The cooperative marketing societies in India have shown very slow progress and they are beset with multifarious deficiencies mainly due to their confinement to few agricultural commodities, lack of storage facilities, lack of financial resources, inefficient management, untimely payment for the...

Since the performance of cooperative marketing in India is not very impressive and as they are yet to show their presence in several areas encompassing marketing of agricultural produce, a number of measures need to be initiated to truly exploit their potential for which they have been...

Though dairy industry is the single largest contributor to India's GDP and involves over 80 million small farming households with its profound social impact, the opening up of the Indian market to an influx of foreign goods has raised much concern about the status of the Indian dairy industry in...

Co-operatives need to be managed on efficient and profitable lines. Well-managed co-operatives will not only surpass commercial private dairies in their economic and productivity impacts, but they are also likely to function as vehicles of development and change in rural economy. Well-managed...

The present investigation was conducted in Kolhapur district of Maharashtra. The study showed a reduction in the operational efficiency of the selected PACS during the post-economic reform period as against the pre-economic reform period. The operational efficiency was measured in respect of...

The new generation lending institutions like SHGs show high rate of recovery despite excessively high rates of interest on their loan advances. They also show lower transaction cost as compared to other lending institutions. This makes it necessary for credit cooperatives and commercial banks to...

The study, carried out in the state of Maharashtra of India during 2003-04, is based on a case of cooperative dealing with the marketing of mainly fruit with its spectrum spread over various other marketing activities. The study has evaluated the performance of Nahvi Co-operative Fruit Sale...

The fruits and vegetable (F&Vs) marketing societies in general and PCMS in particular have performed reasonably well in Maharashtra during the past two decades, if certain deficiencies in their operation are set aside. There could be several factors behind the success of these societies. The...