strategy
Enabling cooperative farm practices
Synonyms:
Employing local cooperative farmingEnlivening community farming practices
Claim:
The reasons for the general failure of co-operatives in developing countries is the lack of congruency between the functions carried out by these co-operatives and the needs and aspirations of the small farmers. The co-operative structure in most developing countries normally envelops distributing, disbursing and collecting organisations. In cases of cooperative failure, the secondary and apex organisations had neither the capability nor a will or sense of responsibility for developing primary level organisations of small farmers, which was the main objective. Narrower:
Starting farm machine poolSharing common farming costsForming farming cooperativesExpanding common grazing herdProcessing agricultural productsDeveloping bulk purchasing schemeDemonstrating small scale farmingInitiating cooperative dairy farmStrengthening farm co-op managementUsing common agricultural implementsEstablishing community sponsored farmInvesting cooperative farming profitsAccelerating use of agricultural water use technologies Constrains:
Restricting grass-roots acquisition of technical knowledgeLimiting availability of practical skills in agricultural communitiesLimiting local availability of technical, agricultural and business training Constrained by:
Increasing non-farm employment for small farmers Facilitates:
Borrowing equipment Facilitated by:
Reforming common agricultural policyConstructing local cooperative facilityExpanding support for farmers' organizations Subjects:
Society → CommunitiesSociety → Local
Social Activity → Employers
Agriculture, Fisheries → Farming
Value Redistribution → Cooperative
Type Classification:
D: Detailed strategies Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
