Particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture is predominantly rain-fed and, therefore, prone to unstable weather conditions and less productive than in other regions of the world. Increasing the efficiency and sustainability of farmer groups and cooperatives is of primary importance to many...

Particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, agriculture is predominantly rain-fed and, therefore, prone to unstable weather conditions and less productive than in other regions of the world. Increasing the efficiency and sustainability of farmer groups and cooperatives is of primary importance to many...

This study is the first to present a broad statistical picture of operations exporting cooperatives. Included are data pertaining to dollar volumes, destinations, and cooperative shares of total U.S. agricultural export volumes, phis information about marketing channels, foreign offices and...

This report gives results of a 1975-76 survey of marketing, farm supply, and related service cooperatives in the United States. Total gross business volume for cooperatives amounted to $55.9 billion, while total net business amounted to $40.1 billion. Total number of cooperatives and cooperative...

Combined assets of 5,795 farmer marketing and supply cooperatives amounted to $18.6 billion at the close of fiscal year 1976. Equity capital represented 42 $18.6 billion at the close of fiscal year 1976. percent, borrowed capital 33 percent, and other liabilities 25 percent of total this report...

Coffee producers in many parts of the world have the option of either becoming a member of and selling their coffee to a Fairtrade and organic co-operative, or selling it to a “coyote”, the Central American nickname for intermediary purchaser. This study investigates why different producers...