Since the 1990s, producers of farm commodities have been attempting to enter value-added agri-food sectors by means of joint ownership of hybrid cooperatives. New generation cooperatives, characterized by substantial supply and equity requirements, inspired much farm producer optimism before...

Particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture is predominantly rain-fed and, therefore, prone to unstable weather conditions and less productive than in other regions of the world. Increasing the efficiency and sustainability of farmer groups and cooperatives is of primary importance to many...

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...

The Agricultural Cooperative is an autonomous association of natural and / or legal persons, as the case may be, a private legal person established on the basis of the expressed consent of the parties in order to promote the interests of cooperative members in accordance with the principles of...

"For much of the twentieth century, United Grain Growers was one of the major forces in Canadian agriculture. Founded in 1906, for much of its history UGG worked to give western farmers a “third way” between the competing poles of cooperatives like the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool and the private...

Africa's cooperative revival -- Conceptualizing cooperatives -- Outline of chapters -- Methodological notes -- Footloose labor in Uganda's coffee sector -- Rural labor diversification -- Working conditions in agriculture and beyond -- The discriminatory nature of informal labor market regulation...

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...

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...

Introduction -- The economic and political context for Danish agricultural development, ca.1660-1850 -- The agricultural reforms, 1750s-1800s -- The spread of the Holstein system -- From bullshit to butter: accounting and production decisions -- Science, innovation, and the dissemination of...