Exploring variability across cooperatives: economic performance of agricultural cooperatives in northern Ethiopia

Restructuring Agricultural Cooperatives

Changes in the market conditions for fruit and vegetables have induced Dutch cooperative auctions to restructure their sales and marketing activities. Nine auctions merged into VTN (VoedingsTuinbouw Nederland) and established the marketing organisation The Greenery BV. VTN/The Greenery has encountered problems in its relationship with the growers, which may undermine its stability. A model is p...

Entrepreneurship Approaches in Agricultural Cooperatives

Economists look at the entrepreneurship from the prospective of profitability, investment, risk, and insight supporting the economical development but it seems that, in modern societies, entrepreneurship`s function is beyond the economical bounds. According to the stage and importance of entrepreneurship which is known as the society’s economic and culture evolution engine, it is necessary to d...

Exploring Cooperatives: Economic Democracy and Community Development in Pennsylvania

Positioning California’s Agricultural Cooperatives for the Future

Recent issues of ARE Update featured articles evaluating the failures of two California marketing cooperatives, Tri Valley Growers (TVG) and Rice Growers Association (RGA). Along with Blue Anchor’s dissolution and Calavo’s conversion, these combined events have created doubts about the future of cooperatives in California agriculture. Restructured forms of cooperatives are emerging. For example...

Internationalization and Diversification Strategies of Agricultural Cooperatives: a Quantitative Study of the Agricultural Cooperatives in the State of Parana

This study investigates the impact of internationalization on the results achieved by agricultural cooperatives in the State of Parana, at the same time examining strategies for diversification of markets as well as diversification of products aimed exclusively at international markets. Of the 28 cooperatives to be included in the study, 67.9% returned valid structured questionnaires. The colle...