Essays about: "Agricultural Cooperatives"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 39 essays containing the words Agricultural Cooperatives.

  1. 11. The impacts of agricultural cooperatives in Tanzanian farmers` livelihoods : The Case of Tobacco Agricultural Cooperative in the Tabora Region

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Joshua Ndelanguswa Kiungai; [2022]
    Keywords : Tobacco production; Transaction cost; Marketing; Cooperative challenges; Cooperative roles;

    Abstract : Agricultural cooperatives aim to have controlled effort for agricultural products and find market to sell those products at a reasonable price. Farmers’ products are sold at a better price leading to a higher income which improve farmers’ livelihood. READ MORE

  3. 12. Cooperatives at a crossroads : trajectories of agricultural cooperatives in Ukraine

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Viktor Eriksson; [2021]
    Keywords : agricultural; cooperative; Ukraine; post-soviet; trust; collective action;

    Abstract : This exploratory comparative case study seeks to understand challenges and strategies for farmer collective action in post-Soviet settings. It does so by examining member relations, trust and commitment in two successful dairy cooperatives in western Ukraine: one NGOinitiated cooperative with a bottom-up organization, and one cooperative developed in liaison with a local large-scale agricultural enterprise (LSE). READ MORE

  4. 13. The Cooperative Role Model : A study of the Role Model Effect in rural agricultural cooperatives in Rwanda

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Joel Andersson; [2020]
    Keywords : Role Model Effect; agricultural cooperatives; Rwanda; symbolic representation; leadership; gender roles;

    Abstract : With the highest representation of female parliamentarians in the world, Rwanda is a frequently reoccurring case when studying the impact of increased female representation. In this debate, little attention has been given to symbolic representation and particularly to the concept of the Role Model Effect. READ MORE

  5. 14. Reason, purpose and members : a critical discourse analysis of a Swedish agricultural cooperative

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Magne Björklund; [2019]
    Keywords : cooperatives; cooperative purpose; critical studies; political discourse analysis; Lantmännen;

    Abstract : The declining number of Swedish farmers and the consolidation of agricultural land has been raised as a future risk for the food security of Sweden. As the Swe-dish agricultural historically has been characterized by strong agricultural coop-eratives, the cooperative movement is of interest to analyze in relation to this trend of decline. READ MORE

  6. 15. Collaboration in a cooperative context : a case study of producer organizations and local associations

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Author : Marcus Lindkvist; Max Viktorsson; [2018]
    Keywords : producer organization; local associations; side selling; joint negotiation; pre cooperative; trust; loyalty; cooperative;

    Abstract : Collaboration in different forms has been a commonly used activity by farmers for a long time. These collaborations can take many different shapes and forms, from being simpler farmer clubs to multi-national cooperatives. However, most of them fill the function of being an intermediary between producer and market. READ MORE