Download or read book The Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in Development Strategies written by and published by . This book was released on 1974 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conference report on the role of agricultural cooperatives in Africa South of Sahara, with particular reference to small farmers - discusses factors limiting agricultural production, role of agricultural policy, agricultural income, cooperative management, cooperative marketing, cooperative education, agricultural credit policy, extension services, income distribution, etc. List of participants. Graph and photographs. Conference held in accra 1974 mar 24 to 30.
Download or read book The Economic Role of Agricultural Cooperatives written by H. Christopher Peterson and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cooperatives Grassroots Development and Social Change written by Marcela Vásquez-Léon and published by University of Arizona Press. This book was released on 2017-03-14 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cooperatives, Grassroots Development, and Social Change presents examples from Paraguay, Brazil, and Colombia, examining what is necessary for smallholder agricultural cooperatives to support holistic community-based development in peasant communities. Reporting on successes and failures of these cooperative efforts, the contributors offer analyses and strategies for supporting collective grassroots interests. Illustrating how poverty and inequality affect rural people, they reveal how cooperative organizations can support grassroots development strategies while negotiating local contexts of inequality amid the broader context of international markets and global competition. The contributors explain the key desirable goals from cooperative efforts among smallholder producers. They are to provide access to more secure livelihoods, expand control over basic resources and commodity chains, improve quality of life in rural areas, support community infrastructure, and offer social spaces wherein small farmers can engage politically in transforming their own communities. The stories in Cooperatives, Grassroots Development, and Social Change reveal immense opportunities and challenges. Although cooperatives have often been framed as alternatives to the global capitalist system, they are neither a panacea nor the hegemonic extension of neoliberal capitalism. Through one of the most thorough cross-country comparisons of cooperatives to date, this volume shows the unfiltered reality of cooperative development in highly stratified societies, with case studies selected specifically because they offer important lessons regarding struggles and strategies for adapting to a changing social, economic, and natural environment. Contributors: Luis Barros Brian J. Burke Charles Cox Luis Alberto Cuéllar Gómez Miguel Ricardo Dávila Ladrón de Guevara Elisa Echagüe Timothy J. Finan Andrés González Aguilera Sonia Carolina López Cerón Joana Laura Marinho Nogueira João Nicédio Alves Nogueira Jessica Piekielek María Isabel Ramírez Anaya Rodrigo F. Rentería-Valencia Lilliana Andrea Ruiz Marín Marcela Vásquez-León
Download or read book Survival Strategies for Agricultural Cooperatives written by Charles Ezra French and published by Wiley-Blackwell. This book was released on 1980 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: General environment for cooperatives; Competitive environment; Nature of cooperatives; General marketing strategies; Organizational strategies; Facilitating strategies; Putting strategies to work - Cooperatives in the future.
Download or read book Agricultural Cooperatives as a Strategy for Economic Development written by Zaid Bakht and published by . This book was released on 1980 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cooperatives Economic Democratization and Rural Development written by Jos Bijman and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-01-29 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural cooperatives and producer organizations are institutional innovations which have the potential to reduce poverty and improve food security. This book presents a raft of international case studies, from developing and transition countries, to analyse the internal and external challenges that these complex organizations face and the solutions that they have developed. The contributors provide an increased understanding of the transformation of traditional community organizations into modern farmer-owned businesses. They cover issues including: the impact on rural development and inclusiveness, the role of social capital, formal versus informal organizations, democratic participation and member relations, and their role in value chains. Students and scholars will find the book’s multidisciplinary approach useful in their research. It will also be of interest to policy-makers seeking to understand the wide diversity of organizational forms and functions. NGOs, donors and governments seeking to support rural developments will benefit from the discussions raised in this book.
Download or read book Agricultural Cooperatives written by Glynn McBride and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 429 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The genesis of this book dates back a number of years to an annual meeting of the American Institute of Cooperation. Cooperative leaders at that meeting openly expressed their feelings that they would like a much stronger commitment on the part of our land grant universities in particular and other educational institutions in general to creating a greater understanding of cooperatives and their role in our economy. Since I was in agreement with this position, the course in general group action which I was teaching was changed to emphasize the role of agricultural cooperatives. The need for a textbook designed to help in this emphasis became apparent. This book is the culmination of an effort to meet that need. This book has been prepared with the student and instructor in mind. It is based upon experience gained from many years of interaction with students in a classroom setting, in discussions with them after class hours, and after they had finished their degree requirements and had taken positions in jndustry, government, or elsewhere. While objectives of the book have remained relatively unchanged over time, the sub stance and format as means of meeting those objectives have changed from time to time as a result of these contacts and discussions. The input xiv Preface xv of students over the years as reflected in this product is gratefully acknowledged.
Download or read book Examine new generation cooperatives and strategies to maximize farm and ranch income written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Mobilization of Human Resources for Rural Development Through Agricultural Cooperatives written by Alexander Fraser Laidlaw and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Summary: This paper was written for the May, 1972 Open World Conference in Rome on the role of Agricultural Cooperatives in Economic and Social Development. It focuses on Third World developing countries and discusses cooperation as an instrument of rural development as it mobilizes peoples' efforts. The emphasis is on the human element and the impact of education and training to motivate people and influence social progress.
Download or read book A Cooperative Approach to Local Economic Development written by Christophe Merrett and published by Praeger. This book was released on 2001 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Historically, the relationship between towns and surrounding farm families has ranged from suspicion to benign neglect. This book shows that rural America can be revived by uniting the interests of both farm and non-farm populations through value-added enterprises, especially those based on the principles of New Generation Cooperatives (NGCs). Instead of sending agricultural commodities out of the region to be processed, farmers and communities can collaborate to process the commodities locally, thereby adding value to the local rural economy. In this edited volume, nationally recognized scholars discuss the on-going challenges to the agricultural sector such as declining farm subsidies and commodity prices, and the strategies used by rural communities to respond to economic decline. Specific attention is paid to the role of NGCs as a specific form of value-added agriculture which has helped some rural communities to prosper. The NGCs, however, extend well beyond traditional agriculture to include grocery stores, day care centers, and other businesses that have not always been profitable in small towns. The broader objective of the book is to show how increased collaboration among farm producers, small businesses, and community leaders can promote economic development in rural regions.
Download or read book The Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in Economics and Social Development in Iraq written by Hassan Younis Al-Samarrai and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Farmer Cooperatives written by and published by . This book was released on 1994-12 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cooperatives and Local Development written by Christopher D. Merrett and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2004. The market economy has changed profoundly over the past two centuries. In the nineteenth century, business enterprises were largely single-product ventures, managed directly by the owners and rooted within national economies. In the twentieth century, firms employed managers who were not owners. Firms also evolved into multiproduct, multiunit entities that could employ thousands of workers. In the twenty-first century, many firms operate on a global scale, taking advantage of free trade policies and rapidly evolving computer and telecommunications technologies. Given this potential, it is crucial that producers, consumers, economic developers, and researchers realize how co-ops can promote local economic and community development. Hence, this book includes the perceptions of experts on a variety of cooperative issues, including the challenges involved in starting a co-op and in understanding its impact on surrounding communities. This book can be especially useful because it provides the theoretical foundations and practical applications of cooperative behavior.
Download or read book Strategies for Resuscitation of Agricultural Cooperatives written by Lorraine Charinda and published by . This book was released on 2017-07-30 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Co operatives for Developing Countries written by Pierre J. van Dooren and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Textbook on cooperatives in developing countries, the problems encountered, the method employed and the solutions sought - outlines the nature and objectives of production cooperatives and marketing cooperatives through the development of the cooperative movement in Western Europe; deals with questions of size, membership, purpose, horizontal integration and competition; discusses agricultural cooperatives, consumers cooperatives and credit cooperatives, and structural considerations. Bibliography.
Download or read book Cooperatives in Agriculture written by David W. Cobia and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1989 with total page 470 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comprehensive, up to date discussion of ag cooperatives written by leading authorities and sponsored by AIC. Less expensive than the competition. Comprehensive, up to date discussion of ag cooperatives written by leading authorities and sponsored by AIC. Less expensive than the competition. Sophomore/Junior level courses in Ag Econ departments.
Download or read book State Administered Rural Change written by Björn Gyllström and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-07-26 with total page 334 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1991, this book includes a detailed case study of Kenya’s co-operative movement – one of the largest in sub-Saharan Africa. Co-operatives have been given a major role in rural development strategies in both socialist and capitalist states. However in both context the results they have achieved have fallen short of expectations. The book focuses on specific elements of the institutional setting within which agricultural marketing co-operatives operate. Factors like land tenure, market regulations, co-operative legislation and direct development support are discussed and shown to have had dire effects on the managerial behaviour and social impact of the co-operative sector.
