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Showing 1 to 20 of 20 for “"Agricultural cooperatives"”.
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Performance determinants for emerging agricultural cooperatives in South Africa
… Africa has seen an increase in the number of cooperatives (co-ops) registered since 2005, following the new policy aimed at the promotion of cooperative enterprises. Newly registered co-ops received over R5.28 billion in direct financial support, comprising a combination of grants and loans …
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Property rights and the investment behavior of U.S. Agricultural Cooperatives
… describing the behavior and performance of agricultural cooperatives is not capable of addressing many of the crucial issues facing these institutions in today’s environment of declining government involvement in price and income support of U.S. agriculture. This dissertation seeks to …
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Assessing the operations of agricultural cooperatives at Nkomazi Municipality, Mpumalanga Province
… about the enlightenment to the operations of agricultural cooperatives at Nkomazi municipality namely ward 7, 25, 29 and 30. The study therefore assess the operations of agricultural cooperatives while identifying the operational processes of cooperatives; examining the management techniques …
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Agricultural cooperatives: promoting or hindering fairer and more sustainable food systems? The case of Spain and the UK
Agricultural cooperatives (ACs) are major players in the European Union, where they account for 40-60% of agricultural trade and thus are key actors in articulating rural realities and in shaping the sustainability credentials of European food and farming. Cooperatives, regardless of the sector …
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The Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Selected Cooperatives in the Four Local Municipalities of Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo Province, South Africa
… In order to deal with this problem, farmers form cooperatives to pool their resources for increased agricultural productivity, employment creation and poverty reduction. The study assessed the role of agricultural cooperatives in poverty reduction within the rural communities of the Vhembe …
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Food safety supply and demand across the agricultural value chain in China
… to China and interviewed key personnel from 25 agricultural cooperatives and one agricultural enterprise about the way they organize production activities with farmers. Our findings show that agricultural cooperatives employ a mix of models to mobilize farmers that exert different levels of …
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Collective Action and Civilian Agency in Conflict: Peasant Strategies for Peacebuilding in Rural Colombia
… approach to examine how peasant associations and agricultural cooperatives contribute to violence prevention and peacebuilding in Colombia's conflict-affected rural areas. Grounded in the agrarian question, it combines municipal-level data analysis with testimonies and a regional case study to …
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Exploring the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on business performance of agriculture cooperatives: a case of solar milling plant cooperatives in Southern province of Zambia.
… and donor agencies, the performance of agricultural cooperatives especially in Zambia’s Southern Province has remained suboptimal. With agriculture contributing only 2.74% to the country’s GDP and cooperatives accounting for 12% of agricultural GDP, there is a clear gap between potential …
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Exploring the effect of entrepreneurial orientation on business performance of agriculture cooperatives: a case of solar milling plant cooperatives in Southern province of Zambia.
… and donor agencies, the performance of agricultural cooperatives especially in Zambia’s Southern Province has remained suboptimal. With agriculture contributing only 2.74% to the country’s GDP and cooperatives accounting for 12% of agricultural GDP, there is a clear gap between potential …
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Cost efficiency and capital structure in farms and cooperatives
… data. The second and third questions focus on cooperatives since farmers rely on efficient cooperative management to maximize their return on investment in the cooperative and their own farm profitability. How should cooperatives allocate earnings to farmers? To answer this question, a model is …
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Evaluating the effectiveness of Akehlulwalutho Pineapple and Vegetables Cooperative toward socio-economic development
… study. Living in KwaNibela, people established agricultural cooperatives as a means of fighting unemployment and poverty through the land restitution process. This study took place in KwaNibela area of the uMhlabuyalingana Local Municipality to assess the effectiveness of the Akehlulwalutho …
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The residual control roles of cooperative board of directors : a preliminary comparative analysis
… forms of economic organization. A sample of 115 agricultural cooperative members, who serve on their cooperative board of directors, from 17 unique agricultural cooperatives in the state of Missouri were surveyed. Of the 115 individuals, 33 belonged to new generation patron-investor cooperatives …
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The social production of community garden space: Case studies of Boston, Massachusetts and Havana, Cuba
… grew into the thousands due to a series of agricultural reforms enacted by the government. In spite, new indications suggest that the government is shifting its focus away from urban agricultural cooperatives towards private gardens.</p>
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Positive Contribution of Saving and Credit Cooperatives in the Development of Rombo District: a Case Study of Mashati SACCOS
… contribution from both women and men in SACCOS. Cooperatives can do better in development if they address issues of poverty alleviation and gender inequality which are currently prevalent in Tanzania cooperatives. There has been a tendency to look at the agricultural cooperatives as the only …
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Farmer's attitudes towards the formation of cooperatives in rural areas: A study of irrigation schemes in Makhado Local Municipality
Agricultural cooperatives are important tools for enhancing the living standards of farmers in rural areas. It is therefore very clear that cooperatives are for the benefit of the farmers. However, the development of cooperatives in the study area is not at a desired level yet; hence, it is …
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Skills gap analysis of farmer-owned cooperative directors and its connection to the agricultural landscape
Agricultural cooperatives are larger and more complex than ever before. Due to this growth, farmer directors need to up-skill to maximize farmer member benefits. Director education is generally considered a successful strategy for improving financial and strategic performance, yet little research …
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Farmer participation and irrigation performance: A case study of Nam Thach Han irrigation system, Vietnam
… of participation on irrigation quality and agricultural production in the Nam Thach Han irrigation system, Vietnam. Many governments have attempted to increase farmer participation in irrigation system management through participatory irrigation management (PIM). This approach aims to reduce …
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The Fox Guarding the Henhouse: Coregulation and Consumer Protection in Food Safety, 1946 – 2002
<p>Most citizens, business leaders, and government regulators can agree that inspections of food and consumer goods constitute a valuable and even “essential” task of governments. Nevertheless, these groups frequently disagree on what “inspection” means, who should carry it out, and how they should …
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Cost accounting nelle cooperative vitivinicole: problematiche e aspetti metodologici
… successful business strategies. In the case of cooperatives, these data are even more relevant as they allow the measurement of a company’s performance in relation to its very purpose, that is to say management’s ability to remunerate products conferred by partners more than their market value. …