The Role of Locality in the Global Market Member Participation in Argibusiness Co-operatives in Brazil Supply Chain Management in Farmer Controlled Businesses Financial Reporting in Co-operatives Privatisation and Demutualisation

This paper assesses the effectiveness of the traditional models of co-operation and analyses best practice in collaboration between farmers seeking to gain significantly greater scale and flexibility in an increasingly global food chain. By drawing upon broader strategic management thinking and relevant international practice, the study seeks to identify new models for farmer collaboration. The proposed models address most of the barriers identified during the primary research and the literature review, that are acting or could act as limitations for the competitiveness of UK Farmer Controlled Business in a Global Food Supply Chain.