this research was carried out to investigate the role of natural resources cooperatives in ecotourism development. this was an analysis-descriptive study conducted through survey method. statically population of study was 123 members of the directors of these cooperatives. a structured questionnaire was designed and distributed among the cooperative directors. census technique was applied in th...

water user cooperatives were formed due to consideration to people's empowerment and participation in water investment and management. the purpose of this study was to investigate the mechanisms of development and strengthening of water user cooperatives in the aras river basin. the study population consisted of the management board members of the water user cooperatives in the aras basin in th...

The women’s cooperative clinic in Kathmandu, Nepal, takes up two small rooms in a building on a hill where the city’s brightly-painted, low-rise apartment buildings end and a rolling, green field of small family plots begins. There is a thin lumpy mattress on an examining bed; a small shelf of antibiotics and a tray with contents that seem to have been transported from the 1930s (a tongue compr...

Salt farmers (smallholders) are the main actors in production cycle of national salt supply chain. However, they still face various problems regarding technology, productivity, quality, market prices, product absorption by industry, access to capital, and incentives. Strengthening their institutional capacity requires collaboration support from government other along This study aims develop a m...

OBJECTIVE For over a decade, out-of-hours primary care in the Netherlands has been provided by general practitioner (GP) cooperatives. In the past years, quality improvements have been made and patients have become acquainted with the service. This may have increased patient satisfaction. The objective of this study was to examine changes in patient satisfaction with GP cooperatives over time. ...

In several Spanish regions, collective action through production and marketing cooperatives has traditionally concentrated the food supply of small medium-sized farms. However, many are threatened by risk abandonment members' cropland, which reduces their sourcing capacity. this context, joint cropland management initiatives have become a useful form social organizational innovation. This resea...