Role of Cooperatives for Sustainable Livelihood in Bagmati Province, Nepal

Abstract

The study aims in analyzing the role of cooperatives for sustainable livelihood of people in Bagmati Province (3), in Nepal. Cooperatives areconsidered to be the third pillar of Nepalese economy. The ongoing literature suggests that the cooperative movements have relationship with quality of work life of people and poverty reduction. Nepal is developing her future prosperity and growth. Hence, the study has pointed out the gap in the literature and the practice. The descriptive and analytical research designs have been adopted in the study. The secondary source has been used to collect the data. The MS Excel Software has been used to tabulate and analyze the data. The study found that the cooperative movement is more prone in Bagmati and Gandaki Province that resulted decrease in poverty rate and the increase in the employment rate. The activities of the cooperatives in the investment in share, saving, lending and employment creation hadcontributed in the sustainable livelihood of people in Bagmati Province, Nepal. .

Impact of cooperative membership on market performance of Nepali goat farmers

“…Several studies have been conducted to assess the impact of agricultural cooperatives in Nepal (Paudel and Acharya, 2022, Risal, 2020; Dhakal, 2021). Some studies have specifically focused on evaluating the impact of savings and credit activities of cooperatives (Sharma, 2012; Paudel and Khanal, 2015; Puri and Walsh, 2017; Risal, 2020; Simkhada, 2013).…”

“…Several studies have been conducted to assess the impact of agricultural cooperatives in Nepal (Paudel and Acharya, 2022, Risal, 2020; Dhakal, 2021). Some studies have specifically focused on evaluating the impact of savings and credit activities of cooperatives (Sharma, 2012; Paudel and Khanal, 2015; Puri and Walsh, 2017; Risal, 2020; Simkhada, 2013). Additionally, a few studies have been carried out to understand the impact of cooperatives on production efficiency and adoption of production practices (Neupane et al., 2022a; Neupane et al., 2022b; Mishra et al., 2018).…”

The Role of Social Entrepreneurship Through Cooperative Organizations as a Socio-Economic System

“…Cooperatives are a business entity and at the same time people's economic movement which is expected to take part in improving the social and economic welfare of its members in particular, and the community in general (Díaz de León et al, 2021;Karaphillis et al, 2017). The existence of cooperative gives real hope to contribute to restoring and even improving the socioeconomic welfare of the community (Camargo Benavides & Ehrenhard, 2021;Effiom, 2015;Medina-Albaladejo & Pujol-Andreu, 2021;Risal, 2021). In reality, the formation of cooperative organizations in the community is not all successful; there are also cooperatives that fail in their operations.…”