Agricultural Cooperation

Abstract

Cooperative settings, if judged from a utilitarian perspective, can be justified in two distinct ways. The first is that individual utilities can be enhanced if forces are joined together in a cooperative setting, while the second argument concerns utility interdependencies. The fact that my well-being is dependent on my neighbour's wellbeing not only has added complexity within the mathematical landscapes of utility theory, but has also been used as a theoretical concept to explain practices such as donations (Yandle 1974).As discussed above, cooperative settings are likely to cause moments of extreme happiness, although such cooperative settings might also result in extreme failure. In this chapter, the incidents of trial and error encountered along the agri-food chain will be investigated and commented on.

Agricultural Cooperative Development in Thaibinh Province, Vietnam: Situation and Solutions

“…In order to develop cooperatives, all members must clearly recognize the economic and social benefits of participating in cooperatives and helping each other, as opposed to their dependence on external aid (Lacuna-Richman et al, 1993). Benefits must be strengthened when forces work together in a cooperative setting, the interests of members are closely interdependent (Mann, 2018). In addition, service cooperatives need to develop because this is one of the factors promoting the development of agricultural cooperatives (Sedik & Lerman, 2015).…”