Agricultural cooperatives for social capital development in Latvia

Melece, Ligita

doi:10.7220/mosr.1392.1142.2013.66.4

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“…The achievement of economies of scale, together with good market prospects perceived by the cooperative, can promote its further growth, maintaining the traditions and the rural culture as well as the promotion and development of the area. The importance of the Cooperative in the investigated area is real and outstanding, confirming previous studies (Emana, 2009;Smith, 2011;Melece, 2013;McShane et al, 2016), which asserted that cooperatives are recognized as an important instrument for socio-economic improvement of community. The cooperative Rinascita is a good example of social capital at work as the success of the cooperative relies on trust and reciprocity.…”

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Cooperation in Rural Areas as a Local System Development Opportunity

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American Journal of Applied Sciences

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Abstract:The development of rural areas requires the adoption of technology innovation and market approach strategies without departing from the specific features of local production systems, such as agricultural practices and the wealth of knowledge of operators. It is even better the exploitation of these resources to characterize the competitive positioning of territorial systems. In this framework, the cooperative Rinascita, which works in an internal rural area of Sicily region (Southern Italy), represents an attempt to maintain agricultural activities, traditions and rural culture as well as to promote and contribute to the development of the area by giving value to and promoting, a typical local production: the "pomodoro siccagno". Such type of tomato, not a very remunerative kind of product, is grown in areas where alternative crops are few or not available. The aim of the paper is to investigate, through the empirical analysis of a case study, on the capacity of the agricultural cooperative sector to undertake innovative processes and to activate multiplicative processes of local development. The importance of the cooperative Rinascita is real and outstanding: despite being still quite modest in terms of quantity of processed tomato and turnover, it has allowed the members of the cooperative to process and directly sell their tomato, freeing themselves from commercial intermediaries operating in the area.

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Cooperation in Rural Areas as a Local System Development Opportunity

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“…Sosyal sermaye, bir grubun üyeleri arasında pozitif dışsallıklar yaratır ve bu dışsallıklara ortak güven, normlar ve değerler yoluyla ulaşılır. Gayri resmi bir örgütlenme biçimi olarak sosyal sermaye; doğal sermaye, fiziksel sermaye ve insan sermayesi gibi diğer tüm sermaye biçimleri arasındaki eksik bağlantıdır (Melece, 2013). Net bir tanımın olmamasına rağmen, sosyal sermaye, bireysellik ve ekonomi araçlarının aksine, kollektivizme vurgu yapan sosyolojide yer almış eski bir fikirdir (Gannon ve Roberts, 2012).…”

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Sosyal Sermaye Yaratilmasinda Tarimsal Kalkinma Kooperati̇fleri̇ni̇n Rolü

Kuştepeli¹,

Yildirim²

2020

Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi İşletme Fakültesi Dergisi

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Bu makale, kooperatiflerin sosyal sermayenin artırılmasındaki etkisine odaklanan bir tarımsal kalkınma modelini incelemektedir. Bu çalışmanın amacı, tarımsal kooperatiflerin sosyal sermaye oluşumu ve geçim kaynakları üzerindeki etkisini araştırmaktır. Ege Bölgesi'nde bulunan sekiz köyde, yüz yüze yarı-yapılandırılmış anketler kullanılarak veri toplanmıştır (Bademler, Bağarası, Börezli Gödence, Karakuzu, Kızıklı, Kuyumcu ve Tire). Frekans tablolarından ve sosyal ağ analizinden (SNA) elde edilen sonuçlar, etkili bir tarımsal kalkınma kooperatifine üyeliğin, yalnızca güven ve sosyal sermayeyi arttırmakla kalmayıp, bunun yanı sıra gelir ve yeme alışkanlıkları açısından da yaşam standartlarını iyileştiren önemli bir faktör olduğunu ortaya koyarak çalışmada öne sürülen hipotezi onaylamaktadır.

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“…Melece [10] points out that cooperatives play crucial role in social capital's development. Moreover, she emphasizes that they are recognized as an important instrument for socio-economic improvement of the community.…”

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Financial Standing of Polish and Czech Agricultural Cooperatives

Matyja¹,

Rajchelt-Zublewicz²,

Piwoni-Krzeszowska³

2019

Hradec Economic Days

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Cooperatives are relevant entities of socio-economic country development. In agricultural sector they play a significant role. However, there can be observed clear differences in market position between cooperatives from different countries. The objective of this paper was to investigate the differences in financial standing between Polish and Czech agricultural cooperatives. The analysis consisted of comparison of the following indicators: total assets, fixed assets, total labilities, net profit, total revenues and ROE. The Emis Intelligence Emerging Markets Information Service was used the obtain the data from approximately 200 Polish and 80 Czech agricultural production cooperatives (APCs). The results of the U-Mann-Whitney test confirmed the existence of statistically significant differences between Polish and Czech cooperatives. In considered period (2013)(2014)(2015)(2016), total and fixed assets, total liabilities, net profit, as well as total revenues were higher in Czech cooperatives, while ROE was lower. The findings provoked the authors to formulate five propositions of possible reasons of this phenomenon for further analyses.

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Agricultural cooperatives for social capital development in Latvia

Cited by 6 publications

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Cooperation in Rural Areas as a Local System Development Opportunity

Cooperation in Rural Areas as a Local System Development Opportunity

Sosyal Sermaye Yaratilmasinda Tarimsal Kalkinma Kooperati̇fleri̇ni̇n Rolü

Financial Standing of Polish and Czech Agricultural Cooperatives

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