Across the OECD, farmers are voluntarily forming community-based associations to help achieve a more sustainable agriculture. What are the reasons behind this phenomenon? How can it be encouraged? To what extent can such group-based voluntary action substitute for, or complement, existing...

This report monitors progress in implementing the three main policy recommendations from the OECD policy handbook Strengthening Agricultural Co-operatives in Kazakhstan (2015). It covers the legal frameworks for agricultural co-operatives, education and information services, financial support...