Farmers’ organizations and sustainable development: An introduction

This special issue features 14 new research papers investigating the role of farmers’ organizations (e.g., collective action, self-help groups, producer companies/organizations, and cooperatives) in supporting sustainable development. The key findings include: (1) farmer groups cooperatives promote adoption good farm management practices, agricultural technologies farming although not substantially improving yield; (2) outsourcing services provided by help to increase technical efficiency crop production; (3) cooperative membership enhances members’ bargaining power enables them sell their products at higher prices; (4) motivate rural laborers work off-farm sectors, while empower women decision-making; (5) internet use improves cooperatives’ economic, social, innovative performances; (6) direct administrative intervention development may lead emergence shell cooperatives; (7) participation forest wood value chain upgrading; (8) increasing size terms income, equity, assets increases profitability savings credit (9) creating cross-border cooperation between generates benefits for all parties involved. These can inspire design policies aimed support achieving goals.