricultural production to meet global food security, which, in turn, leads towards unsustainable and input-led inefficient production growth. The problem is further...

This is an attempt to quantify government’s performance in empowering small farmers and fishers following the provisions of AFMA. It establishes four dimensions of empowerment that may be used to measure empowerment and presents some evidence of how government has performed under each of these...

The major goal of this study is to examine the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on the net return on production cost (ROC). The data used for the study were gathered from 233 rice farmers in the central Mekong River Delta's province of Hau Giang, Vietnam. Propensity score matching...

Climate change is likely to threaten the livelihood of millions of smallholder farmers in Sub-Saharan Africa and elsewhere. This paper investigates whether cooperatives could play a role in promoting climate adaptation among their members and, through spillover-effects on non-members in their...

To enhance the efficiency of cooperative societies, there is a need to improve their operational performance. To uncover the constraints and entry points for improving the operational performance of farmers’ cooperative societies in southeast Nigeria, this study analyzed responses from two...

To enhance the efficiency and performance of cooperative societies, there is a need to improve the affordability and access to financial products and services for the cooperative societies. However, in developing nations, limited studies have been carried out to assess the factors undermining...

Governance of agricultural cooperatives has emerged as a research topic during the last decade. It led to the realization that corporate governance recommendations tailored to the needs of investor-oriented firms do not always apply to cooperatives. However, most of the extant research focuses...

Rapid population growth causes smallholders to practice unsustainable forms of land intensification to meet increasing food demand. Food insecurity is exacerbated by unreliable rainfall. We revisit family planning and supplemental irrigation for rainfed crops through agricultural cooperatives as...

In places where state has been historically the most dominant actor of all reforms, it can be particularly challenging to develop non-state forms of organization and governance such as agricultural cooperatives known to reduce transaction costs and utilize economies of scale. This paper explores...

Sectoral economic cooperation and integration are powerful tools that can enhance the competitiveness of farm produce. Mutual investment would support production, whereas integration initiatives (establishing the Grain pool and the Customs Union and joining the WTO in a coordinated manner) would...

The purpose of this study is to investigate regional differences in the business characteristics of Japanese agricultural cooperatives (JAs), which have been widely criticized for depending on non-agricultural activities, contradictory to cooperative principles. We construct a panel data set...

While joining farmer cooperatives has been identified as a way for farmers, especially small farmers, to overcome their limitations in the marketplace and increase their income, this paper presents an analytical framework for examining how farmer cooperative may increase farmer income in rural...

Human enterprise and social systems of organizing economic activity are predominantly based either on competitive or cooperative principles. Despite the dominance of competitive principles in contemporary capitalism, historically these principles manifested in many different combinations in...

As the first year of the Biden administration progresses, there appear to be few areas of true cooperation for bipartisan solutions to the great crises of the today's moment. Despite the legislative environment, this Article makes the argument that there are ten potential areas of bipartisan...

This research seeks to determine mechanisms in developing collaborative networking among agricultural production cooperatives in Iran. The research design was survey method . The statistical population of the study included managers of cooperatives which were administrated by the "Ministry of...

Member commitment is essential for the efficiency and survival of member-based economic organizations like agricultural cooperatives. In Ethiopia, cooperatives are considered as important vehicles for linking smallholder farmers to markets and for rural development more generally. However,...

Collective action (CA) allows individuals to overcome market and state failures, something particularly relevant in rural areas and highly imperfect markets such as agricultural credit. To analyse the relation between CA in the form of Rural Producer Organizations (RPOs) and access to...

Cooperatives are democratic organizations, governed and controlled by their members, who are actively involved in their policy-making and decision-making process. The aim of this paper is to investigate the correlation between cooperative culture and the way that cooperatives are governed. To...

Through cooperation, agricultural producers have access to markets, information, technology, credits and various training activities. Cooperation also provides them access to the decision-making process, and what is most important, supports them legally in negotiating contracts with suppliers of...

The role of agricultural cooperatives in supporting farmers has become increasingly important in the context of crises and unforeseen economic fluctuations, helping to improve their position in the value chain. If at the level of the European Union about 34% of farmers are part of agricultural...

The financing of the Romanian agriculture and rural space through the SAPARD program created the technical and financial premises necessary for the process of accession to the European structures. Thus, the funds developed through the SAPARD Agency have directly contributed to the economic and...

The present study investigates the effectiveness of distribution channels in the marketing perspective of a co-operative dairy plant. The study was conducted to improve the effectiveness of the distribution channel by identifying the pitfalls in the present system. The descriptive type of...