A survey of commercial farmers throughout the United States showed 57 percent were members of marketing/farm supply cooperatives in 1980. An additional 14 percent used those cooperatives as nonmember patrons. Thirty-seven percent of commercial farmers were member-users of marketing cooperatives...

After six years of development, the number of farmer cooperatives in Yanbian area was increased from 72 in 2007 to 2600 in 2012. It has become an important part of local modern agricultural operation. Through the survey and research of current status of farmer cooperatives in Yanbian area, we...

In the paper, members in farmer cooperatives are selected as investigation subjects. By using furry synthetic evaluation methods, functions of farmer cooperatives, which include six functions as follows, prodding technology and information, marketing, processing and transportation, Standardized...

Marketing of milk and meat in Denmark is dominated by two large cooperatives, Arla Foods in the dairy sector and Danish Crown in the pork sector. Members in these cooperatives practically have no possibility for price risk management on their main product. Futures markets for dairy and pork are...

Since the late 1990s, the number of farmer cooperatives in China has rapidly grown. The adoption of the national law on farmer professional cooperatives in 2007 has led to significant governmental support for the establishment and management of farmer professional cooperatives. This paper...

This study seeks to trace the role of race in the evolution of the land question in Zimbabwe from Occupation to the ‘fast-track land reform programme’ of 2000 and beyond to explore the extent to which the era of colonial domination made the racialization of the land issue in the...

The lack of public understanding regarding the role and impact of cooperatives upon welfare implies not recognizing cooperatives as a form of entrepreneurial activity. There is an obvious need to overcome the contradiction between reality and recognizing cooperatives. The European Community,...

Due to the close, direct relation with their members, cooperatives have an advantage over other forms of organization in achieving knowledge transfer. This research aims to identify the way in which the process of transmitting information and knowledge takes place in the Italian cooperative...

This paper studies cooperative behavior in communities with a subset of short-run players. This is done in the context of a repeated Prisoner’s Dilemma game. The introduction of a short-run player in the population breaks any equilibrium supported by symmetric pure strategies. Despite this, I...