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Accelerating Agricultural Development Through Cooperatives

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  • Machethe, Charles
  • van Rooyen, Johan

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A successful co-operative movement has been shown to be one of the ways of transforming subsistence-orientated agriculture into commercial agriculture. It should not be inferred from this that the formation of agricultural co-operatives alone will achieve the goals of agricultural development. However, they may act as catalysts in the process of agricultural development. The co-operative movement in the national states of Southern Africa has not yet, with some rare exceptions, played a significant role in the upgrading of agricultural performance. The aim of this paper is to provide a framework for the upgrading of the performance of the co-operative movement in agriculture in the less developed national states. Proposals are made as to - (a) the functional role of the co-operatives in agricultural development; and (b) the institutionalisation of co-operative action in the national states.

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  • Machethe, Charles & van Rooyen, Johan, 1983. "Accelerating Agricultural Development Through Cooperatives," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 22(1), April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:agreko:266940
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.266940
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    1. Lele, Uma, 1976. "Considerations Related to Optimum Pricing and Marketing Strategies in Rural Development," 1976 Conference, July 26-August 4, 1976, Nairobi, Kenya 182362, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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    1. van Rooyen, C. J. & Nene, S., 1996. "What Can We Learn From Previous Small Farmer Development Strategies In South Africa?," Agrekon, Agricultural Economics Association of South Africa (AEASA), vol. 35(4), December.

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