Collective production organizations (cooperatives and associations) can bargain for better prices and lower costs …, it is believed that collective production organizations (cooperatives or producers' associations) contribute to the … presence of cooperatives and associations in Brazilian municipalities. Then, the sources of technical efficiency of the smaller …

cooperatives. The greater use of other sources is welcome, mainly due to the specificities of each region and the type of … scale to hire their own employees or in the region there is no culture cooperatives, which prevents the production of many …