Indian economy is rural in character. This is evident from the fact that a very high proportion of the population is living in rural areas. Further two-thirds of its workforce is engaged in agricultural and allied activities, which contribute about 27% of India’s gross domestic product. In a predominantly agrarian country like India, rural development is a sine qua non for national development....

there are more than one million agricultural cooperatives members in iran. in the meantime, the rapid development of the animal husbandry in iran has forced cooperatives to meet the members’ scientific and practical needs for completing production cycle of the dairy industry. livestock production covers a wide spectrum of livestock activities including bee keeping, silkworm raising, and aquacul...

Conflict can occur as agricultural cooperatives internationalise, both in terms of their relationship with their supplier members and their requirement for capital. These and other critical factors are identified in the literature. Case study research was carried out on two new Zealand cooperatives – Fonterra, a pure cooperative in the dairy industry and Zespri, a cooperative hybrid in the kiwi...

The number of agricultural cooperatives increased quickly in Ethiopia since the 1990s. While many papers studied impact membership Ethiopian cooperatives, not much is known on their performance. This study takes a cooperative-level perspective which unique an African context. It compares economic performance proxied by sales revenue and profit wide range northern Ethiopia. Data were collected f...

economists look at the entrepreneurship from the prospective of profitability, investment, risk, and insight supporting the economical development but it seems that, in modern societies, entrepreneurship`s function is beyond the economical bounds. according to the stage and importance of entrepreneurship which is known as the society’s economic and culture evolution engine, it is necessary to d...

Agricultural cooperatives have a huge history in Georgia. Roots of cooperation Georgia date back as early the 19th century. Although, legal regulations agricultural appeared only 2013 when Georgian Law on Cooperatives was created and entered into force 12 July. Before specific provisions for cooperatives, regulation different types existed law Entrepreneurs, however, were general at same time s...