Agricultural Cooperatives

Gray, Thomas W.

doi:10.1007/978-94-024-1179-9_203

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“…They are vulnerable to manipulation by external elements in society, as noted by Foster and Viswanathan (1996). Gray and Kraenzle (1998) states that participation is the measure of appearance at meetings, serving on committees, serving as an elected official, and finally participating in recruiting other farmers to become members.…”

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Influence of Member Participation on Dairy Cooperative Development in Kiambu County, Kenya

Mugwe

2024

Afr. Quarterly S.S. Review

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Participation is defined as the process by which Dairy Cooperatives members exert their influence on the scope, operation, and direction as well as activities of their respective cooperatives. Consequently, members' participation affects the sustainability of projects and vice versa. However, the development of dairy cooperatives faces numerous challenges emanating from member participation. The purpose of this study was to investigate how member participation affects the development of dairy cooperatives in Kiambu County. Based on the Resource-Based Theory and Social Capital, this study used a descriptive research design. The target population for this study was the 59,635 registered members of the Dairy Cooperative, and the sample size consisted of 398 respondents chosen by stratified random sampling. Questionnaires with Likert-type statements on a 5-point scale were used to collect data. We used both descriptive and inferential statistics. In addition to Pearson correlation, other tests like central tendency (mean), frequencies, percentages, and standard deviation were applied in this instance. The results demonstrate that the growth of dairy cooperatives was significantly influenced by membership involvement (r=.398, p<0.001). These results support the hypothesis that higher member subscription fees had an impact on cooperative project success. Increasing member engagement would boost support for the dairy cooperatives' development initiatives, enhancing their sustainability. This would further advance their growth. To improve member support for projects, the study suggests that member engagement be reinforced and integrated into all dairy cooperative management procedures.

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Influence of Member Participation on Dairy Cooperative Development in Kiambu County, Kenya

Mugwe

2024

Afr. Quarterly S.S. Review

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“…In a member-based organization, members participate in governance of the firm through their elected representatives. A member can also influence the cooperative in other ways, such as meetings (Gray and Kraenzle, 1998). Hence, for a producer company, participation of members requires social and business interaction through meetings, engagement in governance processes and business activities.…”

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Building members' trust in a producer company through social capital

Chamola¹,

Dey

Sahay

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JADEE

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PurposeThe paper contributes to the long-standing interest in studying the relationship of social capital and trust. It examines the relationship between social capital and trust in a producer company and the role of perceived benefits as a mediating variable.Design/methodology/approachA multistage sampling was done to collect data from 395 farmer members from five producer companies spread over three states of India. Through exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) latent constructs were mapped, and composite reliability and construct validity were established. PROCESS macro of Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) was used to probe relationship between social capital and member's trust and mediation effect of perceived benefit.FindingsThe authors’ research findings establish that the social capital has a positive and significant relationship with members' trust in a producer company and perceived benefit mediates this relationship.Research limitations/implicationsThe paper contributes to reduce complexity of social capital theory by differentiating sources and benefits of social capital. It opens up the avenues of testing theoretically valid mediation effects of many other constructs.Originality/valueThe role of member's perceived benefits as a mediator between social capital and members' trust is a new knowledge to the literature of social capital.

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“…While most of the academic literature dealing with ACs do so from an economic lens (Gray, 2014a), this paper provides a novel angle by framing its analysis from an organisational studies perspective. The research follows Schneiberg's thesis on social movements being a condition for processes of diffusion and mutualism in order to consider on how critical issues in organisational studies related to ACs, the cooperative movement and sustainable food systems (Schneiberg, 2013).…”

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“…The economics literature has shown an interest in studying finance, governance, and board and investors' control in ACs (Cook et al, 2004;Ortmann and King, 2007;Chaddad, 2009). Hardly any research has been done on analysing the impact that farming policy, long supply chains and the internalisation of the food system have on members, labour, food sustainability and political dimensions (Mooney et al, 1996;Stofferahn, 2010;Gray, 2014a;Ajates Gonzalez, 2018).…”

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Agricultural cooperatives remaining competitive in a globalised food system: At what cost to members, the cooperative movement and food sustainability?

Ajates

2019

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There are more than 40,000 agricultural cooperatives in Europe with 9 million farmer members and over 600,000 workers. Due to the democratic nature of the cooperative form, it is assumed agricultural cooperatives empower their members and allow small farmers to have a stronger voice in the supply chain. However, much of the academic literature on agricultural cooperatives focuses on the economic analysis of their performance, while hardly any research has been done on analysing the impact that policy, long supply chains and the internationalisation of the food system have on members and labour dimensions. This article contributes to covering this gap by analysing how agricultural cooperatives are being shaped and misshaped by European farming policy and the architecture of global food systems. Following Schneiberg’s thesis on social movements being a condition for processes of diffusion and mutualism, this article reflects on critical issues in organisational studies related to agricultural cooperatives, the cooperative movement and sustainable food systems. Case studies from Spain and United Kingdom are used to illustrate the Northern and Southern European perspective. The concept of deviant mainstreaming is applied to discuss how agricultural cooperatives are being co-opted and losing their transformative potential as a result of pressures to remain competitive, with effects on members, social justice and the environment. The findings suggest policy changes at the European level, and the increasing internationalisation of the food system is fuelling the amalgamation of agricultural cooperatives, which is threatening their local embeddedness and creating organisational tensions between the local, co-operative space and the global, capitalist space.

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Agricultural Cooperatives

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Influence of Member Participation on Dairy Cooperative Development in Kiambu County, Kenya

Influence of Member Participation on Dairy Cooperative Development in Kiambu County, Kenya

Building members' trust in a producer company through social capital

Agricultural cooperatives remaining competitive in a globalised food system: At what cost to members, the cooperative movement and food sustainability?

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