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Gołębiewski, Jarosław. "EVOLUTION OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN ISRAEL." Annals of the Polish Association of Agricultural and Agribusiness Economists XIX, no. 5 (November 30, 2017): 80–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.5604/01.3001.0010.6211.
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The aim of the study was to identify changes in the role of agricultural cooperatives in the food supply chain in Israel. The potential and productivity of agriculture have been characterized. Analysis of transformations in the organizational model of agricultural cooperatives and its position in the food chain was analyzed. Two basic forms of Israeli agricultural cooperatives, kibbutz and mosquito have been characterized. Research has shown that cooperative enterprises are an important set of actors in the food supply chain in Israel.
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Suchoń, Aneta. "Spółdzielczość rolnicza we Francji i Niemczech – wybrane zagadnienia prawne i ekonomiczne." Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego 18(33), no. 4 (December 28, 2018): 451–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/prs.2018.18.4.133.
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France and Germany are examples of countries where agriculture is an important part of the economy, there is a large number of farms and the cooperative movement is very popular. In the European Union there are over 22 thousand agricultural cooperatives. The article presents statistical data and legal regulations concerning agricultural cooperatives in France and Germany, in particular, the French Code Rural and the German Genossenschaftsgesetz. In conclusion the author states that the Polish legislature, creating a new model of cooperative law, should unquestionably draw on the experience and some legal solutions implemented in Germany and France, and in particular introduce a broad definition of agricultural cooperatives, a simplified procedure of their formation and functioning, financial instruments, including tax, and rules on merging cooperatives with other cooperative entities or companies.
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Alieksieieva, Olha. "SIGNIFICANCE OF COOPERATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC AGRICULTURE." Green, Blue and Digital Economy Journal 1, no. 2 (December 3, 2020): 27–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.30525/2661-5169/2020-2-5.
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The purpose of the article is to study the impact of the basic principles and benefits of the development of cooperative movement on the development of organic agricultural production, as well as to determine the role of cooperation in the development of organic entrepreneurship. Methodology. The author has used the methods of analysis and synthesis, the method of statistical grouping and comparison, induction and deduction, structural and functional approach to solve the problems and achieve the goals. The study is based on the comparative analysis and synthesis of scientific literature. Results. Organic food is increasing in popularity. The growing demand is mainly attributable to consumer concerns about negative implications of conventional agriculture for human health and the environment. Organic agriculture has a great potential to neutralize a negative impact of agricultural intensification on the environment. The article describes the concept and analyzes the current state of cooperation in agriculture. It is found that during the period under the research, the number of registered cooperatives has increased by almost 45%. The concepts of organic agriculture and organic production are clarified. The dynamics of agricultural lands engaged in organic production and the number of certified organic farms in Ukraine are studied. It is indicated that the consumption of organic products in Ukraine is much lower than in the European countries and the United States. The advantages of introducing a cooperative movement in the field of organic agriculture are identified. Being part of a cooperative helps small farms to be able to produce enough to generate profits and ensure their substance, which is an opportunity to compete with larger companies. Risks arising in the process of establishing organic cooperatives are outlined considering the international experience. It is concluded that efficient organic farming cooperatives can support local and export markets, stimulate production efficiency and promote local logistics. Practical implications. The advantages of consolidation of enterprises and entrepreneurs in the field of organic agriculture on the basis of cooperation can be used for the development of state programs to support the cooperative movement in organic farming. Value/originality. Views on the organization of production, processing and logistics activities of organic agricultural producers through the introduction of cooperatives have been expanded.
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Pronko, Lyudmila, Irina Furman, Anatolii Kucher, and Yaroslav Gontaruk. "Formation of a State Support Program for Agricultural Producers in Ukraine Considering World Experience." European Journal of Sustainable Development 9, no. 1 (February 1, 2020): 364. http://dx.doi.org/10.14207/ejsd.2020.v9n1p364.
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In our paper we researched the state regulation in agriculture of Ukraine, as well as world experience in this field. The distribution of state financing for support of agricultural production is analyzed. We singled out the direction of state support to the agrarian sector of Ukraine. The directions of organizational reforming of households in the market conditions are investigated. The variants of integration of households of the population into more consolidated economic forms are offered. The priority of the development of cooperatives in agriculture has been argued. The positive experience of state support of servicing cooperation is considered on the example of «The Benefits of the Development of Personal Peasant, Farmers, Cooperative Movement in the Village and Advice Service for 2016-2020» of the Vinnytsia Region. The prospects of creation of cooperatives for the provision of oilseeds processing services for the energy needs of agribusinesses and provision of livestock feed with forages are argued. The prospects for realization of the program of development of agricultural servicing cooperatives within the boundaries of Ukraine are outlined.
Keywords: agrarian policy, agribusiness development program, agricultural servicing cooperative agriculture, cooperation, food safety, energy security, enterprise-agro producer, integration of farms, state support of agrarian sector
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Matyja, Małgorzata. "A Comparative Study of Profitability of Agricultural Cooperatives in Poland and Around the World." Zeszyty Naukowe SGGW w Warszawie - Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego 17(32), no. 4 (December 29, 2017): 218–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/prs.2017.17.4.98.
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The differences in perception and functioning of agricultural cooperatives in different parts of the world are visible to the naked eye. Moreover, the literature brings different findings in respect to comparisons between cooperatives and non-cooperatives in terms of profitability. The purpose of this article was to identify the differences in profitability between agricultural cooperatives in selected parts of the world as well as between cooperatives and other enterprises in Polish agriculture. The description of results of the world report on cooperatives and analysis of variance on 300 agricultural enterprises in Poland were used in order to accomplish the above purpose. The main findings prove that American agricultural cooperatives achieved the best profitability results and that cooperatives have lower profitability than other enterprises in agriculture.
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VALENTINOV, VLADISLAV. "Why are cooperatives important in agriculture? An organizational economics perspective." Journal of Institutional Economics 3, no. 1 (April 2007): 55–69. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1744137406000555.
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Abstract:This paper develops an organizational economics explanation for agricultural cooperatives by building upon the transaction cost theory of family farms. According to this theory, the importance of family farms in Western agriculture is a result of the low feasibility of hierarchical organization in agricultural production due to supervision and monitoring difficulties. This paper argues that the transaction cost-economizing effect of family farms has a price in the form of their limited ability to realize economies of scale and to develop market power comparable to that of their up- and downstream trading partners. The role of agricultural cooperatives is shown to help overcome these limitations in order to take advantage of the transaction-cost economizing properties of family farms. This explanation of agricultural cooperatives is sector-specific in the sense that it traces the benefits of cooperative organization back to the organizational attributes of agricultural production.
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Khong, Thang Van. "DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE IN BAC NINH PROVINCE - SITUATION AND SOLUTION." Scientific Journal of Tra Vinh University 1, no. 26 (June 19, 2019): 39–45. http://dx.doi.org/10.35382/18594816.1.26.2017.103.
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The Party and State consider collective economy development, in which the cooperative is the core, to be one of the important priorities to agricultural and rural development on the path of industrialization and modernization and building the new rural areas. Therefore, one of the aims of the introduction of the 2012 Law on cooperatives is to form and develop the new-type cooperatives in order to create a platform, an important factor for restructuring agriculture, improving competitiveness and creating sustainable income for the farmers. This article has used the methods of statistical investigation, integration, description, analysis and comparison to assess the real situation, shortcomings and restrictions of agricultural cooperatives in Bac Ninh province then, it proposes solutions to the improvement and development of the agricultural cooperative model in Bac Ninh province the upcoming time.
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Akimbekova, Galiya, Elena Horská, and Gulnur Yegizbayeva. "Evaluation of the Development pf Various Forms of Agriculture Cooperation in the Republic of Kazakhstan." Visegrad Journal on Bioeconomy and Sustainable Development 6, no. 1 (May 24, 2017): 39–44. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/vjbsd-2017-0007.
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Abstract The article analyzes the current situation in the agricultural complex of the Republic of Kazakhstan, the necessity of combining small farms in the cooperative structure, evaluation of existing forms of cooperatives in agriculture are substantiated (production cooperatives, rural consumer cooperatives, rural consumer cooperatives of water users), a map of their location in the context of regions of the country is shown, problems hindering their development are revealed, particularly the formation and development trends of each of them, the economic indicators of production of products are given, together with their organizational structure, etc. On the basis of the conducted analysis of the production conditions, rural consumers and rural consumer cooperatives of water users, problems hindering their development are revealed, the positive and negative trends in the development of various forms of agricultural cooperation are assessed, and proposals has been substantiated in order to improve the regulatory framework, mechanisms of state support, credit and financial mechanisms, etc.
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Florea, Bercu, Radu, and Stanciu. "A Fuzzy Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA) of the Agricultural Cooperatives from South East Region of Romania." Sustainability 11, no. 21 (October 24, 2019): 5927. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11215927.
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The need for Romanian agriculture development by efficient usage of resources and a rural environment has led to the establishment of agricultural cooperatives. Romania needs strong cooperatives and, in order to achieve this, the involvement of not only the authorities and agricultural producers, but also of each inhabitant from the rural area, is required. In the context of food market saturation with import products, it is necessary to revive the Romanian market in order to supply natural and quality products. A total of 1425 agricultural cooperatives were registered in Romania at the end of 2018, out of which 57% did not submit the Balance Sheet. The research performed within the study proposes the usage of fsQCA analysis in order to assess some conditions considered by us essential for the sustainability of the agricultural cooperatives. These conditions are represented by the initial contribution of the members, by the existence of a central collection space, by the employment of a manager, by the knowledge of the members on the development possibilities, and by the involvement of the members within the cooperative’s activity. The study highlights the fact that the absence of the conditions presented leads to the absence of a sustainable cooperative. We consider the dissolution of the cooperatives pertinent, which has not developed an activity for more than three years from their establishment and the publication on the MADR website of the National Registry of Cooperatives, which will offer a true image on the prosperity and viability of these types of entities.
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Раманаускас, Юлюс, Julius Ramanauskas, Римантас Сташис, and Rimantas Stays. "Agriculture Cooperatives in Lithuania: development issues." Russian Journal of Management 3, no. 4 (August 31, 2015): 402–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.12737/13107.
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The evolution of cooperation in Lithuanian agriculture during the past century is analysed in the paper. It was found that cooperation has greatly depended on farming conditions, traditions of communication, state policy with respect to the development of agriculture and cooperation, and various economic conditions. Particularly significant are the specific features of development during transition of economic conditions: weak agricultural structures (farmer’s farms, agricultural companies); the domination of share capital in the processing industry and commerce, and the insufficiency of agricultural and foodstuffs markets.
The basis of analysis in this paper are the theoretical preconditions for the principles of development of the activity of cooperatives. It was determined that most prospective preconditions for development of cooperation at present and in the near future emphasize the comparitive weight of the cost of production of raw materials, i.e. cooperatives of facilities, realisation, finance and representation of interests.
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Jussaume, Raymond A. "The growing importance of food safety to Japanese consumers and its implications for United States farmers." American Journal of Alternative Agriculture 6, no. 1 (March 1991): 29–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0889189300003775.
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AbstractConsumer cooperatives in Japan, which is by far the United States' largest overseas market for agricultural commodities, expanded rapidly in the 1980s. Their recent success, according to Japanese reports, has been due to their responsiveness to increasing consumer demand for foods produced with minimal use of petrochemical inputs. I present data that confirm this claim by showing that the high level of concern that Japanese consumer cooperative members have about food safety is the main reason they give for joining cooperatives. I then discuss the significance of this trend for American agriculture, in particular whether Japanese consumer cooperatives could become a marketing channel for Americans who specialize in producing food with less intensive use of agricultural chemicals.
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Сурай, Наталья, Natalia Surai, Жанна Диброва, Zhanna Dibrova, Оксана Сагина, Oksana Sagina, Борис Орлов, and Boris Orlov. "Modern condition and development prospects for agricultural consumer cooperation in the Central Federal District of the Russian Federation." Food Processing: Techniques and Technology 48, no. 1 (January 10, 2019): 172–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.21603/2074-9414-2018-1-172-183.
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The article reveals the results of the study devoted to the consideration of the modern development level of agricultural consumer cooperatives in Lipetsk, Tambov and Smolensk Regions. The given research is based on using systematic approach during regional agricultural consumer cooperatives consideration. The author used monographic, abstract-logical, economic and statistical, as well as graphic research methods. Agricultural consumer cooperatives can guarantee achievement of individual goals of people living in rural areas, consumers, cooperative members and personnel. They can contribute to their personal wellbeing and social security, address the federal challenge which implies implementation of national priority project as well as employment and state food security. Today agriculture in Russia is in worse condition than compared to the pre-reform period. The article presents the main trends in development of agricultural consumer cooperatives in Russia. The research involved the following focus areas for analytical study: number of agricultural cooperatives, the main parameters of agricultural consumer cooperation development, statistic data on the number of agricultural consumer cooperatives working in the Central Federal District. The authors analyzed the data on the implementation of the regional funding program considering sustainable development of rural areas through organization and development of production in private households and farm enterprises. The article indicates the directions for agricultural consumer cooperatives development in Russia.
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Trutenko, Hanna. "State of development of service agricultural cooperation in Ukraine." Ekonomika APK 309, no. 7 (July 28, 2020): 102–9. http://dx.doi.org/10.32317/2221-1055.202007102.
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The purpose of the article is to analyze the current state, development and role of agricultural service cooperatives in the functioning of households and family farms in the regions of Ukraine. Research methods. The theoretical and methodological basis of the research is the works of domestic and foreign scientists and practitioners, as well as the normative-legal acts of Ukraine that regulate relations in agricultural service cooperatives. The methods of analysis, synthesis, grouping, balance sheet were used to assess the development status of agricultural service cooperatives; when establishing production volumes - estimated, graphic; to substantiate the principles of effective development of the service cooperative - comparative analysis. Research results. The article presents the analysis of the current state of agricultural cooperatives in Ukraine, identifies and analyzes the principal reasons hampering the development of production and service cooperatives. It is established that agricultural service cooperative is a key mechanism of self-organization of rural producers, protection of small households and family farms against unscrupulous intermediary structures. Scientific novelty. The main reasons for the development of agricultural service cooperatives have been identified and analyzed. It is established that under the conditions of fierce market competition, enterprises are forced to evolve in order not to stay ahead of progress and entrepreneurship. Practical significance. The priority measures that will promote the development of cooperative movement in rural areas are proposed. Along with the strengthening of family farming and large-scale production, it is necessary to develop agricultural service cooperation as a foundation for structural restructuring of agriculture. Tabl.: 3. Figs.: 1. Refs.: 13.
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Suchoń, Aneta. "Spółdzielnie wobec wyzwań współczesnego rolnictwa w Polsce." Przegląd Prawa Rolnego, no. 1(22) (June 1, 2018): 59–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.14746/ppr.2018.22.1.4.
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The aim of the article is to answer the question whether and to what extent the legal regulation of agricultural cooperatives, their organisation and functioning respond to the challenges of modern agriculture in Poland. It has been shown that following Poland’s accession to the European Union, the activity of Polish agricultural cooperatives has been focused not only on production but also on supporting the activity of co-op-producers of agricultural produce. As a result Polish agriculture has being developing well and, at the same time, in line with EU policies. By regulating agricultural cooperatives, their organisation and functioning, the legislator seeks to respond to the challenges of modern agriculture, although there is no doubt that further legislative changes are necessary.
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Höhler, Julia. "Heterogenität von Mitgliederstrukturen als Herausforderung für Genossenschaften im Agribusiness." Zeitschrift für das gesamte Genossenschaftswesen 67, no. 1 (March 1, 2017): 21–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/zfgg-2017-0003.
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AbstractThe literature mostly considers the heterogeneity of cooperatives‘ member structure to be a drawback or risk of this organizational form. Structural change in agriculture, diversification and cooperatives‘ growth inevitably result in a more heterogeneous member structure of cooperatives in agribusiness. By the application of Lazear’s (1999) model to the heterogeneous composition of teams on cooperatives in agribusiness, this paper shows under which conditions a cooperative benefits from the heterogeneity of its members.
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Yershova, Olena O., and Iryna M. Goncharenko. "COOPERATION OF AGRIBUSINESS COMPANIES OF UKRAINE AND THE USA IN THE CONTEXT OF PROCESS MANAGEMENT." Bulletin of the Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design. Series: Economic sciences 147, no. 3 (December 29, 2020): 67–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.30857/2413-0117.2020.3.6.
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The national agricultural potential is driven by its current state and agricultural structure development. To date, Ukraine is a leader among the major suppliers of agri-food products to the European Union. However, domestic agriculture sector is still facing a critical need for effective reforms, including its organizational structure, where the key element is the creation of transparent procurement and distribution infrastructure through implementation of the cooperatives paradigm and their further integration with trade as well as processing and food industry enterprises. So far globally, the idea of cooperation has long been translated in a clear economic and legal framework which effectively operates as association of small and medium-sized producers through the creation of individual affluent agricultural business entities – the cooperatives. The United States of America demonstrates best practices in their successful creation and functioning. Given the particularly strong large scale international partnership relations between Ukraine and the US in a number of economic and social areas, including assistance in boosting cooperative movement, an emphasis is put towards the need to provide insights and suggest a rationale for further development of cooperatives in Ukraine along with enhancing the process management effectiveness based on successful good practice and advancements in the US agribusiness that underpinned the research agenda of this article. The research findings have revealed that the cooperation of the Ukrainian agriculture enterprises leaves much room for improvement. The number of newly created cooperatives demonstrates slow dynamics; the legislative framework lacks consistency and is inadequate to address the burning issues. The study has identified the key barriers that hamper further development of domestic agricultural cooperation along with discussing the benefits, best practices of implementation, types and specific features of the cooperative form of doing business in the USA. Major challenges in the domestic agricultural cooperation development at macro- and microlevels have been observed and evaluated together with suggesting actions to tackle them. In particular, pathways to enhance the performance of agricultural cooperatives through the transition to more effective process management are proposed.
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GATAULINA, E. A., M. P. ANTONOVA, and A. A. POTAPOVA. "CHANGING APPROACHES TO SUPPORTING CONSUMER COOPERATION: FROM ORGANIZATIONAL FORM TO THE PROCESS OF COOPERATION." Izvestiâ Timirâzevskoj selʹskohozâjstvennoj akademii, no. 5 (2020): 95–110. http://dx.doi.org/10.26897/0021-342x-2020-5-95-110.
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The development of traditional agricultural consumer cooperatives, created within the framework of Federal Law-193, in Russia is extremely slow. This is facilitated by a number of economic, institutional and psychological constraints. Accordingly, despite the rapid growth of production in peasant farms, and the still significant share of households in the gross agricultural output, for the most part they are not members of agricultural consumer cooperatives. However, cooperative interaction is especially important for small businesses. At the same time, in practice, there are numerous forms of cooperation between small agricultural producers that do not fit into the framework of traditional cooperatives. The identification and systematization of these emerging “bottom”forms, recommendations for their support is, therefore, an urgent task. This paper systematizes casestudy materials by types of informal cooperation outside the framework of consumer cooperatives, obtained during field research in 2019. Based on the analysis of measures of state support within the framework of federal and regional programs for the development of agriculture, individual measures have been identified that contribute to overcoming the small-scale production of small businesses. At the same time, the analysis showed the absence of measures to support the already existing non-traditional forms of cooperative interaction. Recommendations for supporting these forms are formulated.
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Shrestha, Kiran. "Cooperatives and Agriculture in Buddhism." Research Nepal Journal of Development Studies 1, no. 2 (November 1, 2018): 169–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.3126/rnjds.v1i2.22434.
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Modern liberal economics is against the Buddhists economics. Unhealthy market competition, greed of money, top most professionalisms and economic depression and recessions are the dark side but reality of modern liberal economics. To avoid such negative consequences from livelihood, right livelihood, from a philosophy of noble eightfold path, Buddhists Economics will be a new dimension of new economic development. To check the current situation of Buddhists Economics in Nepalese Cooperatives and Agriculture a small literature review was conducted. From this review above specified hypothesis over the drawbacks of contemporary liberal economics have serious hegemony over small Nepalese Economy. Buddhists scholars must be able to impose the philosophy of Buddhists Economics in day to day life of people linked with business, production, cooperatives and agriculture.
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KONTOGEORGOS, ACHILLEAS, PANAGIOTA SERGAKI, and FOTIOS CHATZITHEODORIDIS. "AN ASSESSMENT OF NEW FARMERS’ PERCEPTIONS ABOUT AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES." Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship 22, no. 01 (March 2017): 1750003. http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s1084946717500030.
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The Common Agricultural Policy pays particular attention to the decline of young farmers in the European Union. For this reason, plenty of different policy measures and motives for new entrants in agriculture there have been established. The main objectives of this paper are to investigate the characteristics of new farmers according to their participation in Agricultural Cooperatives and to identify what makes new farmers participate (or not) in Agricultural Cooperatives. Both research questions will advance the knowledge of policy makers and practitioners on new farmers’ expectations and perceptions and through them, to come to distinctive conclusions about the measures and the actions needed to promote agricultural cooperatives as a viable solution for new entrants in the agricultural sector. For this reason, a survey was conducted in different regions of Greece (northern, central and southern) during an educational course designed for new farmers. More specifically, a structured questionnaire was developed and distributed among 250 new farmers participating in the measure 112 ‘Setting up of young farmers’ (Common Agricultural Policy, Pillar II). The results of the survey indicate low trust in the cooperative organization, leading to low rates of active participation and commitment to agricultural cooperatives.
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Zantsi, S. "Why do agricultural co-operatives fail to attract youth and create rural employment? Evidence from a case study of Zanokhanyo in Butterworth, Eastern Cape." South African Journal of Agricultural Extension (SAJAE) 49, no. 1 (April 19, 2021): 183–97. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2413-3221/2021/v49n1a10785.
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In the National Development Plan, cooperatives and agriculture development are identified as possible solutions for addressing rural poverty and unemployment, especially among the youth. However, according to most research/literature, agricultural cooperatives fail for many reasons, including but not limited to lack of capital, incompetent management and organizational deficiencies. This study applied a qualitative analysis to the qualitative data using a case study of Zanokhanyo Food Security Cooperative (ZFSC) in Ndabakazi, Butterworth. Interviews with the project members, ex-members, extension officers and youth were conducted through a semi-structured questionnaire administered in IsiXhosa. According to the results, lack of intensive production resulting in very low incomes is one of the reasons why projects such as ZFSC fail to attract young people and provide employment for rural people. Agricultural extension advisory services play a very limited role because of their generalist approach; they lack depth of knowledge about diverse agricultural subject areas. This study recommends that agricultural extension and the farmers’ support system be improved by employing or outsourcing specialists to cater to the needs of agricultural cooperatives in order to improve the productivity and income of agricultural cooperatives.
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Asano, Naonobu. "Roles and Problems of Agricultural Cooperatives in Regional Agriculture." Journal of Rural Problems 30, no. 4 (1994): 164–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.7310/arfe1965.30.164.
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Silva, Josivaldo Alves da, Airton Cardoso Cançado, and Miguel Pacífico Filho. "Políticas Públicas Estaduais de Cooperativismo no Tocantins: uma análise das ações da SEAGRO de 1988 a 2012." Desenvolvimento em Questão 15, no. 40 (August 11, 2017): 140. http://dx.doi.org/10.21527/2237-6453.2017.40.140-174.
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<p><strong>RESUMO</strong>:</p> <p>O presente artigo tem como objetivo<strong> </strong>analisar as políticas públicas estaduais para o cooperativismo no do Estado Tocantins, estabelecidas pela Secretaria da Agricultura e Pecuária, no período entre 1º de janeiro de 1989 até aprovação da lei estadual do cooperativismo em 11 de Junho de 2012. A avaliação foi realizada por meio do desempenho qualitativo das políticas públicas estaduais de cooperativismo com base na percepção dos dirigentes cooperativistas e gestores públicos tocantinenses, utilizando os critérios de Eficiência, Eficácia, Efetividade e Impacto<em>.</em> O método empregado foi investigação documental e bibliográfica, além de um estudo de campo. A pesquisa é classificada como exploratória e descritiva e o instrumento utilizado foi o questionário com questões abertas, aplicado pessoalmente e por meio de comunicação eletrônica. Os principais resultados da investigação foram: o Programa Bacia Leiteira aconteceu no período de 1998 a 2004, a meta era constituir 25 cooperativas em 25 municípios com 35 associados e beneficiar 875 produtores rurais, atualmente 01 cooperativa oriunda dessa política está em operação e conta com 20 cooperados; e o Projeto de Criação de Cooperativas de Crédito Rural, que operou de 1999 a 2001, e teve como meta a constituição de 35 cooperativas para atender a 735 pequenos produtores rurais, desse montante foram constituídas 06 cooperativas e atualmente 03 estão em funcionamento.</p><p><strong>ABSTRACT </strong></p> <p>This article’s goal is to analyze the state public policies for the cooperativism in the State of Tocantins, established by the Secretary of Agriculture and Livestock, in the meantime between January 1<sup>st,</sup> 1989 and the approval of the state law of cooperativism in June 11<sup>th</sup>, 2012. The evaluation was performed by qualitative performance of state public policies of cooperativism based on the perception of the cooperative directors and public managers of Tocantins, using the criterion of Efficiency, Efficacy, Effectiveness and Impact. The method used was documentary and bibliographic investigation, and field study executed by historic study delimited in the States of Goiás and Tocantins. The research is classified as exploratory and descriptive and the tool used was a questionnaire with open questions, applied personally and by electronic communication. The main results of the investigation were: the “Milkmaid Basin Program” happened between 1998 and 2004, the goal was to constitute 25 cooperatives in 25 municipalities with 35 associates and to benefit 875 farmers, currently 01 cooperative coming from this politic is in operation and it counts with 20 cooperativists; and the Project of Creation of Cooperatives of Rural Credit that worked from 1999 to 2001, had as goal the constitution of 35 cooperatives and to serve 735 small farmers, 06 being constituted, currently 03 are working.</p>
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Huang, Zuhui, and Qiao Liang. "Agricultural organizations and the role of farmer cooperatives in China since 1978: past and future." China Agricultural Economic Review 10, no. 1 (February 5, 2018): 48–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/caer-10-2017-0189.
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Purpose During the past four decades, agriculture and rural development in China has scored a great progress. Organization institution in agriculture is one of the domains with drastic innovations. The purpose of this paper is to map the emergence and evolution of various agricultural organizations in China since 1978. Development status and the trend of agricultural organization system are analyzed. Further, the role of farmer cooperatives is discussed. Design/methodology/approach Data used in the paper are mainly from statistical yearbooks and documents published by the government including Ministry of Agriculture and Bureau of Industry and Commercial. Both descriptive and deductive analyses are adopted to achieve different analytical purposes. Findings The vast small-farm sector, co-existence of various types of organizations, and innovation of other organizations will continue and sustain for a long-time period in China. Despite the fast development of modern farmers and various organizations, it is important that traditional farmers participate effectively in modern agriculture. Farmers act collectively via a cooperative in a desirable way, which determines the central position of farmer cooperatives in the agricultural organization system. Research limitations/implications This paper is a qualitative analysis on agricultural organizations in China, yet no quantitative estimation regarding the comparison of various organizations is conducted due to insufficient data. Originality/value This paper fills the gap of a comprehensive review of the emergence, development status, and trend of agricultural organizations in China.
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Набиева, А. Р. "Forms and types of cooperative formations in rural areas." Voprosy regionalnoj ekonomiki, no. 2(43) (June 17, 2020): 101–6. http://dx.doi.org/10.21499/2078-4023-2020-43-2-101-106.
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Сельскохозяйственная кооперация - это один из векторов хозяйственной организационно-правовой конфигурации, выражающийся в качестве комплекса всевозможных кооперативов в сельском хозяйстве, их соединений, сформированным соответств+ующими производителями для того, чтобы были удовлетворены как их собственные потребности с точки зрения экономики, так и иные - общественные. Сельскохозяйственная кооперация фактически не имеет альтернативы, выступая одним из наращивающих эффективность приемом производства в сельском хозяйстве. Именно данным аргументируется обширное развитие сельскохозяйственных кооперативных формирований. В подавляющем большинстве развитых капиталистических государств кооперативы предстали наиболее обширной фермерской организацией. Agricultural cooperation is one of the vectors of economic organizational and legal configuration, which is expressed as a complex of various cooperatives in agriculture, their connections formed by the relevant producers in order to satisfy both their own needs from the point of view of the economy, and other social ones. Agricultural cooperation actually has no alternative, being one of the methods of increasing the efficiency of production in agriculture. This is the reason for the extensive development of agricultural cooperative formations. In the vast majority of developed capitalist States, cooperatives appeared to be the most extensive farming organization.
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Teixeira, Maísa Gomide, Silvia Morales de Queiroz Caleman, and Jean Carlos da Silva Américo. "Multiple rational management and governance in agriculture cooperatives." Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society 20, no. 4 (April 27, 2020): 653–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/cg-08-2019-0245.
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Purpose This study aims to analyze how multirational management relates to cooperatives’ corporate governance. Design/methodology/approach A typology of agricultural cooperatives’ potential for multirational management in relation to corporate governance is proposed. Coordinates based on data from assembly participation and separation of ownership and control are used to map cooperatives among these typologies. Four case studies representing each typology were conducted, allowing analysis of propositions. Findings By mapping the cooperatives from Mato Grosso do Sul, a reduced potential for multirational management is noted. By analyzing the four case studies, coded as Coop 1, 3, 13 and 16, this study found convergence with P1, P2 and P3. “Coop 1” shows signs of adopting exploitation practice. In “Coop 3,” evidence points to avoidance practice and, analyses of “Coop 13” indicates adoption of tolerance practice. In Coop 16, however, P4 could not be confirmed. Instead of polarizing practices, there is evidence of avoidance practice. Therefore, a positive relation between corporate governance and multirational management can partially be observed. Originality/value There are no records of a paper that has explored the relation of governance and multirational management. Therefore, this research broadens the understanding of how corporate governance can function in the context of cooperative organizations. As well, insight is given on how different mechanisms of corporate governance can influence organizations to adopt explicit or implicit and monorational or multirational methods of dealing with multiple rationalities.
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Ljubojević, Gordana, and Nina Maksimović-Sekulić. "Serbian agricultural cooperatives and their path towards the European Union: Legal aspect." Ekonomika poljoprivrede 68, no. 1 (2021): 173–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.5937/ekopolj2101173l.
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The association of farmers as a model of sustainable rural development is a significant factor in the rapid development of agriculture and the improvement of the position of agricultural producers. The economic importance of cooperatives in the world and Europe is continuously growing, especially in the conditions of global and regional economic and financial crises, when cooperatives show a high degree of resistance to the shocks of these crises and a high percent of survival on the market. The European Union recognizes the growing role of cooperatives. The European Commission define the cooperative sector as protector and promoter of the European model of social economy, and as an extremely important factor in building and preserving local "social capital" - trust, mutual assistance and horizontal ties between citizens and organizations. New EU members and candidate countries preparing to join the EU, including the Republic of Serbia, should promote cooperatives as a key aspect of economic development and social policy. The aim of this paper is to analyze the current legal position of agricultural cooperatives in Serbia, and to determine the degree of harmonization with EU regulations and comparative analysis of their legal regulation in the EU Member States. Based on the conducted analysis, recommendations will be proposed in order to improve the legislative framework of agricultural cooperatives in Republic of Serbia in order their future successful functioning on the EU market.
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Ovchintseva, L. A. "Case-study method in the studies of the Russian rural cooperation." RUDN Journal of Sociology 20, no. 3 (December 15, 2020): 669–80. http://dx.doi.org/10.22363/2313-2272-2020-20-3-669-680.
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Qualitative methods are highly appreciated in both foreign and Russian sociological research focused on practical results and recommendations. Among numerous qualitative methods, case study seems to be the most relevant for the study of rural cooperation. Cooperatives are traditionally the most important means for supporting small producers in agriculture. Historical studies show that rural cooperation has always revived under social transformations. Today in Russia, transformations in rural areas are not complete and still determine serious social-economic consequences. The state support for cooperatives and small business is one of the priorities in rural development, but it has contradictory effects. Every year, many new cooperatives are registered, but their number is always smaller than the number of closed cooperatives. The study aims at understanding motives for creating cooperatives, and at identifying mechanisms of economic interaction of cooperative members and risks and conflicts that affect the life of the cooperative. The author shows the relevance of the case study method for studying the formation and functioning of cooperatives and for testing the hypothesis about combination of formal and informal mechanisms of economic interaction in cooperatives. The case study proved the dependence of formalization of economic relations in the cooperative on the scale of its activities, and revealed motives for cooperation of small agricultural producers. This work is a part of the research within the state assignment of the RANEPA Informal economy of rural households: Possibilities and limitations of economic practices in increasing the potential and general attractiveness of rural areas.
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Gorbanyuk, V. O. "The cooperative movement in rural areas should be a priority in reforming of agriculture (opportunities, realities and economic efficiency of its approval)." Scientific Messenger of LNU of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies 20, no. 86 (February 27, 2018): 28–33. http://dx.doi.org/10.15421/nvlvet8605.
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The history of rural cooperatives in Ukraine is quite deep. It includes both national characteristics and certain global trends. Today in Ukraine the cooperative movement in the agro-industrial complex is primarily connected with the implementation of a comprehensive, agrarian, incl. land reform. The legal and normative mechanisms of socio-economic relations in the village are regulated by the Tax Code of Ukraine, the Civil Code of Ukraine, the Commercial Code of Ukraine, the Land Code of Ukraine, the Law of Ukraine «On Farmers», the Law of Ukraine «On Personal Peasant Economy», the Law of Ukraine «On State Support to Agriculture», the Law of Ukraine «On State Registration of Legal Entities, Individuals-Enterprises and Public Formations», the Law of Ukraine «On Agricultural Advisory Activities», the Law of Ukraine «On Cooperation», the Law of Ukraine «On Agricultural Cooperation». These legislative acts determine that an agricultural cooperative is an important form of management, an integral part of a multi-faceted economy in the agro-industrial complex of Ukraine. However, it should be noted that at present the potential of agricultural cooperation in Ukraine remains poorly implemented, in particular, the establishment of multi-functional cooperatives, which in turn can form higher-level associations by sector or territory, act as founders of different types of enterprises, have their own competitive representations in the regions of Ukraine and abroad. Today should be answered rather effective is the prospect of introducing an integrated multi-profit agricultural service cooperatives built on profitable pricing under conditions of self-sufficient local communities combined with the experience and practices of the developed countries of Europe and the world. Does farmers need a real serving non-profit agricultural cooperative. The answer to this should be given by the conducted research, and the analysis of the existing experience. The history of Ukraine, including Galicia, had a positive experience in the functioning of rural cooperation. And in the world the particular importance are agricultural cooperatives which unite the efforts of rural producers in solving not only economic and social problems in the rural areas.
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DOKUZLU, SERTAÇ. "The Agricultural Credit System in the Ottoman Empire between 1863 and 1888." Rural History 28, no. 2 (October 2017): 177–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956793317000139.
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AbstractAgricultural credit organisations are paramount to every country because agriculture must operate under threats of risk and uncertainty. When small-scale family farms are dominant, all types of agricultural organisations become important to keep farmers’ incomes at a reasonable level and encourage agricultural development. Midhat Pasha understood the importance of agricultural organisations, and he created a well-designed system for agricultural credit. He is the founder of Homeland Coffers that distribute credits to farmers. The original side of these credit organisations was capital accumulation and the methods of using it. Capital for these Coffers were provided by the joint actions of credit users. Midhat Pasha connected two cooperatives while the production cooperative provided capital for Homeland Coffers, they operated as a credit cooperative for twenty-five years in the Ottoman Empire. This credit organisation helped development of agriculture and provided many social benefits to the rural area.
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Beke Lisányi, Judit. "Integration Efforts in Agriculture." Applied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce 12, no. 1-2 (May 2, 2018): 91–96. http://dx.doi.org/10.19041/apstract/2018/1-2/12.
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The economic and political transition brought many challenges for the Hungarian agricultural sector. The break-up of large agricultural holdings had serious negative impacts on food production and on the export of agricultural products. Capital intensive profit-seeking intermediaries dominate the trading of agricultural goods that has injurious effects in terms of downward pressure on production prices and an increase in consumer prices. Cooperatives have a key role in effectively tackling the common challenges that small-scale producers have to face. More vertical integration along the food chain could contribute to providing rural employment and to an increase in living standards in rural areas. This study reviews the development, the specific features and the driving forces of modern cooperatives in Central Europe in general, and in Hungary in particular. The focus is on the integrator role of cooperatives and their future role in our globalised world.
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Zhang, Shemei, Axel Wolz, and Ya Ding. "Is there a role for agricultural production cooperatives in agricultural development? Evidence from China." Outlook on Agriculture 49, no. 3 (March 26, 2020): 256–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0030727020913283.
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In recent years, China witnessed a boom in the formation of agricultural cooperatives. While most of them have been set up as agricultural service cooperatives, there is also the option of forming agricultural production cooperatives (APCs). Although both models stem from a similar long tradition, it was argued that production cooperatives were not competitive, thus having no role in agricultural development. Historically, these cooperatives were formed under specific conditions only. However, in recent years, they have been observed in villages characterised by family agriculture. Taking the example of Chongzhou County (Sichuan Province, China), this exploratory study investigates the salient conditions under which farmers voluntarily join such cooperatives. The results show that APCs still have a role to play in agricultural development after all. Certain conditions have to be met, like government support and recruitment of professional farm managers, but particularly a homogeneous membership and transparent decision-making processes.
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Stefanov, Peter, Dmitriy Valigurskiy, and Elena Maslova. "THE COOPERATIVE MODEL AND ITS RELEVANCE IN THE MODERN WORLD." Russian Journal of Management 8, no. 4 (January 25, 2021): 181–85. http://dx.doi.org/10.29039/2409-6024-2020-8-4-181-185.
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The article deals with the development of cooperation in different countries of the world. The analysis of the types of cooperatives, as well as the monitoring of cooperatives in the global agriculture and food industry, is carried out. The current issues of the development of the International Cooperative Alliance for the future are identified. An assessment of the development of individual cooperatives in Russia and Bulgaria is given. Cooperation is considered as the basis for the development of different economies of the world, and the twenty-first century is considered the century of cooperation.
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Planas, Jordi. "Cooperation, technical education and politics in early agricultural policy in Catalonia (1914–24)." Rural History 31, no. 2 (October 2020): 211–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0956793319000360.
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Abstract After the crisis of the late nineteenth century, the role of the state in European agriculture expanded to many new areas: education and technical innovation; commercial policies and market regulations; farm support policies, and sometimes interventions in property rights. The development of these policies was a difficult and costly process, without the intervention of intermediary organisations like agricultural cooperatives and farmers’ associations. This article analyses the early agricultural policy in Catalonia (Spain) and the role of cooperatives in its implementation. It argues that this regional case was quite exceptional in the early twentieth-century Spanish context, where state intervention in agriculture was extremely limited. In 1914, an autonomous government was set up in Catalonia, and a modern agricultural policy was introduced in which technical education and cooperatives played a crucial role, as well as politics. The agricultural policy promoted and developed by the Catalan government was part of a state-building project based on a regionalist ideology.
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Gołębiewski, Jarosław, and Nina Drejerska. "ECONOMIC ROLE OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVENESS IN POLAND FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF CHANGES IN THE FOOD CHAIN." Acta Scientiarum Polonorum. Oeconomia 16, no. 4 (December 30, 2017): 51–59. http://dx.doi.org/10.22630/aspe.2017.16.4.44.
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A food supply chain integrates three important economic sectors: agriculture, food processing, and distribution sectors. Integration processes are one out of different ways of efficiency’s improvement of supply chains; they are also the key challenges of contemporary management in the global economy. Common activities of partners in a supply chain can take different forms, starting from general agreements in supply operations, common forecasting and planning of production to cooperation in the field of design and implementation of new products. The aim of the study is to investigate an economic role of agricultural cooperatives in Poland from a perspective of changes in food supply chains. In order to realize it, data of the General Agricultural Census 2010, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development as well as the ranking of the top 500 companies in Poland by “Rzeczpospolita” (2017, 19th edition) were applied. Research results show that a significant number of cooperatives stopped their activities or limited their scale or range after 1989. However, some cooperatives have been developing and as for example dairy cooperatives belong to the top 500 companies in the Polish economy. There is also an increasing trend of establishment of agricultural producer groups, often in a form of cooperatives, that have been observed recently.
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NIKISHYNA, O. V., and N. O. BIBIKOVA. "INSTITUTIONAL FOUNDATIONS OF FORMATION AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES AND THEIR ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT OF AGRARIAN ECONOMY." Economic innovations 20, no. 1(66) (March 20, 2018): 135–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.31520/ei.2018.20.1(66).135-147.
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Topicality. Development of agricultural cooperatives is an important area of structural adjustment of agrarian sector. Relevance the research of vectors of influence an institutional environment for a cooperative movement, caused by the need to improve the process of institutionalization of agrarian cooperation for its accelerated development in realities of Ukraine taking into account world experience. Aim and tasks. The aim of the article is the justification institutional foundations for the formation of agricultural cooperatives and their role and functions in system of agrarian economics period of structural transformations. In the research, the following methods are used: dialectics, structural and dynamic analysis, horizontal and vertical comparative analysis, index method. Research results. In the article authors components of institutional environment of agrarian cooperation are determined. Based on an institutional approach substantiated the basic features and essence agricultural cooperatives in market conditions. In the course of the study, it was established both the productive and service agricultural cooperatives have a single meaningful essence, a common goal, which is to meet the needs of members at the least cost resources, which is confirmed by Declaration on Cooperative Identity. This goal is achieved through entrepreneurial activity, in this case, profit plays a role a means of implementing a cooperative goal. In the article focuses attention the need for development of informal institutions agrarian cooperation in Ukraine, which ensure the interaction of legal institutions. Were conduced estimation of dynamics and structures of agrarian enterprises for organizational and legal forms of management. Conclusions. The dynamics of indicators of profitability, wage and labor productivity agricultural enterprises in nominal and real dimensions are analyzed. According to the results of analysis the main social problems in agriculture in Ukraine are identified, namely: decrease in number of employees, a significant wage gap from the state indicator, reduction of labor productivity in real measure, a decrease in the net profit of agrarians in 2016, etc. Proved that in market system agricultural cooperatives perform a social function by means of creating new jobs, reducing unemployment, growth in real labor productivity on the basis of the introduction of new technologies, development of rural infrastructure and so on. In practice, the social function of cooperatives is realized through solving social problems.
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Marshalek, Frank. "Cuban and Danish Agriculture, The Rochdale Principles, and the Renovation of Socialism." Human Geography 10, no. 3 (November 2017): 22–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/194277861701000303.
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In 2011, the Guidelines for Economic and Social Policy of the Party and the Revolution announced Cuba's intentions to decentralize state power and economic decision-making, shift toward a mixed economy, and channel up to one-third of state workers to worker-owned cooperative enterprises and the small business sector. As socialist theory requires movement away from state-centered and toward mixed economies, I examine Danish and Cuban cooperative agricultural movements, evaluating them with respect to the Rochdale Principles of cooperative production, to identify appropriate economic production forms for democratic, participatory socialism within the context of globalization. This study argues first that, to maximize efficiency, cooperative production processes must remain entirely in the hands of cooperative federations. Second, a culture of economic democracy is reinforced by the democratic principles of cooperative work. Third, an income tax would function as a more appropriate way for the Cuban state to obtain a share of returns from agricultural cooperatives than the current production quota system, to avoid disrupting cooperative incentive structures. Fourth, cooperatives can perform well in any industry, at all levels of technological development, and should be considered a dominant model for socialism. Finally, although the Rochdale Principles are based on economic and social justice, these principles and their practical application must be continually refined through further experimentation and research.
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Chupina, Irina Pavlovna, and Elena Vasil'evna Zarubina. "A.V. CHAYANOV ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF FARMING IN RUSSIA." Сельское хозяйство, no. 2 (February 2021): 14–18. http://dx.doi.org/10.7256/2453-8809.2021.2.36188.
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The article considers the model of development of agricultural enterprises in Russia, proposed by the outstanding agricultural economist A.V. Chayanov. The authors demonstrate the relevance of A.V. Chayanov's ideas for solving modern problems of import substitution and ensuring food security facing domestic agriculture. It is argued that today the socio-economic model of agricultural enterprises in Russia, developed by A.V. Chayanov in the 1920s-1930s, is still extremely relevant and in demand. According to Chayanov, the core of such the model is a family labor-based peasant farm. The authors claim that A.V. Chayanov used a large factual material to prove that the way to increase the efficiency and innovative development of agriculture in Russia lies through the increase and strengthening of farms, their support at the government level, as well as their association into production and consumer cooperatives. A.V. Chayanov strongly opposed the nationalization of agricultural cooperatives, he warned that the state could not directly manage agricultural production. The state can and should create favorable conditions for the development of family labor-based peasant farms and agricultural cooperatives: improve the regulatory framework for agricultural activities, create social infrastructure in rural areas, regulate the taxation of peasant farms and agricultural cooperatives, regulate social and labor relations in agricultural production, implement targeted subsidies in lean years or in the event of emergency circumstances.
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Poperechny, S., O. Salamin, and N. Kubrak. "Creation and marketing activity problems of service cooperatives in agri-culture." Scientific Messenger of LNU of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies 21, no. 92 (May 11, 2019): 49–54. http://dx.doi.org/10.32718/nvlvet-e9208.
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The problems of creation and effective functioning of service cooperatives in agriculture are analyzed. Formation of their microeconomic goals, which are determined by the presence of many centers of optimization, are shown. The inadequate coherence between these goals and the directions of state financial support was the most important factor in deterring of formation servicing co-operation in Ukraine. The mistakenness of common points of view regarding the absolute competitive advantages of agroholdings in comparison with service cooperatives is substantiated. Service cooperatives can provide formation as large commodity parties as agroholdings without excessive consolidation of economic entities. In addition, service cooperatives may avoid competition by implementing marketing strategy focused on satisfying needs of consumers of individual narrow market segments. The main argument is the ability to overcome the monopolization of the market by separate structures and ensure market price generation. General tendencies of agricultural development are determined by the prices which are formed by separate monopoly structure without cooperatives. Price is the main element of the market mechanism of production regulation. It is a benchmark that defines the directions of marketing activity of agricultural enterprise. There are lots of tendencies that should be expected in such condition. These are huge companies, which form their own distribution channels. They independently deliver products to consumers, passing the existing intermediary structures which monopolized market. They prefer production of products for export, as monopolistic tendencies in pricing are largely overcomed in foreign markets and prices for agricultural products are higher and more stable. Cooperative idea is aimed at formation on cooperative basis of the infrastructure of the agrarian market in some countries. Evidence of this is predominantly cooperative ownership of the wholesale markets for agricultural products, created in the places of raw material production. Government support of creation markets ensures market generation of prices and goods flows through the organization of auction tenders. The dissemination of information on the results of these trades will affect the price level generated by other channels, stabilizing prices.
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Golovina, S., and L. Smirnova. "Agricultural cooperation in the conditions of new challenges and threats: from theoretical discussion to economic practice." Agrarian Bulletin of the 208, no. 05 (June 29, 2021): 71–88. http://dx.doi.org/10.32417/1997-4868-2021-208-05-71-88.
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Abstract. In the current socio-economic, political and institutional conditions, primarily in the context of new challenges and threats (such as sanctions restrictions, natural disasters, epidemics and pandemics), which determine high instability in the activities of agricultural producers, particular importance in the development of the agricultural economy, rural communities and rural areas moves to agricultural cooperation. As retrospective studies prove, agricultural cooperatives always become particularly popular in the most difficult periods for agriculture (and the economy as a whole), extremely actualizing at this time the corresponding theoretical and applied research. The study and analysis of scientific works concerning current state of agricultural cooperation, its problems and potential in improving of agricultural production and harmonious development of rural areas allows us to conclude that, Despite the presence (in the review materials presented to the scientific community) of the evolution of cooperative thought and generalizing discussions on the theory of cooperation descriptions, the achievements of recent years, nevertheless, did not find a detailed reflection in them. The purpose of this work is to summarize the most meaningful results of world-class research on the activities of agricultural cooperatives in a fluctuating (sometimes turbulent) environment, which are relevant (and acceptable) for the development of Russian cooperative practices in the face of existing challenges and threats. Results. A survey-analytical study, the results of which are presented in this article, made it possible (through a thorough analysis of the achievements of the cooperative theory over the past five years) to formulate and scientifically substantiate the main components of a new (integrated, interdisciplinary) approach to the development of Russian agricultural cooperation in the current institutional and market context, the basic elements of which are (1) taking into account the peculiarities of the socio-economic and institutional environment, (2) the multifunctionality of cooperative activities, (3) the specifics of ways to create cooperatives in different countries and spheres of activity, (4) the limitations of traditional and the prospects of new organizational models of agricultural cooperatives. Scientific novelty. The article offers a detailed review of foreign and Russian studies on various aspects of agricultural cooperation, notable by a rich history and comprehensive discussions, substantiated a new concept for the development of modern agricultural cooperatives, formulated conclusions that have theoretical novelty and applied value for use in domestic economic practice.
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Ribašauskienė, Erika, Diana Šumylė, Artiom Volkov, Tomas Baležentis, Dalia Streimikiene, and Mangirdas Morkunas. "Evaluating Public Policy Support for Agricultural Cooperatives." Sustainability 11, no. 14 (July 10, 2019): 3769. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su11143769.
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Creation of a sustainable agricultural sector involves boosting the cooperation activities as these contribute to the societal and economic development of the farms, farmers and rural societies. This paper contributes to the literature on the analysis of the drivers and obstacles of cooperation development in agriculture. The case of Lithuania is considered as the cooperation activities are lagging behind the European Union (EU) practice here. Specifically, analysis of the public support measures and the expert survey are carried out to analyse the effectiveness of the public policy measures as represented in the relevant legal acts. The experts involve policy makers, farmers’ organisations and academia, which are the major stakeholder groups in Lithuania. The results indicate the effectiveness of the measures linked to capacity building (in the sense of human capital) requires improvement, whereas those related to financial support and promotion of the farmers’ organisations are much better perceived. Thus, public support measures are available to promote cooperation in agriculture, yet the legal system of Lithuania still requires improvement in accommodating effective agricultural cooperatives.
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Fatikhah, Fatikhah, Ahmad Mulyadi Kosim, and Abrista Devi. "Strategi Pembangunan Koperasi Pertanian Alpukat Berbasis Syariah Pendekatan ANP-BOCR." Al Maal: Journal of Islamic Economics and Banking 1, no. 2 (January 5, 2020): 117. http://dx.doi.org/10.31000/almaal.v1i2.1837.
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Interest in the study is to determine the benefits, opportunity, cost, risk and strategic alternatives in decision-making in the development of agricultural cooperatives.This study uses research methods analytic network process (ANP) with the benefits of network opportunity cost risk (BOCR). Data collection is done through in-depth interviews (indepth interview) and questionnaires by respondents. The results of this study indicate that on a priority basis the decision of the respondents would provide benefits to agriculture avocado compared with the costs and risks of the construction decision for agricultural cooperatives avocado. Based on the strategic priorities in the development of agricultural cooperatives are SDM and knowledge of cooperatives.
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Paptsov, Andrey Gennadievich. "Current trends in agricultural cooperation in Israel." Mezhdunarodnaja jekonomika (The World Economics), no. 12 (December 1, 2020): 56–65. http://dx.doi.org/10.33920/vne-04-2012-06.
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Since the establishment of the independent state of Israel, the main emphasis in the agricultural sector has been placed on the development of agricultural cooperatives, while funds have been purposefully allocated for their creation. Cooperatives have gone through signifi cant milestones in their development. The liberalization of the world economic complex off ered its own tools for the development of the Israeli economy, proclaiming the primacy of market principles, which imply a sharp reduction in government interference in the activities of the cooperative system. Today, Israel’s modern, highly effi cient cooperatives continue to dominate agriculture. The transition from a de facto monopoly in the agricultural sector with the need, on the one hand, to diversify the structure of production and management, on the other, while deepening specialization in accordance with the emerging conjuncture of the domestic and international food markets, ensured their de facto dominant position in the hierarchy of producers in the agricultural sector, in to a large extent ensuring the satisfaction of the country’s needs for food. It should be emphasized that the experience of Israel in the development of agricultural cooperation can and should, after critical consideration, be used in the form of its individual aspects in domestic practice.
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Bielik, P., and M. Beňo. "Analysis of the selected problems of agricultural business entrepreneurship in Slovakia." Agricultural Economics (Zemědělská ekonomika) 48, No. 5 (February 29, 2012): 225–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.17221/5307-agricecon.
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Even ten years after the revolution in 1989, Slovak agriculture is characterized by the predominant position of cooperatives. There were shifts towards other types of agricultural entrepreneurship, and some of these trends we documented in our article, based on the data gained by surveying agricultural enterprises. We drew a conclusion that cooperatives are more labor demanding. This also means that they still preserve a social role as a main employer in rural areas. Our paper also differentiates between Southern and Northern (less favorable for agriculture) regions, represented by the Nitra and Žilina region, respectively. We examined soil quality, labor intensity, wages, and finally main crops yields in these two regions.
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Pokharel, Krishna Prasad, Madhav Regmi, Allen M. Featherstone, and David W. Archer. "Examining the financial performance of agricultural cooperatives in the USA." Agricultural Finance Review 79, no. 2 (April 1, 2019): 271–82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/afr-11-2017-0103.
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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to identify financial stress and the causes of financial stress for agricultural cooperatives and provide management recommendations to stakeholders including cooperatives’ managers, boards of directors and lenders. Design/methodology/approach This research used the geometric mean of the real rate of return on equity to identify financially stressed agricultural cooperatives. The real rate of return on equity allows the allocation of total financial stress among the return on assets, leverage and interest rate issues. Findings This study found that financially non-stressed agricultural cooperatives had a higher rate of return on equity and rate of return on assets, but lower leverage ratios and interest rates than stressed agricultural cooperatives. Further, non-stressed cooperatives had higher total assets and sales compared to stressed cooperatives. This suggests that smaller cooperatives are more likely to face financial stress than larger cooperatives. The decomposition of the financial problem showed that a substantial percentage of financial stress was correlated with a low return on assets or profitability. A smaller percentage of financial stress was due to financing decisions. Originality/value This study provides value by measuring the impact of profitability, leverage and interest rate on the financial performance of agricultural cooperatives. Results showed that a substantial proportion of financial stress was associated with a low return on assets. This indicates that profitability is a problem for agricultural cooperatives. This study also examines profitability during a period of volatile returns in production agriculture.
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Giagnocavo, Cynthia. "The Development of the Cooperative Movement and Civil Society in Almeria, Spain: Something from Nothing?" Sustainability 12, no. 23 (November 24, 2020): 9820. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su12239820.
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Cooperatives fulfilled a broad and central role not only in the economic development, but also in the creation of civil society, in a population decimated and fragmented by the politics and culture of the Franco dictatorship. The province of Almeria, Spain, is an example of smallholding rapid development due to the expansion of intensive greenhouse horticulture. It was the poorest Spanish province per capita in 1955, semi-arid, drought-ridden, and devoid of significant infrastructure. Its undereducated population held little promise for economic growth and a massive migration out of the province left it depopulated. Subsequent economic and social development of Almeria was closely tied to the establishment of both credit and agricultural cooperatives, which supported a new greenhouse agriculture for small plot family farmers organized around cooperatives. This paper focuses on how cooperatives were fundamental in constructing civil society for the benefit of poor rural people, even in the presence of significant negative social capital and undemocratic institutions during the Franco dictatorship. As the sector has modernized and matured, cooperatives have led the sustainable transformation of the business ecosystem. However, current shortcomings in the Almeria cooperative movement and civil society and challenges yet to be met are also raised.
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Liu, Yu, and Houjian Li. "The effects of chairmen's social network heterogeneity on cooperative marketing innovation: evidence from Sichuan province in China." Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies 10, no. 5 (June 9, 2020): 651–70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/jadee-06-2019-0085.
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PurposeThe purpose of this paper, based on first-hand data from 255 chairmen of planting cooperatives in Sichuan province, is threefold: to understand their social network heterogeneity; to understand the significance for members of marketing innovation in farmers' cooperatives and to understand the effects of chairmen's social network heterogeneity on cooperative marketing innovation.Design/methodology/approachThe research employs an empirical survey of the chairmen of planting cooperatives in rural Sichuan province. The researchers use the ordinary least squares method to conduct regression on the data and the generalized linear model to process the data and avoid errors in the model setting. In the study, the following two hypotheses are examined: (1) The heterogeneity of chairmen's social networks has positive effects on cooperative marketing innovation; (2) The effects of heterogeneous external and internal social networks on cooperative marketing innovation are different.FindingsThe results show that both external and internal social network heterogeneity has positive effects on cooperative marketing innovation, and the effects of internal heterogeneity are greater than that of external heterogeneity.Originality/valueThis paper contributes to improving the income of farmers, the innovation of farmers' cooperatives and the development of agriculture in China. It provides a new way of managing and serving members to enable the long-term sustainable development of farmers' cooperatives.
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Tang, Weiqin, Weimin Tang, Changsheng Jiang, and Shan Lu. "Incentive Decision on Safety Investment of Supply Chain of Agricultural Products in “Agricultural Super-Docking”." Journal of Applied Mathematics 2014 (2014): 1–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/836342.
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Since the “agriculture super-docking” mode was introduced in China in 2007, remarkable success has been made in reducing the transaction cost and improving the quality safety of agricultural products. However, the quality safety issues of agricultural products still occur frequently because both specialized farmers’ cooperatives and supermarkets have insufficient safety investment. In order to study the necessity, goal, and incentive decision schemes of safety investment in “agriculture super-docking” supply chain, three kinds of models, which include noncooperatives distributed decision-making model, centralized decision-making model, and incentive coordination models led by cooperatives and supermarkets, are, respectively, set up in this paper. Conclusions are drawn as follows: when making the uncooperative decentralized decision, both cooperatives and supermarkets have the moral risks to decrease the safety investment, but appropriate measures can achieve the coordination of the supply chain; when achieving the coordination of supply chain, the two contacts under the guidance of cooperatives and supermarkets are the same, and the schemes of distributing profits are also the same. Moreover, a practical case is given to improve the effectiveness and feasibility of the incentive decision schemes.
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Waqas, Muhammad, and Mian Muhammad Saleem. "Land Reforms in Central Asia: The Transition from Production Cooperatives to Services Cooperatives." Review of Economics and Development Studies 5, no. 1 (March 30, 2019): 1–3. http://dx.doi.org/10.26710/reads.v5i1.517.
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At the eve of Independence, the political leadership of Central Asian Republics was committed towards privatization. Different liberalization strategies were announced that would follow effective state legislation. It was intended that the privatization program would be extended towards agriculture sector and land reforms would be introduced. But the literature reveals that relatively very little development has been made in this domain and no detailed plan for agriculture reforms or efficient legislation on privatization of agriculture land has been adopted. This study analyzes the Imperial and post-Imperial era land tenure arrangements in the Central Asian Republics that includes an analysis of the land tenure legislations made so far in the republics during Soviet and post-Soviet era. An analysis of the legislations yields the dramatic presence of imperial legacy in the land tenure system and conspiracy of silence on the land reforms in Central Asian Republics.
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Tamon-in, Kazuo. "The Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in the Development of Regional Agriculture." Journal of Rural Problems 27, no. 4 (1991): 170–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.7310/arfe1965.27.170.
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Hagiwara, Hideki. "The Initial Restructuring the Bank Agriculture and Agricultural Cooperatives Toward Privatization." Journal of Rural Problems 38, no. 1 (2002): 25–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.7310/arfe1965.38.25.
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