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Gala, Xoliswa Masingita Hlubelihle. "Challenges facing LED Agricultural cooperative in the Greater Tzaneen Municipality : a case study of Nkomamonta Primary Agricultural Cooperative in Limpopo." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/1015.
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Thesis (M.Dev.) --University of Limpopo, 2013Agricultural cooperatives have been widely promoted as a vehicle for smallholder agricultural development in South Africa. As a result, agricultural co-operative registrations in South Africa are increasing. However, research suggests that South African co-operatives have generally not been effective, successful and functional. This study has investigated the challenges facing agricultural cooperatives in the Greater Tzaneen Municipality. It is expected that identification of these elements may enable institutions that offer support to cooperatives make better decisions to improve primary agricultural cooperatives support. Understanding of these elements could inform the efforts for members of cooperatives to achieve their set objectives and thus improve agriculture cooperative, employability, functionality and profitability. A case study of the Nkomamonta Agricultural Primary Cooperative in the Greater Tzaneen Municipalities is used. It is composed of fifteen agricultural cooperative which were purposively selected for the study because they were nearby, they are a pilot agricultural cooperative in the municipality and which are also not functioning as expected. The sample also included the purposively selected members, customers of these agricultural cooperative, workers, Greater Tzaneen Municipality, Local SEDA and LIBSA to explore the differences and provide insight to the knowledge, opinions and challenges that are facing agricultural cooperatives. One-on-one interviews were carried out with co-operative members as well as focus group discussions with customers, members of the cooperatives, workers, the Municipal officials, SEDA and LIBSA. A framework for analysing the challenges agricultural cooperatives with reference to the Nkomamonta cooperative case study was developed using literature of objectives of agricultural cooperatives, challenges which were identified by other researchers and success factors of smallholder agriculture. According to this study, farmers’ activities are hampered by a number of constraints. Production capability of the fifteen primary cooperatives is hampered by resource constraints such as lack of access to land (in one cooperative), machinery and equipment, finances and information relevant to production. Marketing, transportation, poor infrastructure and the elderly age of some cooperative members and issues related to free-rider syndrome were part of the problems that were identified. Low capability of some of the fifteen cooperatives to mobilise resources, use the limited resources available and low capability to manage institutional arrangements rendered the cooperatives ineffective in achieving their set objectives. The study recommends strategies for ensuring that the challenges facing agricultural cooperatives are minimised to better their services in the community. These include strategies for addressing internal and external issues affecting the cooperatives. Direct intervention from government is recommended to improve production through revising land allocation systems which made Kulani Agricultural Cooperative not to have land for growing crops. Jerry Jeff and Nwa Rex went out of action for eight months due to renovation of neighbourhood inorganic farms by the Department of Agriculture. Another strategy would entail improving extension services and follow up and strict monitoring of effective use of government resources provided to farmers. Responding and action taking when disaster has struck the agricultural cooperative by Government is also a plausible strategy. Access and training to relevant technologies to improve the processing and packaging capabilities of cooperatives should improve. Marketing and management activities should be supported through provision of improved infrastructure and relevant training. Farmers themselves should consider assisting one another especially regarding land issues as it was discovered that 67 hectares lay unutilised while the farmer next door needed land. Farmers should also engage in value added activities, and improve marketing programs and cost-effective distribution mechanisms.
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Tsholoba, Nokulunga. "Sustainability of agricultural cooperatives in Emalahleni Local Municipality." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/4133.
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Long term growth and sustainability of cooperatives has become the focus of many countries worldwide. Cooperatives have been seen as the platform for uplifting disadvantaged communities while improving standards of the poor in countries such as Canada, Kenya, Ghana and Nigeria (Department of Trade and Industry, 2012). In South Africa, cooperatives are seen as playing a role in poverty eradication, equal distribution of wealth, employment creation, food security and as a contributor to the economic activity. The South African government have implemented policies aimed at improving the performance and sustainability of agriculture cooperatives in South Africa. Despite all the efforts cooperatives still face sustainability challenges. Therefore the purpose of this research was to investigate the sustainability challenges that prevent the permanent establishment of cooperatives and to understand the dynamics and nature of failure associated with agricultural cooperatives .A case study methodology was used to examine a single case in-depth and to understand the factors affecting agricultural cooperatives. The main challenges identified in the study include; poor communication, limited access to markets, access to finance, a lack of good governance and a lack of managerial skills. The study recommended capacity building as the first point of reference in order to deal with challenges such as communication, access to markets and a lack of managerial skills. A lack of good governance is regarded as an attitude problem which requires setting ethical standards and rules accompanied by a penalty to the member if they are found to be breaking the rules. Access to finances is regarded as a skills and competence phenomenon which requires people to develop planning and financial literacy skills, which will enable them to formulate business plans and use them as a control tool for managing the cooperative. The business plan is also regarded as an asset or security document which acts as a proof that the cooperative is well planned, organised and sustainable. The research concludes with suggesting areas for future study to investigate the impact of informal education practices on skills development in the success of cooperatives.
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NASCIMENTO, JULIO CESAR DE OLIVEIRA FAUSTINO DO. "AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES: COST OF CAPITAL AND VALUE CREATION." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2015. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=25016@1.
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O Objetivo dessa dissertação é calcular o custo de capital e o valor econômico de cooperativas agrícolas no Brasil. Para isso, foi analisado os demonstrativos financeiros de 28 cooperativas agrícolas de diversos setores ao longo de 7 anos. Os resultados encontrados indicam que o custo de capital das cooperativas analisadas é, em média, de 6,63 porcento a.a. e que a maioria das cooperativas estão gerando valor para os cooperados, com média de 18.889 reais.The objective of this dissertation is to evaluate the cost of capital and economic value added of agricultural cooperatives of Brazil. For this purpose, it was analysed the financial statements of 28 agricultural cooperatives from differents sectors over 7 years. The results indicates that the weight average cost of capital is 6,63 percent per year and that most of cooperatives are generating value for their members, with means of 18.889 reais.
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Pokharel, Krishna Prasad. "Measuring the efficiency and productivity of agricultural cooperatives." Diss., Kansas State University, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/32944.
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Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Allen M. Featherstone
This dissertation focuses on measuring the efficiency and productivity for agricultural cooperatives in the United States using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach. Economic measures such as cost efficiency, economies of scale, and economies of scope are measured by estimating a cost frontier in a multiproduct framework. Productivity growth is measured using the biennial Malmquist index approach. The cost frontier is the basis for calculating cost efficiency, economies of scale, and economies of scope as the cost frontier estimation in a multiproduct approach describes how cost changes as output changes. The estimates of economies of scale and scope have important implications for agricultural cooperatives because most of the cooperatives sell more than one product. Understanding the impact of changing output levels or mixes on the cost structure is helpful to improve the performance of cooperatives. Further, scope economies estimate the percentage of cost savings through product diversification in a multiproduct firm. The trade-off between cost efficiency and multiproduct scale economies allows the estimation of whether a higher percentage of cost can be eliminated by becoming cost efficient or changing the scale of operations. The economic measures are estimated using a single cost frontier (multi-year frontier) and annual cost frontiers. Multiproduct economies of scale and economies of scope exist indicating that increasing scale and product diversification can reduce cost for agricultural cooperatives. The mean values of product-specific economies of scale for all outputs are close to one indicating that cooperatives are operating close to constant returns to scale. The comparison between cost efficiency and scale economies suggests that smaller cooperatives can save a higher percentage of cost by increasing the scale of operations rather than just becoming cost efficient. Because larger incentives exist for small cooperatives to increase scale, mergers will likely continue until economies of scale are exhausted in the industry. Annual estimates show that agricultural cooperatives have become less cost efficient over time, but economies of scale and economies of scope remain consistent across years. Many agricultural cooperatives face economies of scale indicating that variable returns to scale as opposed to constant returns to scale is the appropriate technology for modeling agricultural farm marketing and supply cooperatives. Further, the Kolmogorov-Smirnov (KS) test and two sample t-test are used to examine whether economic measures estimated from a single frontier and annual frontiers are statistically different. The KS test and t-test indicate that economic measures obtained from the single frontier are statistically different from those measures calculated from annual frontiers. This indicates that the cost frontier has shifted over time. Productivity growth of agricultural cooperatives is estimated using the biennial Malmquist productivity index (BMI) under variable returns to scale over the period 2005 to 2014. The BMI avoids numerical infeasibilities under variable returns to scale compared to traditional methods. The BMI is decomposed into efficiency change and technical change to evaluate the sources of productivity growth. Overall, agricultural cooperatives gained 34% cumulative productivity growth during the decade allocated by -2% and 37% cumulative technical efficiency change and technical change over the study period. Technical change was the major source of productivity growth rather than efficiency change. Cooperatives can achieve higher productivity by increasing managerial efficiency and by investing in technology.
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Chaddad, Fabio R. "Financial constraints in U.S. agricultural cooperatives : theory and panel data econometric evidence /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p3036812.
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Liebenberg, Isabel Elsje. "Determining economic value added for agricultural co-operatives in South Africa." Diss., Pretoria : [s.n.], 2004. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-01182005-101059.
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Plunkett, Bradley. "The portfolio problem in agricultural cooperatives an integrated framework /." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4112.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (May 15, 2007) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Schweiss, Kristi. "An Analysis of Financial Risk Measures within Agricultural Cooperatives." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2017. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28396.
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Agricultural Cooperatives have been facing times of low financial risk in the previous years. However, this is expected to change in the near future and controlling for financial risk will become an increasing concern. A review of the risk balancing hypothesis literature shows that financial risk has not been fully defined by previous researchers. The objective of this research is to better define financial risk and analyze whether the academic literature or the lending industry has found ways to capture and measure financial risk. This is done by utilizing a stochastic simulation model of an agricultural cooperative comparing low and high financial risk scenarios. The results of the simulations are analyzed using coefficients of variations and the contributions to variations for selected ratios. The results show that the ratios used by the lending industry have larger contributions to the variation than those used in the academic literature. This suggests that future research should work to more specifically define the sources of financial risk and identify measures for these risks.
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Komape, Kwena. "Performance determinants for emerging agricultural cooperatives in South Africa." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/30469.
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South 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 from government. Over and above the financial support, co-ops also receive non-financial support in the form of capacity development. Some of the co-ops received support in the form of inputs and farming equipment. In spite of the support that government provides to emerging co-ops, the majority remain vulnerable and weak. This study seeks to establish the factors that determine the performance of emerging agricultural cooperatives in South Africa. In order to attain this, data were obtained from the Cooperative Data Analysis System (CODAS) of the Department of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries. Cooperatives considered for the study have been in operation for at least five years by 2017. Results of the Spearman’s correlation used to analyse the results indicate that membership, wages, training and number of years in operation have a significant impact on the dependent variable, turnover. The main limitation of the study is the use of turnover alone as a measure of performance, due to limited data. Other variables such as growth in membership could be used as additional measures of performance; however, the numbers per cooperative in the study are constant throughout the observations.
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Onofre, Gisele Ramos. "Capital e COAMO - Agroindustrial Cooperativa: a formação de um território." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8136/tde-05102016-170424/.
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No estudo sobre a formação do território do capital e da Coamo, primeiramente seguindo por uma perspectiva Dialética Materialista Histórica, caracterizou-se a cooperativa agroindustrial Coamo com base nas nuances da territorialização e da monopolização do capital e sua influência na sociedade, examinando os elementos que foram os responsáveis no interior das cooperativas pela otimização do capital no campo. Para tanto, foi necessário o debate sobre a participação da cooperativa Coamo como instrumento de expansão do capital nas atividades agrárias, consolidando a estruturação da agricultura capitalista, repercutindo em todo o processo social na região de Campo Mourão e se expandindo por todo o Paraná, atingindo os Estados de Santa Catarina e do Mato Grosso do Sul. No estudo da expansão do território do capital foi considerado, como embasamento teórico, o entendimento de duas tríades principais: terra, trabalho e capital (elementos essenciais no desvendamento das contradições do modo de produção capitalista) e capital, território e cooperativa Coamo (elementos que se conectam aos processos de desenvolvimento nacionais e contribuem para a compreensão das contradições criadas no desenvolvimento do modo de produção capitalista em Campo Mourão). Apresentada a problemática que envolve a formação hegemônica do território, foram consideradas as reflexões e os questionamentos realizados por meio da coleta de informações e de entrevistas sobre a atuação da cooperativa Coamo, que é uma das maiores cooperativa da América Latina. Para fins didáticos, a pesquisa foi dividida em duas macrointerpretações, tendo como limite geográfico a área espacial da região de Campo Mourão. Em linhas gerais, uma das tendências da pesquisa voltou-se às particularidades do Estado do Paraná e da região de Campo Mourão, no que se refere à intensificação do capital no campo, com a participação direta da Coamo, entre outros agentes externos e internos, historicamente ligados aos conflitos e às lutas arroladas pela apropriação e regulamentação das terras. A outra tendência de interpretação não se desvinculou da primeira, complementando a análise sobre a temática, apresentando, de forma global e nacional, as vicissitudes geradas no decorrer da formação do território do capital, com o auxílio e integração das cooperativas agropecuárias. Nesse momento foi enfatizado o papel da atuação da Coamo na formação desse território. A partir da análise das macrointerpretações, foi possível o registro de informações sobre o fenômeno da territorialização e da monopolização capitalista que vem se intensificando em todo o país, atingindo praticamente todos os países do mundo. Para tanto, no estudo da territorialização capitalista, foi elencada uma gama de contribuições de autores, sendo Karl Marx um dos maiores representantes do estudo da produtividade do capital, que, com seu pensamento, embasou esta tese de doutoramento. Enfim, destaca-se que, para o seu fortalecimento, o capital está produzindo novas moldagens nas cooperativas, que passam a ser mais uma das formas de reprodução e de acumulação do capital, firmando seu desenvolvimento também em bases cooperativistas, ou seja, denominadas de cooperativas capitalistas.In the study on the formation of Coamo´s territory of the capital, under a Historical Materialist Dialectic perspective, the agribusiness cooperative was characterized based on nuances of territorialization and monopolization of the capital and its influence on society, examining the elements that were responsible within the cooperatives for the optimization of the capital in the field. To achieve this aim, we needed the debate on the participation of Coamo as an instrument of penetration of the capital in agricultural activities, consolidating the structure of capitalist agriculture, affecting the entire social process not only in the region of Campo Mourão, but also reaching the states of Santa Catarina and Mato Grosso do Sul. In the study of the expansion of the territory of the capital, it was considered, as the theoretical basis, the understanding of two major triads: land, labor and capital that are essential elements in revealing the contradictions of the capitalist mode of production - and the capital, land and Coamo, which are elements that connect themselves to the national processes and contribute to the understanding of the contradictions created in the development of the capitalist mode of production. Stated the problem that involves the formation of hegemonic territory, it was taken into consideration the discussions and issues got by data collecting and interviews about the performance of cooperative Coamo, which is one of the largest cooperative in Latin America. For didactic purposes, the research was divided into two macro-interpretations, considering the spatial area of the region of Campo Mourão as the geographic limits. In general, a research line was directed to the particularities of the State of Paraná and the region of Campo Mourão, in relation to capital deepening in the field, with the direct participation of Coamo, among other internal and external agents, historically linked to the conflicts and struggles enrolled for the appropriation of land and regulations. The other trend of interpretation is not apart from the first, complementing the analysis about the subject by presenting global and national vicissitudes generated during the formation of the territory\'s capital, with the assistance and integration of agricultural cooperatives. At this point, it was emphasized Coamo ´s role played in the formation of this territory. From the analysis of macro-interpretations, it was possible to record information about the phenomenon of territorial and capitalist monopoly which is intensifying across the country, affecting practically all countries of the world. To this end, the study of capitalist territorial, was cast a range of contributions from authors and Karl Marx one of the greatest representatives of the study of capital productivity, which based the thought of his doctoral thesis. Finally, we point out that for its strengthening, capital is producing new moldings in cooperatives that become more and more a way of reproduction and accumulation of capital, firming its development also in cooperative databases, that is cooperatives called capitalists.
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Pivoto, Dieisson. "Governança cooperativa : uma análise dos problemas oriundos dos direitos de propriedade difusos nas cooperativas agropecuárias do Rio Grande do Sul." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/70628.
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As cooperativas agropecuárias são representativas dentro do cooperativismo e do agronegócio brasileiro. O ramo agropecuário possui 23% do total de cooperativas brasileiras (OCB, 2010), com participação considerável em inúmeras cadeias do agronegócio. Apesar da importância dessas organizações, com as mudanças que ocorreram nas últimas décadas na economia brasileira e mundial, como abertura econômica, menor aporte financeiro do estado às cooperativas agropecuárias e internacionalização dos mercados, muitas dessas organizações têm apresentado dificuldade de se manterem no mercado. As cooperativas agropecuárias tradicionais, conforme descreve Cook (1995), possuem os seus direitos de propriedade difusos, gerando problemas de governança (carona, horizonte, portfólio, controle e custos de influência), causando conflitos na organização cooperativa. De acordo com a intensidade dos problemas mencionados, podem levar à liquidação do empreendimento cooperativo. O Rio Grande do Sul apresenta-se como um dos estados onde o cooperativismo teve sua gênese. Diante do exposto, o trabalho teve como objetivo verificar a presença e a intensidade dos problemas oriundos dos direitos de propriedade difusos, bem como analisar e discutir as estratégias empregadas pelas cooperativas agropecuárias do Rio Grande do Sul e presentes na literatura para minimizar esses problemas. Verificou-se que o problema mais intenso nas cooperativas agropecuárias do estado é o do horizonte, sendo seguindo pelo problema do carona, de portfólio, de controle e custos de influência. Constatou-se que, em geral, as cooperativas que têm os “grãos” como principal atividade de negócio apresentam maior intensidade do problema do horizonte e carona que o grupo das demais cooperativas. As cooperativas agropecuárias do estado apresentam um grande número de estratégias e mecanismos para minimizar os problemas oriundos dos direitos de propriedade difusos, diferindo entre os diferentes grupos de cooperativas. No entanto, a ausência de estratégias para mitigar os problemas em algumas cooperativas, aumenta a incidência dos problemas. Os novos modelos organizacionais de cooperativas podem ser uma forma de minimizar os problemas de governança das cooperativas agropecuárias do Rio Grande do Sul.The agriculture cooperatives are representative within Brazilian cooperativism and agribusiness. The agricultural line of business detains 23% of the total of Brazilian cooperatives (OCB, 2010), with a considerable participation in several chains of agribusiness. Despite the importance of these organizations, with the changes that took place in the last decade in the Brazilian and the world’s economy, such as the opening of economy, the diminishing of financial support from the government to the agricultural cooperatives and the internationalization of the market, many organizations such as these have been showing difficulties to keep themselves in the market. The traditional agricultural cooperatives, as Cook describes (1995), have their ownership rights diffused, creating governance issues (“free ride”, horizon, portfolio, control and influence costs), causing conflicts in the cooperative organization. According to the intensity of the issues mentioned above, they can liquidate the cooperative enterprise. Rio Grande do Sul is one of the states where cooperativism had its genesis. Considering what has been presented so far, the goal of this work was to verify the presence and intensity of the issues stemming from the diffused ownership rights, as well as analyze and discuss the strategies used by the agricultural cooperatives of Rio Grande do Sul and that are present in the literature in order to minimize these problems. It was verified that the most intense problem in the agricultural cooperatives in the state is the one related to “horizon”, followed by the “free ride” problem, the portfolio, the control and the influence costs ones. It was also verified that the cooperatives which have “grains” as their main business activity present a greater intensity of the “horizon” and the “free ride” problems, compared to the group of the other cooperatives. The state’s agricultural cooperatives have a great number of strategies and mechanisms to minimize the issues stemming from the diffused ownership rights, differing amongst the different cooperative groups. The lack of strategies to minimize the problems in some cooperatives increases the incidence of these issues. The new organizational models of the cooperatives can be a way of minimizing the governance problems of the agricultural cooperatives of Rio Grande do Sul.
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Condon, Andrew Michael. "Property rights and the investment behavior of U.S. Agricultural Cooperatives." Diss., This resource online, 1990. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09162005-115032/.
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Shang, Ran. "Determinants of Capital Structure in Agricultural Cooperatives in North Dakota." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2013. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/26919.
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This thesis analyzes how the optimal capital structure is affected by capital management and major sources of risk under the rule of maximizing the value of discounted cash flows to members. The analysis is done by using the present value of cash flow method. This research employs the panel procedure in Statistical Analysis System (SAS) to solve the firm value optimization problem. The data set includes financial reports from farm supply and grain marketing cooperatives in North Dakota. Empirical Results indicate that the optimal debt ratio is related to the lagged debt ratio, the proportion of assets held as liquid assets, the marginal profit of capital, the marginal adjustment cost of investments, the expected marginal adjustment cost of investments, macroeconomic risks, and the annual fraction of equity retired by the cooperative. All these factors impact members' investments to the cooperative and the cooperative's debt financing.Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives
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Yen, Meng-Fen Yen. "Three Essays on International Trade, Market Structure, and Agricultural Cooperatives." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1502465536450035.
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Russell, Levi Alan. "Cost efficiency and capital structure in farms and cooperatives." Diss., Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/16860.
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Doctor of PhilosophyDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Brian C. Briggeman
U.S. farm profitability is near historic highs. This fact raises many questions related to the economics of production agriculture. Three questions are examined in this dissertation. First, should farmers use a different benchmark for farm profitability? To answer this question, a benchmark of farm profitability is developed that adds balance sheet information to an established benchmark which uses only income statement 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 developed to inform boards of directors regarding optimal equity allocation decisions. Finally, do cooperatives face agency costs? To answer this question, a variable cost model is estimated to examine the indirect costs of leverage. The first essay used data from Kansas farms to determine the effects of the use of debt on cost efficiency. A nonparametric cost efficiency model was used to examine these effects. Results indicated that farms which were more specialized, had higher capital costs, and used more equity to finance assets experienced larger increases in efficiency when the use of debt was included in the analysis. The second essay used information on effective tax rates and empirically-estimated risk aversion coefficients in a portfolio model to determine the effects of different tax rates on the distribution of earnings. Results indicated that even a large deviation in current effective tax rates is not likely to affect the optimal share of allocated earnings. However, member risk preferences had an economically significant effect on the optimal share of allocated earnings, suggesting that board members focus on understanding member risk preferences. The third essay used data from U.S. agricultural cooperatives to determine the presence of agency costs due to the use of debt. A variable cost function was estimated to generate an index of variable cost efficiency which was used to determine the indirect costs of leverage. A negative relationship between debt and variable cost efficiency was found, indicating that agency costs were present for agricultural cooperatives.
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Andersson, Joel. "The Cooperative Role Model : A study of the Role Model Effect in rural agricultural cooperatives in Rwanda." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Statsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-403172.
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With the highest representation of female parliamentarians in the world, Rwanda is a frequently reoccurring case when studying the impact of increased female representation. In this debate, little attention has been given to symbolic representation and particularly to the concept of the Role Model Effect. To bridge this gap, the purpose is to provide insights to how the Role Model Effect operates in a rural, non-quota context, separated from high politics. Consequently, the thesis seeks to examine how female board members in Rwandan agricultural cooperatives affect the willingness of female members to obtain board positions. The data was collected through a qualitative field study where 44 respondents in three different cooperatives in Rwanda were interviewed. Respondents were chosen through a combination of strategic selection and snowball sampling. The thesis found that the Role Model Effect required two conditions to be fulfilled before it could be manifested: geographical proximity and trust. If these criteria were met, both female board members and female leaders of lower ranks were found to explicitly and implicitly increase the willingness to obtain leading positions among female members, thus altering ruling gender roles.
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Soares, Lidiany dos Santos. "Percepção dos cooperados quanto aos benefícios obtidos através do cooperativismo no sul de Minas Gerais." Universidade Jose do Rosario Vellano, 2013. http://tede2.unifenas.br:8080/jspui/handle/jspui/17.
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Previous issue date: 2013-09-25In any agricultural activity, there is the existence of practices such as planting, creation, production and even industrialization, for the purpose of disposal of products and obtaining profits. The cooperative model presents itself as an organization that promotes social, economic development based on the union of people aimed at meeting the needs of the group, seeking growth set and not individually. The agricultural cooperatives are characterised by services provided to members, with receipt or marketing of joint production, storage and industrialization, as well as technical assistance, educational and social. The study examined the perceptions of members in relation to the benefits obtained through cooperatives and the vision of cooperatives in relation to their performance along to its cooperative members, having as main objective to evaluate the importance of cooperatives in agricultural market to its members through promotion of benefits that justify its existence. The method of investigation used guided by qualitative approach to analysis and interpretation of data collected and as methodological procedure was employed multiple case studies that allowed the survey data that contributed to the research problem raised elucidation. The data were collected through structured questionnaire with closed questions to cooperative members and interviews conducted by the three agricultural cooperatives of southern Minas Gerais. It was found that the satisfaction of cooperative members is strongly related to the fulfillment of demands financial and technical assistance, being considered as significant advantages of cooperative ties. Although cooperatives studied do not always offer the best prices, both in the sale of supplies as in the negotiations of the products deposited, there was the satisfaction of the majority of members, however, with little involvement or interest in decisions of cooperatives. The results revealed that although cooperatives are ease of access, unaware of the perception of their members in relation to the benefits and little participation are encouraged through cooperative courses and on the decisions taken in meetings.
Em qualquer atividade agropecuária, verifica-se a existência de práticas como o plantio, criação, produção e até mesmo industrialização, com a finalidade de escoamento dos produtos e obtenção de lucros. O modelo cooperativista apresenta-se como uma organização que promove desenvolvimento econômico social, fundamentado na união de pessoas que visam à satisfação das necessidades do grupo, buscando crescimento conjunto e não individual. As cooperativas agropecuárias caracterizam-se pelos serviços prestados aos associados, com recebimento ou comercialização da produção conjunta, armazenamento e industrialização, além da assistência técnica, educacional e social. O estudo analisou a percepção dos cooperados em relação aos benefícios obtidos através das cooperativas e, ainda, a visão das cooperativas em relação à sua atuação junto aos seus cooperados, tendo como objetivo principal avaliar a importância das cooperativas no mercado agrícola para seus associados, através da promoção de benefícios que justifiquem sua existência. O método de investigação utilizado orientou-se pela abordagem qualitativa para análise e interpretação dos dados coletados, e como procedimento metodológico foi empregado o estudo de casos múltiplos que permitiu o levantamento de dados que contribuíram para elucidação do problema de pesquisa levantado. A coleta de dados foi realizada através de questionário estruturado com questões fechadas aos cooperados e entrevista realizada junto a três cooperativas agropecuárias do Sul de Minas. Verificou-se que a satisfação dos cooperados está fortemente relacionada com o atendimento das demandas financeiras e de assistência técnica, sendo considerados como vantagens significativas do vínculo cooperativista. Apesar de as cooperativas estudadas nem sempre oferecerem os melhores preços, tanto na venda de insumos como nas negociações dos produtos depositados, constatou-se a satisfação da maioria dos cooperados, porém, com pouca participação ou interesse nas decisões das cooperativas. Os resultados revelaram ainda que as cooperativas, embora manifestem facilidade de acesso, desconhecem a percepção de seus cooperados em relação aos benefícios oferecidos, pouco incentivam a participação através de cursos cooperativistas e ainda nas decisões tomadas em assembleias.
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Ngwamba, Mthabiseng Pertunia. "Assessing the operations of agricultural cooperatives at Nkomazi Municipality, Mpumalanga Province." Thesis, University of Zululand, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10530/1526.
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A thesis submitted to the Faculty Arts in fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Masters in Development Studies in the Department of Anthropology and Development Studies at the University of Zululand, South Africa, 2017.The study hopes to bring 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 of cooperatives; determining membership participation and commitment to cooperatives and identifying the measures adopted in the monitoring and evaluation of agricultural cooperatives. The research method that was used to gather data was qualitative research approach, the design adopted descriptive research design and the research method used is multiple case study method. The research data collection tools comprises of structured and unstructured interviews, policy document analysis, structured observations and this was done using a questionnaires an instrument for a sample size of 40 agricultural cooperatives. A non-probability sampling was used and the type on non-probability that is both purposive and convenience sampling to sample the respondents. The results showed that 75% of the respondents are employed by the agricultural cooperatives. Significantly, 90% agricultural cooperatives have members depends on agricultural cooperatives for income. It is noted that 10% of the agricultural cooperatives were established during the year 1993 and before significantly 8% (3) was operational in that particular year. Astonishingly, the results show statistically a constant growth by 45% of established and operational agricultural cooperatives in the year 2015 to 2016. The results shows that the operations of the agricultural cooperatives depended massively on the main activities associated and other several operational events such as funds, human resources and raw material.The outcome of the study was evident that even though some cooperative operate without proper management and monitoring and evaluations techniques, the cooperatives still contribute massively the local food nets and to the local economy within the study area.
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Wearaduwa, Vidana Kankanamge Thilani Kaushalya. "Economic Efficiency of Occupational Health and Safety Investments at Agricultural Cooperatives." Thesis, North Dakota State University, 2018. https://hdl.handle.net/10365/28861.
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Industries related to agricultural cooperatives record some of the highest injury rates in the U.S. Therefore, agricultural cooperatives are highly motivated to invest in occupational health and safety (OHS). This thesis examines the economic efficiency of OHS investments at agricultural cooperatives and identifies cooperative characteristics leading to greater economic efficiency of OHS investments. A multiple input-output data envelopment analysis (DEA) is used to estimate technical efficiency. The effects of cooperative characteristics on the efficiency of OHS investments are estimated using ordinary least squares, censored regression, truncated regression, and the Simar and Wilson (2007) bootstrap procedure. Results show that the mean technical efficiency score was 0.833. Furthermore, a cooperative?s annual insurance premia has a significant, negative relationship with technical efficiency. In contrast, the experience levels of a cooperative?s top safety person and top managerial person and a location?s total workers employed have significant, positive relationships with efficiency in all estimated models.North Dakota State University. Department of College of Agriculture, Food Systems and Natural Resources
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Elsanousi, H. E. A. "Problems of agricultural cooperatives in the Sudan : current performance and future potential." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.267911.
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Flaviano, Viviane. "Satisfação e comprometimento organizaconal em cooperativas agrícolas." Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, 2014. http://repositorio.ufsm.br/handle/1/4746.
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Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível SuperiorThis study had as motivations the gaps on theories of satisfaction and organizational commitment involving organizations such as Cooperatives, specifically agricultural cooperatives. The main objective is to identify the relations between Satisfaction and Organizational Commitment. To analyze the organizational commitment, it was used the scale developed by Medeiros and Enders (1998) and the satisfaction scale was validated. For this purpose, it was made a survey research , of descriptive character and quantitative nature, with 305 members of four agricultural cooperatives in the state of Rio Grande do Sul. Regarding Satisfaction in Cooperative five factors were found, namely the Service, Input, Social and Economic, Location and Service Structure and Physical appearance. Regarding the organizational commitment in relation to members, the results indicate a high affective and instrumental commitment. By the test, it is possible to observe a relationship between the profile variables and factors of satisfaction, in which the cooperatives with more than twenty years have relation associated with the Location Service and the Cooperative. Members who do not hold a management position has major concerns with the Service, Input and social and economic aspect of their cooperative. On the subject of the cooperative of college graduates and those who participate in activities or meetings more than once or twice a year, are committed instrumentally, while those who do not occupy a management position have affective commitment. By establishing relationships between constructs may be evident that there are correlations, in its majority, moderate. Finally, regarding the relations between satisfaction and organizational commitment relationships, it was observed a strong correlation between affective commitment and Service factor, a moderate correlation in most of the factor and weak only between the Instrumental focus and the Service factor.
Este estudo teve como motivação as lacunas sobre teorias de satisfação e de comprometimento organizacional envolvendo organizações do tipo Cooperativas, especificamente as cooperativas agrícolas. Tendo como objetivo principal identificar as relações entre a Satisfação e o Comprometimento Organizacional. Para analisar o comprometimento organizacional foi utilizada a escala desenvolvida por Medeiros e Enders (1998) e a escala de satisfação foi validada. Para tanto, foi realizada uma pesquisa survey, de caráter descritivo, de natureza quantitativa, com 305 associados de quatro cooperativas agrícolas do estado do Rio Grande do Sul. Em relação à Satisfação em Cooperativas foram encontrados cinco fatores, sendo eles o Serviço, Insumo, Aspecto Social e Econômico, Localização e Estrutura Física e Atendimento. No que tange ao comprometimento organizacional, em relação aos associados, os resultados indicam um elevado comprometimento afetivo e instrumental. Através do teste t, pode-se observar uma relação entre as variáveis de perfil e os fatores de satisfação, sendo que os cooperados com mais de vinte anos de associado possui relação com o Serviço e a Localização da Cooperativa. Membros que não ocupam cargo de gestão têm maiores preocupações com o Serviço, o Insumo e o Aspecto social e econômico da sua cooperativa. No que diz respeito aos cooperados de curso superior e os que participam de atividades ou assembleias mais de uma a duas vezes por ano, são comprometidos instrumentalmente, enquanto que os que não ocupam cargo de gestão possuem comprometimento afetivo. Ao estabelecer relações entre os construtos, pode-se evidenciar que existem correlações na sua maioria moderadas. Por fim, no que se refere às relações existentes entre a satisfação e o comprometimento organizacional, observou-se uma forte correlação entre fator Serviço e o comprometimento afetivo, uma correlação moderada na maioria dos fatores e fraca apenas entre o enfoque Instrumental e o fator Atendimento.
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Schoenborn, Sara. "Impact of state funding on rail system and agricultural cooperatives in Wisconsin." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/38787.
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Master of AgribusinessDepartment of Agricultural Economics
Keith D. Harris
Since the introduction of railroad systems to the United States in the early- to mid- 1800s, agricultural producers – particularly those in the grain, fertilizer and fuel industries – have benefitted from increased access to national and global markets. This study is designed to examine the Wisconsin 2017-2019 Biennium Budget as an indication of the state’s political desire to fund the state’s rail system and address the implications related to cooperative performance and competitive advantage in the agricultural markets. The objective is to collect data from Wisconsin cooperatives and: 1) determine cooperatives’ current use of rail; 2) estimate the average rail transportation cost for cooperatives; and 3) discuss whether cooperatives should evaluate (if not consider) switching from rail to another mode of transportation. When reviewing the participants’ current use of rail, the research findings suggest that a number of organizations use this method of transportation for both inbound and outbound business. In addition, the majority surveyed indicated competitors and/or customers also use rail as a mode of transportation. The research findings suggest that agricultural cooperatives in Wisconsin should independently evaluate the costs and/or benefits of switching from rail to another mode of transportation and the impact a change of this nature would have on the cooperatives’ input suppliers as well as end customers. The implications might impact future profitability or financial viability of the cooperative.
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Maganga, Dick Lucius. "Performance improvement in complex organizations : the case of smallholder agricultural cooperatives in Malawi." Thesis, University of Bolton, 2017. http://ubir.bolton.ac.uk/1804/.
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Smallholder agricultural cooperatives have potential to play a vital role in the Malawi economy where smallholder farmers comprise the majority of the agricultural producers. Smallholder farmers individually have little power in the market place but when organized into cooperatives they enjoy protection from exploitation. The formation of cooperatives among smallholder farmers has therefore been accelerated and they now account for more than 55% of all cooperatives in Malawi. However, studies have concluded that the performance of the smallholder agricultural cooperatives is poor, and this research study has also confirmed this conclusion. This thesis therefore attempts to address the research problem: “How to improve the performance of smallholder agricultural cooperatives in Malawi”? The primary aim of this study was to develop a framework for improving the performance of smallholder agricultural cooperatives in Malawi. The research study utilized an interpretive paradigm to explore and describe the various factors that contribute to the poor performance of smallholder agricultural cooperatives. The multiple case study approach was used to gather data for this research study. A total of 8 case studies were conducted among smallholder agricultural cooperatives, and the empirical data that was collected was further analyzed using grounded theory analysis. The findings took the form of factors which contribute to the poor performance of smallholder agricultural cooperatives. A total of 18 factors were identified as contributing to poor performance of smallholder agricultural cooperatives. Thereafter, a performance improvement framework called the Maganga PISHAC Framework was developed by combining the identified factors into four core categories, namely; objectives, knowledge, skills and attitudes. The Maganga PISHAC Framework was constructed by integrating the findings of this study with the current literature in both the cooperative and performance improvement arenas. The Maganga PISHAC Framework can also be customized for use in other countries.
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Muchetu, Rangarirai Gavin. "Restructuring agricultural cooperatives in the state-market vortex : the cases of Zimbabwe and Japan." Thesis, https://doors.doshisha.ac.jp/opac/opac_link/bibid/BB13140072/?lang=0, 2020. https://doors.doshisha.ac.jp/opac/opac_link/bibid/BB13140072/?lang=0.
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It might seem impossible to compare developing Zimbabwe to a well developed Japanese agrarian, but a deeper examination of the two countries reveals numerous similarities especially in the agrarian sector (land reform, grain policy and the rural political economy). The thesis examined Japan's radical land reform and the development of her cooperatives in conjuction with the path taken by Zimbabwe leading to her land reform and beyond. The author collected and analyzed data from six villages, three in Japan, and three in Zimbabwe to understand different types of cooperatives, their growths, and constraints. The British-Indian type of cooperatives currently obtaining in Zimbabwe needs to be restructured.The central argument is that the FTLR, just as the land reform in Japan, increased the potential for the development of robust, genuine grassroots cooperatives from below. The new movement can learn a lot from Japan's 70-year experience in cooperative development. Based on a global political economy reading of agricultural production, the thesis selects the pros from the Japanese agricultural cooperative system and fuses it with knowledge systems from the Zimbabwe movement to advance an agricultural cooperative development framework for Zimbabwe and other post-colonial states.博士(グローバル社会研究)
Doctor of Philosophy in Global Society Studies
同志社大学
Doshisha University
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Carvalho, Flávio Leonel de. "Indicadores de avaliação de desempenho de cooperativas agropecuárias: um estudo em cooperativas paulistas." Universidade de São Paulo, 2008. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/96/96133/tde-28042008-113531/.
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O objetivo desta pesquisa foi identificar os principais indicadores econômico-financeiros que devem ser considerados no acompanhamento do desempenho das cooperativas agropecuárias. Para tanto, foram analisados 172 demonstrativos financeiros de cooperativas agropecuárias paulistas, dos quais 22 não dispunham de todos os dados necessários, sendo portanto, excluídas, restando 150 observações. As cooperativas apresentam dupla dimensão: a social e a econômica. Estudos comprovaram que, em cooperativas agropecuárias, o desempenho social é uma conseqüência do desempenho econômico. Diante disso, optou-se por avaliar o desempenho dessas entidades utilizando-se de indicadores econômico-financeiros. Para tanto, foi empregada a ferramenta estatística Análise Fatorial, o que permitiu verificar o nível de correlação entre os diversos indicadores, bem como a possibilidade de agrupá-los em fatores. Como pré-requisitos à aplicação desta ferramenta foram utilizados os testes de esfericidade de Bartlett e o teste KMO. Por meio dos testes, comprovou-se adequado uso da ferramenta, porém objetivando melhorar o nível de significância do modelo foram retiradas da análise as variáveis que individualmente apresentavam um baixo nível de relacionamento com as demais, verificando-se melhor nível de adequação do uso da ferramenta. A partir do resultado obtido conclui-se pela existência de quatro fatores centrais formados por nove principais indicadores. Finalmente, por meio das cargas fatoriais obtidas para cada uma das observações, foi possível analisar individualmente três cooperativas e comparar a metodologia empregada neste estudo com a metodologia tradicional, verificando haver coerência entre ambas. Conclui-se que o uso da Análise Fatorial, em relação às cooperativas agropecuárias, proporciona uma maior objetividade na escolha dos principais indicadores, o estabelecimento de um número menor de índices, a avaliação simultânea de vários indicadores, a criação de novos índices que englobam o conteúdo informacional dos indicadores tradicionalmente empregados e a classificação e comparação do desempenho das cooperativas agropecuárias de forma objetiva.The purpose of this study was to identify the main economic and financial indicators which should be considered to monitor the agricultural cooperatives\' management. It has been analyzed 172 financial statements of agricultural cooperatives from São Paulo state. 22 of them did not present all requested data, remaining 150 observations for the assessment. The cooperatives have two dimensions: the social and economic. Studies have shown that, in agricultural cooperatives, the social performance is a consequence of the economic performance. Therefore, it was chosen to evaluate the performance of these entities by using economic and financial indicators. Applying the Factor Analysis statistical technique it was possible to find out the level of correlation among several indicators, as well as to group them into factors. As a prerequisite for its implementation it was used Bartlett\'s tests and KMO test, proving that the use of the technique was appropriated. However, in order to improve the significance level of the model, some variables which had shown a weak correlation to the other variables were removed, resulting in better outcomes after the application of the technique. It has been found four main factors by combining nine indicators. Finally, through the factorial loadings obtained for each observation, three cooperatives were analysed, and the methodology employed here is compared to the traditional methodology, looking for the existence of some coherence. It follows that the use of the factorial analysis, for agricultural cooperatives, allows less subjectivity in the choice of the key indicators, establishment of a smaller number of indexes, evaluation of multiple indicators, creation of new indexes to cover the informational content of traditional indicators and thus classification and comparison of the agricultural cooperatives´ performance.
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Akman, Geraldine. "Both sides now : gender relations in credit and agriculture cooperatives in rural Haiti." Thesis, McGill University, 1992. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=39563.
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This dissertation applies the theoretical perspective of gender relations and develops methods to understand and analyze the movement of women from the center of social systems to its margins when these systems are undergoing rapid socio-economic and political change. This research responded to the pressing need for the application of newer, more appropriate theoretical and methodological perspectives to examine shifting power relations between women and men in areas undergoing transformation. In the case study, I investigate the locus of power in a system of cooperatives in the Departement du Nord, Haiti and discover how and why female members are being relegated to the periphery of this development programme. I find that a system of gender-based social power is causing unequal opportunities and oppressive power relations for female members in the cooperatives. I analyze how and why this system of social power causes conflict when the interests of female and male members differ in the cooperatives and I explore strategies for change. This dissertation also contributes to a greater understanding of the power dynamics which exist when one group holds different preferences and practices to the dominant group whose framework is the one considered acceptable in the society.
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Malvido, Perez Carletti Agustina. "Effects of agricultural cooperatives on members in developing countries: Studies on pricing and inclusion." Doctoral thesis, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.18452/21248.
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Aus theoretischer und empirischer Sicht ist zu diskutieren, ob die Genossenschaften positive Auswirkungen für ihre Mitglieder haben. Das Forschungsziel dieser Dissertation ist die Erklärung und Bewertung der Auswirkungen, die landwirtschaftliche Genossenschaften auf ihre Mitglieder in diesen Kontexten haben. Die Leitfragen lauten: (1) welches sind die sozioökonomischen Merkmale der Landwirte, die Mitglieder von Genossenschaften sind? und (2) welche spezifischen Auswirkungen haben landwirtschaftliche Genossenschaften auf ihre Mitglieder? Die Fragen werden in einer systematischen Literaturarbeit und drei empirischen Artikeln behandelt.
Die systematische Literaturrecherche zeigt die empirischen Belege für positive Effekte von Genossenschaften finden sich in den Kategorien Zugang zu und Nutzung von landwirtschaftlichen Betriebsmitteln, Einkommen, Preise sowie Status und Entscheidungsmacht von Frauen.
Im zweiten und dritten Artikel werden die Eigenschaften der Mitglieder und Preiswirkungen von Genossenschaften im argentinischen Wein- und Milchsektor untersucht. Landwirte, die an Genossenschaften verkaufen, erhalten in den untersuchten Fällen niedrigere Preise für ihre Produkte als Landwirte, die an anlegerorientierte Unternehmen verkaufen.
Das vierte Papier analysiert Mechanismen, die zur Inklusion benachteiligter Haushalte in sambischen Maisgenossenschaften beitragen. Inklusion entwickelt sich in Genossenschaften, die Engagement zeigen und entweder vulnerable Mitglieder mit Finanzdienstleistungen versorgen, soziale Identität fördern oder benachteiligte Mitglieder dafür entschädigen, dass sie keinen Zugang zu subventionierten Betriebsmitteln haben.
Die Gesamtergebnisse zeigen, dass Genossenschaften im Allgemeinen mit den am stärksten benachteiligten Landwirten zusammenarbeiten. Sie erzielen verschiedene positive Wirkungen für ihre Mitglieder. Dennoch gibt es auch einen relevanten Anteil von Fällen, in denen es nicht genügend empirische Belege für ihre Auswirkungen gibt.From both theoretical and empirical perspectives, whether cooperatives provide their members with benefits remains open to debate. The research objective of this thesis is to explain and assess the effects agricultural cooperatives have on their members in developing contexts. The guiding questions are: (1) what are the socio-economic characteristics of farmers who participate in cooperatives? and (2) what are the specific effects of agricultural cooperatives on their farmer members? The questions are addressed in a systematic literature review and three empirical papers. The systematic literature review finds that what is known about cooperatives is based upon a very limited set of cases. The most conclusive evidence of positive effects corresponds to the categories access to and use of inputs, income, prices and women’s status and agency. The Paper Two and Three explore member characteristics and price effects of cooperatives and Investor-Oriented Firms in the Argentinean non-varietal wine and dairy sector, respectively. Farmers selling to cooperatives receive lower prices than farmers selling to Investor-Oriented Firms in the studied cases. Since cooperative members differ from other farmers in terms of size, assets and the cost of accessing the market, it can be concluded that cooperatives deal with more disadvantaged farmers at the expense of lower prices. The Paper Four analyses the mechanisms that contribute towards inclusion of disadvantaged households in Zambian maize cooperatives. Inclusion develops in cooperatives that show commitment and either provide financial services to vulnerable members, promote social identities or compensate disadvantaged members for not being able to access subsidised inputs. The overall results show that cooperatives generally work with the most disadvantaged farmers. They create multiple positive effects for their members. However, there is also a meaningful share of cases with a lack of sufficient evidence of effects.
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Iliopoulos, Constantine. "A study of the property rights constraints in U.S. agricultural cooperatives : theory and evidence /." free to MU campus, to others for purchase, 1998. http://wwwlib.umi.com/cr/mo/fullcit?p9924892.
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Tauatsoala, Mahlola Michael. "The economic impact of agricultural co-operatives on women in the rural areas of Polokwane Municipality." Thesis, University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10386/500.
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Thesis (M.Dev.) --University of Limpopo, 2011The introduction and establishment of co-operatives by the State was for purposes of fighting and alleviating poverty through creating jobs, particularly in the rural areas,which were mostly neglected by the previous apartheid State. In order to deal with these social ills and malady, the new democratic government introduced cooperatives to mitigate these challenges. These good intensions are often countered by lack of commitment by State officials and reluctance from other institutions to assist co-operatives to be catalysts in fighting poverty and unemployment in South Africa, despite their noble intentions. In other developed countries, co-operatives are given serious attention, not only because they are catalysts in poverty alleviation, but because they can make huge economic interventions with regard to economic growth and economic development. The intention of this study was to make an assessment of whether or not agricultural co-operatives have any economic impact on women in the rural areas of Polokwane Municipality, since their inception as entities for local economic development. The study also assesses whether or not the State supports these entities in a variety of forms. For this purpose, four co-operatives have been used as a Case Study,namely, Mashashane Agricultural Co-operative at Ga-Mashashane; Phegelelo Agricultural Co-operative at Ga-Thaba village; Mothiba Agricultural Co-operative at Ga-Mothiba; and Itireleng Agricultural Co-operative at Matamanyane village in Moletjie
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Pozzobon, Daniela Maria. "Three studies on farmer cooperatives: heterogeneity, member participation and democratic decision making." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/12/12139/tde-20092011-155955/.
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The main focus of this thesis is on how cooperatives can minimize both democratic and agency costs. In particular, the thesis examines how differences in the level of heterogeneity and member participation amongst cooperatives affect their management of these costs. The thesis is one of the first studies to empirically examine how cooperatives manage their decision making costs. The relationships amongst the key variables of the study are examined in three studies. First, we develop a measurement of heterogeneity based on a \'grouping\' method, with the aim of showing the presence (absence) of a dominant group and the size of the minority group(s). Cooperatives are ranked from homogenous to more heterogeneous based on both cooperative and member characteristics. Five different types of cooperatives are identified. Based on these results, a model is developed that predicts a non-linear relation between heterogeneity and member participation. Second, we distinguish all conflicts of interests (horizontal, vertical and diagonal) which exist at the different levels of cooperative decision making. By doing so, we are able to obtain a more complete picture of the costs of cooperative decision making. We also examine a broader range of decision making costs than most studies, as both democratic and agency costs are considered. In the present thesis, we have contributed to the literature by developing the concept of democratic costs. We distinguish between both direct and opportunity costs for both types of decision making costs. In doing so, we draw attention to the fact that the mechanisms used to increase member participation are not without costs. Frequently, studies focus mainly on the benefits of increased member participation, thereby disregarding some of the costs associated with it. Moreover, the thesis indicates that there are differences in the relative importance of direct and opportunity agency costs: direct agency cost should be a smaller concern for cooperatives compared to exposure to high opportunity agency costs. With regard to opportunity costs, a further distinction is made between costs associated with over-and underrepresentation of member groups in the board of directors. We show that the relation between member participation in the board of directors and democratic costs is more complex than is often assumed in the literature. Compared to previous studies, we focus not only on board size, but also on board composition; i.e., which member groups the board represents. Finally, we show the difficulties cooperative face in minimizing (balancing) both democratic and agency costs.O principal foco desta tese é sobre como cooperativas podem minimizar tanto custos de tomada de decisões democráticas quanto de agência. Em particular, a tese examina como diferenças nos níveis de heterogeneidade e de participação dos membros afetam estes custos e o controle dos mesmos. Esta tese é um dos primeiros estudos que se propõem a examinar empiricamente como as cooperativas controlam seus custos de tomada de decisões. Os relacionamentos entre as variáveis-chave da tese são examinados em três estudos. Primeiramente, nós desenvolvemos um modelo de mensuração de heterogeneidade baseado em categorização, o qual leva em consideração a presença (ausência) de um grupo dominante e o tamanho do(s) grupo(s) minoritário(s). O modelo classifica cooperativas desde homogêneas até mais heterogêneas, com base em características tanto dos membros quanto da cooperativa. Cinco níveis de heterogeneidade são identificados. Com base nestes resultados, nós desenvolvemos um modelo que prevê um relacionamento não-linear entre heterogeneidade e nível de participação dos membros no processo de tomada de decisões da cooperativa. Em segundo lugar, este trabalho distingue os conflitos de interesse que existem em todos os níveis (horizontais, diagonais e verticais) do processo de tomada de decisões da cooperativa. Isto possibilitou o entendimento de todos os custos advindos destes conflitos. Em relação a estudos anteriores sobre custos de tomada de decisões, nós examinamos uma gama maior de custos de tomada de decisões, a qual inclui tanto os custos de tomada de decisões democráticas quanto custos de agência. Além disso, a presente tese contribui com a literatura existente, quando desenvolve o conceito de custos democráticos. Este trabalho, ainda, distingue estes custos em termos de custos diretos e custos de oportunidade. Em fazer isto, nós demonstramos que o processo de fornecer incentivos para membros para participar na governança da cooperativa envolve substanciais custos. Freqüentemente, estudos neste assunto focam principalmente nos benefícios advindos da participação dos membros na governança, porém ignoram os custos associados ao processo de fornecer incentivos. Mais do que isto, nós demonstramos que custos diretos de agência e custos de oportunidade de agência têm, relativamente, diferente importância, sendo custos diretos provavelmente menos onerosos quando comparados com o risco de exposição a custos de oportunidade. Com relação a custos de oportunidade, nós os distinguimos, ainda, em relação à sub e super representação com relação à participação dos membros no conselho de administração. Nós demonstramos também que a relação entre participação dos membros no conselho de administração e custos democráticos é mais complexa do que a freqüentemente apontada pela literatura. Isto é possível uma vez que nós temos focado nosso estudo não somente no tamanho, mas também na composição (representatividade) do conselho. Finalmente, nós demonstramos as dificuldades que as cooperativas enfrentam em tentar minimizar custos de tomada de decisões (democráticos e de agência).
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Горевий, Володимир Іванович, Владимир Иванович Горевой, Volodymyr Ivanovych Horevyi, and О. Ю. Мєдвєдєва. "Окремі питання щодо реалізації принципу відкритості і доступності членства в сільськогосподарських кооперативах." Thesis, Видавництво СУмДУ, 2011. http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/24376.
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Принцип відкритості та доступності членства є одним із провідних принципів, що набув свого закріплення не лише в Статуті Міжнародного кооперативного альянсу 1966року, а й у нормах чинного Законодавства України /ст. 96 Господарського кодексу, ст. 3 Закону України “Про сільськогосподарську кооперацію”/.
При цитуванні документа, використовуйте посилання http://essuir.sumdu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/24376
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Sikuka, Wellington. "The comparative performance of selected agribusiness companies and cooperatives in the Western Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/4267.
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Thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of
Master of Science in Agriculture (Agricultural Economics) at Stellenbosch UniversityThesis (MScAgric (Agricultural Economics))--University of Stellenbosch, 2010.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The main objective of the research is to understand the concept of cooperative conversions and compare the performance of converted cooperatives to those that never converted using financial accounting analysis and organisational dynamism. Even though the differences were relatively small, companies had the strongest relative financial performance than cooperatives. Companies had the strongest performances in asset and revenue growth. Average revenue growth for companies from 2004 to 2007 was 29% as compared to 15% by cooperatives and asset growth was 25% for companies compared to 12.5% by cooperatives. Results further indicate that for the past two years, cooperatives seem to be reporting decreasing performance in most of the financial ratios analysed. Thus, based on results from the financial analysis, operating as a company or converting from a cooperative to a company could result in slight increases in financial performance. Rapid change presents various challenges and opportunities for businesses in today‘s dynamic environment. As a result, business dynamism is becoming an increasingly important aspect and factor in determining success. Based on a dynamism score card, the study shows that companies are by far much more dynamic than cooperatives, with a score of 83.75 compared to 62.33 out of 100 respectively. However, cooperatives compare relatively well to companies in as far as organisational strategy, management, organisational structure and culture. Their limitations come from their property rights framework which is by far less dynamic than that of companies owing to the limitations and constraints of the Cooperatives Act (Act 14 of 2005). The main shortcomings of cooperative property rights were that of not allowing external investors into the cooperative and the one member one vote principle for primary cooperatives or the 15% cap for secondary cooperatives.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die vernaamste doelwit van hierdie navorsing was om die konsep van koöperatiewe omsettings te verstaan en die prestasie van omsette koöperasies te vergelyk met dié wat nog nooit deur middel van finansiële rekeningkundige analise en organisatoriese dinamisme omgesit is nie. Hoewel die verskille relatief klein was, het maatskappye die sterkste relatiewe finansiële prestasie gehad in vergelyking met koöperasies. Maatskappye het ook die sterkste prestasie in bate- en inkomstegroei getoon. Gemiddelde inkomstegroei vir maatskappye vanaf 2004 tot 2007 was 29%, in vergelyking met 15% vir koöperasies, terwyl bategroei vir maatskappye 25% was in vergelyking met 12.5% vir koöperasies. Die resultate toon verder dat koöperasies oor die afgelope twee jaar verminderde prestasie blyk te rapporteer in die meerderheid van die finansiële verhoudings wat geanaliseer is. Dus, op grond van die resultate van die finansiële analise, sal funksionering as ‘n maatskappy of omsetting van ‘n koöperasie na ‘n maatskappy kan lei tot ‘n effense verhoging in finansiële prestasie. Snelle verandering bied verskeie uitdagings en geleenthede vir maatskappye in die huidige dinamiese omgewing. Gevolglik is sakedinamisme besig om ‘n toenemend belangrike aspek en faktor in die bepaling van sukses te word. Op die basis van ‘n dinamisme-telkaart het hierdie studie getoon dat maatskappye baie meer dinamies is as koöperasies, met ‗n telling van 83.75 in vergelyking met 62.33 uit 100 onderskeidelik. Koöperasies vergelyk egter relatief goed met maatskappye in soverre dit organisatoriese strategie, bestuur, organisatoriese struktuur en kultuur behels. Hulle beperkings kom van hulle eiendomsregraamwerk, wat baie minder dinamies is as dié van maatskappye op grond van die beperkings van die Wet op Koöperasies (Wet 14 van 2005). Die vernaamste tekorte van koöperatiewe eiendomsregte is dat hulle nie eksterne beleggers in die koöperasie toelaat nie en die beginsel van een lid, een stem vir primêre koöperasies of die 15% perk op sekondêre koöperasies.
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Hines, Christopher A. "Profitability drivers of farmer cooperatives: a Dupont model analysis." Thesis, Kansas State University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/17561.
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“Skyscrapers of the plains” is a term which refers to the country elevators spread throughout Kansas and the Midwest, along with the elevators are farmer cooperatives. Farmer cooperatives have been around for more than a century to serve the area farmers as a place to store and market their grain and to purchase their farm inputs. The objective of this research is to identify key profitability drivers of farmer cooperatives of different sizes throughout time. This will be done by using a unique data set gathered from the CoBank’s RiskAnalysis database and examining it with the DuPont model. The project breaks down the data by size, large vs. small, and location. If a cooperative has done more than 100 million dollars in sales in 2010, it was classified as large for the entire time period, all other cooperatives were small. Location was either Kansas or Midwest. In this model, operating profit margin or earns, asset turnover ratio or turns, debt-to-equity ratio or leverage, and spread are examined. Also examined are Return on Assets, the operating performance, and Return on Equity, the financial performance, of the cooperative. Board of Directors and cooperative managers will be able to take this information and hopefully make decisions which make their respective cooperatives more profitable. With the information provided, cooperative managers and Board of Directors will be able to financially compare themselves versus other cooperatives of similar size whether they are in Kansas or in other Midwestern states.
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Weiss, Christoph, and Dieter Pennerstorfer. "On the Relative Disadvantage of Cooperatives: Vertical Product Differentiation in a Mixed Oligopoly." Hebrew Univ. Magnes Press, 2012. http://epub.wu.ac.at/5585/1/Pennerstorfer_Weiss_2012_JRC_On_the_Relative_Disadvantage_of_Cooperatives_Accepted_Manuscript.pdf.
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We investigate the incentive to provide goods of high quality in a vertically related market for different types of business organizations, a farmer-owned cooperative and an investor-owned firm. Contrary to the firm, the cooperative is characterized by decentralized decision making, which gives rise to overproduction and problems coordinating the quality decisions of its members (free riding). Comparing both manufacturers acting as monopolists we show that the cooperative will never supply final goods of higher quality than the firm, and that the problem of quality coordination is mitigated if the cooperative succeeds in preventing overproduction. When a cooperative faces competition of an investor-owned firm (mixed duopoly), it will - except in one limit case - never produce final goods of a higher quality than the firm and will deliver lower quality in a number of scenarios.
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Parkinson, Spencer N. "A Critical Analysis of the Cooperatives Working Together Program." DigitalCommons@USU, 2008. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/166.
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This study analyzes the effectiveness of the Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) program. This program is believed to have improved the farm-level price of milk since it began in July 2003. To date, no publicly available analysis addressing this question has been conducted. Total milk removed by the program was determined and expressed as a percentage of total milk produced nationally during the same time frame. Elasticity measures from prior studies were adapted to determine the impact of the program. This analysis suggests the program has had a significantly positive effect on the price of milk. Issues dealing with future action were identified and discussed. In addition to analyzing the effectiveness of the CWT program, a survey was conducted among Utah dairy producers who had recently exited the industry. It was determined that the majority of these producers were older and did not exit through the CWT program. The primary reasons for their exit were their older age, low milk prices, and lack of family interest in continuing to operate the dairy.
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Trupo, Paul. "Agricultural Cooperation and Horticultural Produce Marketing in Southwest Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36871.
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Agricultural production in Southwest Virginia is characterized by numerous small, geographically disperse farms dedicated to traditional practices of producing tobacco and cattle. Community leaders have expressed the desire to diversify the region's agricultural production base to include potentially more profitable commodities such as horticultural crops. In order for the small growers to penetrate the fresh horticultural market and compete with the larger production regions, they must organize themselves into a farmer cooperative that allows them to pool resources, reduce costs, and share risk.
A successful cooperative will increase farm incomes for the region's producers. The co-op will strive to obtain a higher price for the commodities produced than that price which can be obtained by growers acting independently. The increase in farm incomes should offset forecasted decreases in agricultural incomes resulting from declines in the region's traditional production activities. Increased farm incomes for a large number of small growers should have a substantial impact on agricultural producers, marketers, and equipment suppliers and lead to economic development for the region as a whole.
Several past horticultural cooperative efforts have been publicly financed and eventually failed for a wide variety of reasons. The methodology used in this research include surveying and interviewing marketing specialists, co-op managers, growers, extension agents, horticulturists, and other experts involved with both successful and failed cooperative efforts. The data gathered from these interviews has been used to identify key factors that have contributed to the success or failure of the other cooperative efforts.
Based on the key factors identified from the research, a specific cooperative structure has been developed for the Southwest Virginia growers. This organizational structure incorporates into its legal documentation (bylaws, business plan, and marketing agreement) the critical factors that must be carried out by members, management, extension, and marketers in order to increase the probability for the cooperative's long-term survival and profitability.
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Pinto, Anelise Krauspenhar. "A relação entre a riqueza criada e o desempenho econômico-financeiro das cooperativas agropecuárias brasileiras." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/96/96133/tde-30092014-165742/.
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A presente pesquisa tem como objetivo identificar a relação entre a riqueza criada e o desempenho econômico-financeiro das cooperativas agropecuárias no Brasil. As cooperativas são organizações econômicas intermediárias, que prestam serviços aos associados, satisfazendo suas necessidades econômicas particulares. O fato é que além das sobras, que pode ser uma estratégia das cooperativas a partir dos interesses dos associados, as cooperativas também prestam serviços, como assistência técnica, orientação, compra de insumos/produtos, comercialização, agregando valor e gerando riqueza aos associados. Assim, avaliar os resultados de uma cooperativa e o seu desempenho da mesma forma com que uma empresa, cuja finalidade é a maximização do lucro, é avaliada pode não ser o mais adequado. Identificou-se, então, a necessidade de buscar outra maneira que possa contribuir na mensuração dos resultados das cooperativas. A riqueza criada é uma maneira de avaliar o desempenho econômico e social de uma organização e, é evidenciada na Demonstração do Valor Adicionado. Para tanto, identificou-se a relação entre o valor adicionado produzido pela cooperativa e os índices econômico-financeiros relevantes na avaliação de desempenho das cooperativas agropecuárias, por meio do método estatístico de regressão de dados em painel, considerando 34 cooperativas agropecuárias brasileiras durante 5 anos consecutivos e, realizou-se um estudo de caso em uma cooperativa agropecuária da amostra a fim de identificar qual é o valor agregado produzido pela cooperativa e qual a sua estratégia de distribuição do valor adicionado ao produtor rural associado. Os resultados evidenciam que há variáveis de tamanho, rentabilidade e network inseridas no modelo que contribuem para explicar a riqueza gerada pelas cooperativas da amostra. A variável venda líquida, utilizada como proxy para tamanho, a margem de vendas, utilizada como proxy para rentabilidade e o fato da cooperativa participar de uma cooperativa central, proxy para network são significativas e estão relacionadas positivamente com a riqueza criada.This research aims to identify the relationship between the value added and the financial performance of agricultural cooperatives in Brazil. Cooperatives are economic intermediary organizations that provide services to members, satisfying their particular economic needs. The fact is that besides the leftovers, which can be a strategy of cooperatives based on the interests of the members, the cooperatives also provide services such as technical assistance, guidance, purchase of inputs/products, marketing, adding value and generating value to members. Thus, evaluating the results of a cooperative and its performance in the same way that a company whose purpose is profit maximization, is valued may not be the most appropriate. Then, we identified the need to find another way to contribute to the measurement of the results of cooperatives. The value added is a way to evaluate the economic and social performance of an organization and is shown in the Value Added Statement. For this, we identified the relationship between the added value produced by the cooperative and the relevant economic and financial indicators in assessing the performance of agricultural cooperatives, using the statistical method of panel data regression considering 34 Brazilian agricultural cooperatives during five years consecutive and performed a case study in an agricultural cooperative of the sample in order to identify what is the value added produced by the cooperative and what is its distribution strategy of value added to the associated farmers. The results show that there are varying size, profitability and inserted into the network model that can contribute to the value added by the cooperatives of the sample. Net sales variable, used as a proxy for size, sales margin, used as a proxy for profitability and the fact that the cooperative part of a central cooperative proxy for network are significant and are positively related to value added.
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Mentani, Phumlani Sphiwo. "An appraisal of the impact of membership characteristics on the pursuit of cooperative governance : a case study of wine cooperatives in the Western Cape." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17964.
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Thesis (MAgricAdmin )--Stellenbosch University, 2011.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The South African wine industry has gone through a difficult period of having to undergo major changes, most markedly in respect of its economic structure and institutional framework over the last twelve years. The reintroduction of the wine industry to the world markets has brought wide-ranging opportunities, as reflected by the increase in the number of exports. However, such a reintroduction has also brought pressure to bear in terms of both local and international competitiveness. The increased pressure on the industry has resulted in serious effects on the wine producers concerned, both in terms of meeting the international standards and in terms of having to cope with sophisticated consumer needs. The current study assesses to what degree, if any, membership characteristics impact on wine cooperatives in South Africa. The central question to be addressed is whether the characteristics of members who are involved in the governance structures of wine cooperatives impact on the manner in which cooperative governance is pursued. To address the research question stated above, the study used a list of wine cooperatives obtained from Wines Cellars South Africa (WCSA), which captured the relevant data relating to all the existing wine cooperatives in 2006. From the list, 46 wine cooperatives were randomly selected. Representatives of some of the cooperatives were sent questionnaires by email, with the representatives of other cooperative being personally interviewed. A qualitative analysis, making use of the Likert Scale method, was performed. The analysis made use of 16 belief statements to determine the degree of belief held in such statements, in order to ascertain the general degree of understanding regarding those membership characteristics that could potentially influence wine cooperative governance. A quantitative analysis was performed, using Statistica Version 8 to ascertain the possible relations between certain factors (variables). Of the 16 variables which were selected for the analysis, only 8 variables showed positive and significant relations. The results obtained in the study showed a high degree of investment-related incentive problems (caused by conflicts of interest, due to the different returns acquired by the members and their diverse risk profiles), as well as a high degree of decision-related incentive problems (caused by the influence of education, occupation and experience on the decision-making process). The study also attempted to ascertain the general perception of collective action approach in the wine industry. The assessment revealed that sentiments relating to the collective action approach in the wine industry still exist. The results of the quantitative analysis showed the relations existing between eight different variables to be influential factors in relation to the decision-making process. Furthermore, the study used New Institutional Economics of property rights and agency theories to confirm the agency dilemmas existing within the wine cooperatives. Such theories, together with their possible effects on the pursuit of cooperative governance, are addressed towards the end of the study. Generally, the study shows that differences in membership characteristics can lead to different levels of member expectations, resulting in steering the organisation in different directions during the decision-making process.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Die Suid-Afrikaanse wynbedryf het ’n moeilike tydperk van grootskaalse veranderinge oor die afgelope twaalf jaar beleef, soos waarneembaar uit die veranderinge in sy ekonomiese struktuur sowel as institusionele raamwerke. Die hertoetrede van die bedryf tot die wêreldmark het uitstekende geleenthede in terme van uitvoere gebring, maar dit het ook druk op die bedryf geplaas om meer mededingend te wees plaaslik en internasionaal. Die toenemende druk op die bedryf het ernstige gevolge vir wynprodusente beide in terme van die voldoening aan internasionale standaarde en om aan gesofistikeerde verbruikersbehoeftes te voorsien. Hierdie studie ondersoek die impak van ledeeienskappe van wynkoöperasies. Die vraag is of die eienskappe van die lede van die koöperasies se bestuurstruktuur ’n invloed het op die wyse waarop die koöperasie bestuur word. Om hierdie navorsingsvraag aan te spreek, het die studie ’n lys van wynkoöperasies van Wynkelders Suid Afrika (WKSA) gebruik, wat al die bestaande wynkoöperasies in 2006 gelys het. Ses en veertig wynkoöperasies is ewekansig gekies. Vraelyste is per epos gestuur en persoonlike onderhoude is met ander gevoer. ’n Kwalitatiewe analise is gevolg deur die gebruik van ’n Likertskaal metode wat bestaan het uit sestien stellings om te bepaal hoe sterk sekere opinies gehuldig word. Sodoende kon ’n algemene indruk verkry word van die lideienskappe wat potensieel die bestuur van die koöperasie kon beïnvloed. ’n Kwantitatiewe analise is ook gedoen deur die gebruik van Statistica 8 om die moontlike verhoudings tussen sekere faktore of veranderlikes te bepaal. Sestien veranderlikes is gekies vir hierdie analise en slegs agt veranderlikes het positiewe en betekenisvolle verhoudings getoon. Resultate toon baie beleggingsverwante motiveringsprobleme (wat veroorsaak word deur konflikterende belange as gevolg van verskillende opbrengste verkry deur lede en hul diverse risikoprofiele) en besluitnemingsverwante motiveringsprobleme (veroorsaak deur die invloed van opleiding, betrekking en ervaring in die besluitnemingsproses). Die studie het ook probeer om die algemene persepsie van die koöperatiewe benadering in die wynbedryf te bepaal. Die assessering wys dat sentiment oor die koöperatiewe benadering die wynindustrie steeds bestaan. Die resultate van die kwantitatiewe analise het verhoudings getoon tussen agt veranderlikes as invloedryke veranderlikes tot die besluitnemingsproses Verder het die studie die ‘New Institutional Economics’ van eiendomsreg gebruik en agentskap teorieë om die dilemmas van agentskappe binne die wynkoöperasies te bevestig. Hierdie dilemmas word aan die einde van die studie aangespreek tesame met hul moontlike effek op die uitoefening van koöperatiewe bestuur. Oor die algemeen wys die studie dat verskille in lede eienskappe kan lei tot verskillende vlakke van lede verwagtings en daarom, die stuur van die organisasie in ’n ander rigting gedurende die besluitnemingsproses.
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Corrêa, Fábio Rogério Cassimiro. "Os Bancos de Custeio Rural e o crédito agrícola em São Paulo (1906-1914)." Universidade de São Paulo, 2014. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8137/tde-10042015-113438/.
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O sistema de financiamento da cafeicultura evoluiu no processo da transição do trabalho escravo para o livre, ocasionando o aumento da demanda do crédito para o custeio anual da safra sobre os empréstimos de longo prazo exigidos durante o regime escravista. Por outro lado, a crise dos preços do café ocorrida entre 1896 e 1906 evidenciou as limitações do sistema de financiamento existente que estava baseado nos adiantamentos fornecidos por comerciantes. As novas necessidades de crédito e o crescente clima de descontentamento com os mecanismos comerciais de financiamento acabariam por suscitar propostas de intervenção do Estado com políticas de crédito agrícola a serem organizadas ou subsidiadas pelo governo do Estado de São Paulo e que viriam a ser concretizadas na esteira do programa de valorização do café, adotado em 1906. Tais intervenções incluiriam a criação de bancos agrícolas e o incentivo às cooperativas rurais de crédito, das quais os chamados Bancos de Custeio Rural são os primeiros experimentos desse tipo no estado e constituem nosso objeto de estudo. Os Bancos de Custeio Rural formaram uma rede de cooperativas de crédito, que atuou entre 1906 e 1914 no interior do estado de São Paulo. Esses bancos emprestavam apenas aos fazendeiros associados o valor demandado no financiamento anual da lavoura. Tendo surgido no contexto da crise cafeeira de 1896-1906, a sua reconstituição revela o intenso debate a respeito dos meios de se combater a crise e sobre o papel do Estado no financiamento agrícola. Os bancos de custeio surgiram como uma alternativa à intervenção governamental no sistema de crédito e representam a primeira experiência com o cooperativismo de crédito no Estado de São Paulo. Em 1914, eles estavam presentes em quarenta e nove cidades paulistas, no entanto, apesar de seu rápido crescimento, eles desapareceram após a falência da companhia que os organizava, em janeiro deste ano. Neste artigo discutimos as circunstâncias de seu surgimento, sua organização, atuação e falênciaThe financing system of coffee has evolved in the transition from slave to free labor process as credit for the cost of the annual harvest was imposed in relation to long-term loans required by the slave system. On the other hand, the crisis in coffee prices that occurred between 1896 and 1906 would demonstrate the limitations of the funding system, based on advances provided by merchants. The new credit requirements and the growing sense of discontent with commercial financing mechanisms would eventually raise proposals for state intervention through an agricultural credit policy to be organized by the state government of São Paulo and that was to be carried on the mat the coffee valorization program adopted in 1906. Such interventions include the establishment of agricultural banks and encouraging rural credit cooperatives of which the so-called Costing rural banks are the first experiments of this type in the state and constitute our object of study. The \"Bancos de Custeio Rural\" consisted of a network of credit unions that operated between 1906 and 1914 in the state of São Paulo. During this period, these banks lent, to associated farmers only, the necessary amount to fund their annual crop. Having arisen in the context of the coffee crisis of 1896-1906, their reconstitution reveals the intense debate regarding ways to tackle the crisis and the role of the state in agricultural finance. The BCRs emerged as an alternative to government intervention in the credit system and represented the first experience with the credit cooperativism in the state of São Paulo. In 1914, they were present in forty-nine cities of that state. However, despite its rapid growth, they disappeared as soon as the company that have organized them went bankrupt, in January of that same year. In this article, we discuss the circumstances of its emergence, organization, operations and bankruptcy
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Ajates, Gonzalez R. "Agricultural cooperatives : promoting or hindering fairer and more sustainable food systems? : the case of Spain and the UK." Thesis, City, University of London, 2016. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/17685/.
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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 they operate in, are expected to work for the benefit of their members, show concern for their communities (including sustainable development) and promote cooperative economies. This research analyses to what extent this is happening in the case of ACs. Evidence of how unsustainable and unequal farming in Europe is despite such a strong AC presence raises questions on the role and practices of these cooperatives. Despite their grassroots origins, concerns from civil society and a handful of scholars suggest there is an increase in top-down approaches and corporatisation trends in the sector. This research examines ACs in Spain and the UK (in the context of the EU/CAP framework), examining how the sector has evolved in both countries since its beginnings and analysing trends and factors shaping their current development. Using case study methodology, data from document analysis and 41 interviews with AC members, academics, policy makers and industry and civil society representatives are presented. The findings reveal the two countries have very different farming cooperative sectors, but their largest ACs are adapting to the EU policy context and the increasing concentration of power in the food system by following similar growth and corporatisation strategies. A reaction from social movements is however taking place both in Spain and the UK, where new innovative cooperative models are emerging. Thus, ACs can be placed in a continuum of alterity depending on the degree of embeddedness in industrial or more sustainable food practices. ACs can become disjointed and have their least political components co-opted by the dominant food system (as they fit its logistics model, trade requirements and help concentrate produce). Going beyond the economic perspective that dominates the study of ACs, this research also places a focus on emerging innovative multi-stakeholder governance models. The strategies used to protect their alterity as well as the diverse understandings of food sustainability that different types of cooperatives have and how they reproduce these through their practices are analysed. Given the insufficient explanatory potential of existing theories to accommodate a wide range of realities labelled as cooperatives in food and farming, a new theoretical framework was developed based on the findings of this research. The multilevel framework unravels the different dimensions that constitute cooperatives and their degree of alterity and commitment to sustainable food practices and the wider cooperative movement.
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Park, Seong Jae. "A study of the banking production efficiency of the primary agricultural cooperatives in Korea: A cost function approach /." The Ohio State University, 1993. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu148784853136342.
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Sellare, Jorge Luis [Verfasser]. "Food sustainability standards and agricultural cooperatives: implications for the small farm sector of Côte d’Ivoire / Jorge Luis Sellare." Göttingen : Niedersächsische Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Göttingen, 2020. http://d-nb.info/1214440185/34.
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Thomaz, Fernanda. "O modelo socialista de Cooperativa de Produção Agropecuária (CPA): contradições e avanços - estudo de caso de Copava." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/8/8136/tde-27052011-153834/.
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A presente pesquisa de mestrado teve o objetivo de analisar o modelo socialista de agricultura coletiva proposto pelo Movimento dos Sem-Terras (MST) por meio das cooperativas de produção agropecuárias (CPAs) e suas contradições. A idéia era compreender em que medida a coletivização do trabalho agrícola fortalece a luta pela resistência na terra. Com essa finalidade a pesquisa foi proposta aos cooperados da Copava (Cooperativa de Produção Agropecuária Vó Aparecida), fundada em 20 de novembro de 1993, na agrovila III do assentamento Pirituba, situada no município de Itaberá, sudoeste do Estado de São Paulo. Nas CPAs a terra, o trabalho e a renda são administrados coletivamente pelos próprios cooperados. Apesar de a CPA ser um empreendimento de tipo empresarial, é radicalmente diferente de uma empresa capitalista, pois não há extração de mais-valia. A divisão da renda é feita conforme o número de horas trabalhadas de cada um após serem pagas ou amortizadas as dívidas com a produção e gastos em investimentos para ampliação da estrutura da cooperativa. A Copava foi fundada por 27 famílias, totalizando 46 sócios, e ocupando uma área de 189 alqueires de terra. A corrente teórico-metodológica marxista-leninista é a que fundamenta esse modelo de CPA, sendo que as contradições encontradas decorrem da oposição entre a visão socialista e a visão camponesa de uso da terra. Através da CPA, a Copava tem conseguido garantir ao longo do ano o abastecimento de pão, leite, arroz e feijão para todos os cooperados. Porém, uma contradição fundamental desse modelo é que o aumento da produtividade possibilitado pela CPA, não reflete necessariamente a um aumento da renda em dinheiro para o cooperado, devido aos altos custos de manutenção e ampliação da infra-estrutura da cooperativa, a dificuldade de comercialização dos produtos, e a falta de crédito e financiamento governamental que acaba obrigando a cooperativa a fechar contratos com empresas capitalistas, que se apropriam da renda gerada pelos cooperados.This masters research aimed to analyze the model of socialist agriculture conference proposed by the Movement of Landless Peasants (MST) by means of agricultural production cooperatives (CPAs) and its contradictions. The idea was to understand the extent to which the collectivization of the agricultural work strengthens the fight for land resistance. With this purpose the research was proposed to the Copava cooperative (Cooperative Agricultural Production Vó Aparecida), founded on November 20, 1993, in the settlement Pirituba, agrovila III, located in Itaberá, southwest of São Paulo. CPAs in the land, work and income are managed collectively by the cooperative members themselves. Although the CPA is a venture-type business, is radically different from a venture capitalist, because there is no extraction of surplus value. The division of income is made according to the number of hours worked each after being paid or written off debts with the production and investment spending to expand the cooperative structure. The Copava was founded by 27 families, totaling 46 members, covering an area of 189 acres of land. The current theoretical and methodological Marxist-Leninist ideology that underlies this is the CPA model, and found the contradictions arising from the contrast between the socialist vision and the vision of peasant land use. Through the CPA, Copava has managed to ensure year round supply of bread, milk, rice and beans for all members. However, a fundamental contradiction of this model is that the increased productivity made possible by the CPA, does not necessarily reflect an increase in cash income for the cooperative because of the high costs of maintaining and expanding the infrastructure of the cooperative, the difficulty of marketing products, and lack of credit and government funding that ends up requiring the cooperative to close contracts with capitalist enterprises that take on much of the income generated by the associates.
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Jonsson, Thomas. "Essays on agricultural and environmental policy." Doctoral thesis, Umeå, Sweden : Umeå University, 2007. http://www.econ.umu.se/ues/ues719.pdf.
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Siqueira, Luciana Cardoso. "Conselho fiscal e auditoria em cooperativas agropecuárias: uma análise sobre a adoção de práticas de monitoramento." Universidade de São Paulo, 2011. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/96/96133/tde-17012012-155042/.
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A presente pesquisa analisa as práticas de governança corporativa indicadas aos seguintes mecanismos de monitoramento: (a) o conselho fiscal; (b) a auditoria externa e (c) a auditoria interna. Buscou-se verificar quão próximas as cooperativas agropecuárias estão do que é indicado pelos códigos de melhores práticas de governança. Utiliza-se como fundamentação teórica a perspectiva da firma como um conjunto de contratos em um contexto no qual pode existir delegação de parte do poder de controle e decisão dos ativos. Assim, analisa-se teoricamente as motivações para a adoção de estruturas de governança corporativa que desempenhem funções de monitoramento da gestão. Para tanto, considera-se a condição de incompletude dos contratos, os pressupostos comportamentais da racionalidade limitada e oportunismo dos agentes econômicos e o processo decisório em um contexto de propriedade coletiva. Nas análises, utilizou-se primeiramente as cooperativas agropecuárias constantes no banco de dados da FIPECAFI Melhores e Maiores entre os anos de 2005 e 2009. A amostra foi composta por 72 cooperativas para o período de cinco anos. Verifica-se que as empresas de auditoria externa que compõem o grupo das maiores apresentam menor representatividade no mercado de auditoria independente para cooperativas comparadas às menores empresas de auditoria constantes no banco de dados. Ainda, aplicou-se um questionário fundamentado nos Códigos de Melhores Práticas de Governança Corporativa do IBGC (Instituto Brasileiro de Governança Cooperativa) e da OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), sendo que o instrumento apresenta Alfa de Cronbach de 0,77. Verifica-se que as práticas e mecanismos de governança indicados em códigos de governança corporativa, apresentam níveis de adoção consideravelmente menores comparados àqueles presentes em lei, não sendo possível verificar tendência para adoção de práticas que não são regulamentadas na maior parte das cooperativas agropecuárias estudadas. Apesar de constatada maior adoção de práticas regulamentadas, os estudos de caso realizados em duas cooperativas comuns à amostra do banco de dados da FIPECAFI e do questionário apontam a tendência de cooperativas maiores implementarem práticas de governança corporativa não regulamentadas.This research examines the corporate governance practices related to the following monitoring mechanisms: (a) the fiscal board, (b) the external audit and (c) the internal audit. The aim is to determine how close the agricultural cooperatives are from the recommended by codes of best corporate governance practices. It is used as the theoretical perspective that the firm is a set of contracts in a context where it is possible the delegation of part of power to the control of assets. Its analyzed theoretically the reasons to adopt corporate governance practices that perform monitoring functions of management. For that, was considered the condition of incompleteness of contracts, the behavioral assumptions of bounded rationality and opportunism of economic agents and the decision-making in the context of collective proprietorship. In the analysis was primarily used the agricultural cooperatives contained in the database of FIPECAFI Better and Bigger in the years 2005 to 2009. The sample was composed of 72 cooperatives for the period of five years. It appears that the external audit firms of Bigger group are less representative in the independent auditors for cooperatives market if compared to smaller audit firms listed in the database. A questionnaire, based on Codes of Best Practice for Corporate Governance IBGC (Brazilian Institute of Cooperative) and OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development), was applied and the instrument has Cronbachs Alpha of 0, 77. It is verified that corporate governance practices and mechanisms that are indicated in codes, have lower level of adoption compared to those regulated by law. It was not possible to verify the tendency to adopt corporate governance practices indicated in codes in most agricultural cooperatives studied. Despite most part of corporate governance practices verified by the questionnaires application are regulated by law, case studies realized in two cooperatives that make part of questionnaire and FIPECAFI database, point to the tendency of large cooperatives implement not regulated corporate governance practices.
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Mzuyanda, Christian. "Assessing the impact of primary agricultural co-operative membership on smallholder farm performance (crops) in Mnquma Local Municipality of the Eastern Cape Province." Thesis, University of Fort Hare, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1021285.
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Ma, Wanglin [Verfasser]. "The Impact of Agricultural Cooperatives on the Adoption of Technologies and Farm Performance of Apple Farmers in China / Wanglin Ma." Kiel : Universitätsbibliothek Kiel, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1112552812/34.
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Eastham, Jane Francesca. "An analysis of the success of UK agricultural marketing cooperatives : can they effectively redress power imbalances in current market conditions?" Thesis, University of Birmingham, 2014. http://etheses.bham.ac.uk//id/eprint/4917/.
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This is exploratory research that has examined the efficacy of agricultural marketing cooperatives in the UK as a mechanism to redress power imbalances when faced with highly consolidated downstream markets. This issue would appear to be of particular significance in the light of the continued UK government emphasis on the cooperative action as a means of supporting farm gate prices following the deregulation of European Markets. This research draws upon, and examines the possible linkages between two key bodies of literature, Power Dependency Theory and literature based on the issue of common property and the free-rider problem and presents, through the exploratory framework, the idea that cooperative success is contingent upon an iterative relationship between leverage and cohesion (Emerson, 1962: Olson, 1965). This understanding is used to examine the three diverse marketing cooperatives, and findings from which suggest that cooperatives in current market structures are unable to improve their leverage position over the longer term. The research also suggests that there is not necessarily an iterative relationship between cohesiveness and improved leverage. What is apparent is that Cooperatives endure because they offer other types of benefits to farmers and currently play an important role is sustaining a failing farming sector.
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Petarly, Renata Rauta. "Assistência Técnica e Extensão Rural para quê? O caso da Cooperativa Agropecuária de Patrocínio." Universidade Federal de Viçosa, 2013. http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4189.
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In a constant process of change, the concept of technical advice and rural extension (ATER) undergoes several transformations over time. It is questioned also whether it should be performed differently accordingly to each organization that execute these activities. Should it be a different ATER carried out by agricultural cooperatives? This question oriented this research that aims to describe the ATER executed by an agricultural cooperative questioning how it contributes to the complexity that means responding to the associative and business requirements of cooperatives‟ management. Being organizations that should adequate themselves to market demands, while enhancing and promoting members‟ participation and development, agricultural cooperatives would require a technical staff that could articulate the dual focus of its management and would be responsible for implementing actions of socioeconomic promotion. The research was a case study, with exploratory-descriptive characteristics, held at the Agricultural Cooperative of Patrocínio, in the Alto Paranaíba region of Minas Gerais. Interviews were held with directors, ATER agents, members and their representatives in Education Committee and Board of Directors. It was observed that agents ATER participate in technical advice on production improvement, at the same time contributing to the communication and representative processes established between the cooperative and their members. They also participate in cooperative education activities seeking to promote the loyalty of members, and through the enhancing of their economic development and quality of life. It can be conclude that there is a specific Cooperative‟s ATER that integrates activities of providing advice to members in the improvement of the results of their work and living conditions in rural areas, complementing also with activities of cooperative education promoting active and consciously economic and social participation of members, contributing for a more efficient economic and social articulation between the cooperative and their members.
Em constante processo de mudança, o conceito de assistência técnica e extensão rural (ATER) passa por várias transformações ao longo do tempo. Questiona-se se também se deveria configurar-se de maneiras diferentes a partir de cada organização que a executa. Deveria ser diferente a ATER realizada pelas cooperativas agropecuárias? Essa questão orientou o trabalho que buscou descrever a ATER executada por uma cooperativa agropecuária questionando-se como ela contribui com a complexidade que significa responder às exigências dos aspectos associativos e empresariais na gestão cooperativa. Por serem organizações que precisam se adequar às exigências do mercado da mesma forma em que valorizam e promovem a participação e o desenvolvimento de seus cooperados, as cooperativas agropecuárias necessitariam de um corpo técnico que articulasse o duplo foco de sua gestão e se encarregasse de executar ações de promoção socioeconômica. A pesquisa foi um estudo de caso, de características exploratório-descritivas, realizada na Cooperativa Agropecuária de Patrocínio, na região do Alto Paranaíba de Minas Gerais. Realizaram-se entrevistas com diretores, agentes de ATER, cooperados e representantes dos cooperados no Comitê Educativo e no Conselho de Administração. Evidenciou-se que os agentes de ATER se inserem no contexto de melhorias técnicas e produtivas, ao mesmo tempo em que contribuem com o processo comunicacional e representativo estabelecido entre organização cooperativa e produtores rurais cooperados. Também eles participam da execução de ações de educação cooperativista buscando a fidelização dos cooperados, promovendo seu desenvolvimento econômico e qualidade de vida. Conclui-se que se pode definir uma ATER Cooperativa que integra atividades voltadas para oferecer orientações aos cooperados no que diz respeito à melhoria no resultado de seu trabalho e condições de vida no meio rural, complementando-se também com ações de educação cooperativista que promovam a participação social e econômica dos cooperados de maneira consciente e ativa, contribuindo para uma mais eficiente articulação econômica e social entre cooperados e sua cooperativa.
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Flygare, Sara. "The Cooperative Challenge : Farmer Cooperation and the Politics of Agricultural Modernisation in 21st Century Uganda." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala : Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis : Universitetsbiblioteket [distributör], 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-7277.
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