Members' perception of their participation in the governance of cooperatives: the key to trust and commitment in agricultural cooperatives

Österberg, Peter; Nilsson, Jerker

doi:10.1002/agr.20200

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“…There are variations in the Ethiopia SPCs with regard to members' skills and capabilities in seed production, seed business, and commitment, which is reflected in their performance . The cooperatives' degree of success is measured as members' commitment toward cooperatives, and members' trust in the board of directors (Österberg and Nilsson 2009). There are some members that are opportunistic in getting higher prices via other market outlets even if they have an agreement with their SPC.…”

Section: Challenges For Seed Producer Cooperativesmentioning

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Seed producer cooperatives in the Ethiopian seed sector and their role in seed supply improvement: A review

Sisay

Verhees

Trijp

2017

Journal of Crop Improvement

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The role of seed producer cooperatives (SPCs) in the Ethiopian seed sector and their contribution to seed supply improvement have received attention from researchers, policymakers, and development partners. However, limited work has been done in reviewing and documenting their involvement in the seed sector development. In this paper, we review and discuss the SPCs in the Ethiopian seed sector. Specifically, we reflect on the contribution of SPCs to improving seed availability and access in the country. The current liberal market system of Ethiopia creates new opportunities for growth as successful enterprises, but also brings new challenges, such as more intense competition for smallholder producers. The government policy encourages SPCs to engage in seed business. We draw on scientific literature, reports, white papers, project documents, and websites. The review reveals that the seed sector in Ethiopia consists of three seed systems: formal, informal, and intermediary seed systems. Each seed system has a specific contribution to the delivery of seed to farmers, but they vary in their approach and respective strategies. The SPCs are categorized in the intermediary seed system because they have features of both formal and informal seed systems. They play a key role in meeting seed demand and contribute greatly to seed supply improvement through high-volume production of seed, crop, and variety diversification, and seed delivery to farmers. They produce and market the seed through various market channels, including direct sales to farmers, sales through contractual agreement, and sales directly to institutional buyers. Their contribution to improving the seed supply and seed security has received considerable recognition by policymakers and development practitioners. Therefore, government and development partners should support and strengthen SPCs to maximize their success in the seed business and their contribution to improving the seed supply in Ethiopia.ARTICLE HISTORY

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Section: Challenges For Seed Producer Cooperativesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Seed producer cooperatives in the Ethiopian seed sector and their role in seed supply improvement: A review

Sisay

Verhees

Trijp

2017

Journal of Crop Improvement

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“…Medium sized farmers' attitudes towards the cooperative have been found to be positive, however larger sized farmers are more critical. In other studies, no such correlation has been found (Österberg & Nilsson, 2009). In agricultural cooperatives, the land size of the shareholder, the duration in cooperative shareholder, the time in farming, and the educational levels revealed the existence of a relationship between performance and satisfaction of the shareholders that has been investigated (Hansen et al, 2002;Bakucs, Ferto, & Szabo, 2007).…”

Section: Demographic Of Shareholders (Members' Characteristics)mentioning

confidence: 68%

A Research on the Relationship of Charismatic Leadership Behaviors of Agricultural Cooperative Managers With Cooperative Shareholders’ Performance and Satisfaction

Bilgin¹,

Işleyen²

2016

CBR

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In this study, the cooperative shareholders' performance and satisfaction were investigated as antecedent.Charismatic leadership of cooperative managers has been identified as antecedent. In addition, shareholders' age, education, land size, and duration of membership in the cooperative were investigated to have effect on the shareholder's performance and satisfaction. Charismatic leadership of cooperative managers is the subject of research on the effects of performance and satisfaction of the cooperative shareholders. A field survey was conducted. This study has been applied to Çukobirlik, an agricultural sale cooperative in East Mediterranean of Turkey. The researchers collected data by random questionnaire method. The research data were collected from 155 cooperative shareholders. For the data, exploratory factor, correlation, and regression were analyzed. The results of this analysis show that there is a meaningful relationship between charismatic leaders and the performance and satisfaction of shareholders for these cooperatives. Another result, there is significant relation between land size of cooperative shareholders and the performance and satisfaction of cooperative shareholders.

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“…The horizontal expansion is likely to create distances between members and between members and the leadership. Because of weakened social ties member involvement shrinks (Nilsson et al, , 2012Österberg and Nilsson 2009). …”

Section: The Development Of Farmer-controlled Businessesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The findings from these studies are quite diverse but there is a common feature, namely that there are systematic differences between farmers supplying to co-operatives and farmers supplying to IOFs. Farmers tend to appreciate the social links within the membership body and the fact that the co-operative constitutes a reliable trading partner (Bhuyan, 2007;Gray and Kraenzle, 1998;Österberg and Nilsson, 2009). However, it is important that they can trust their co-operatives and feel that they are being properly treated (Borgen, 2001;Hansen et al, 2002;Nilsson et al, 2009).…”

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A farmer-controlled business from a farmer perspective

Nilsson

Liljenstolpe²,

Lind³

et al. 2014

Journal on Chain and Network Science

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The ownership of food processing firms affects farmers supplying those firms with agricultural products. This study examined the effects of supplying either a farmer-controlled business (FCB) or competing investor-owned firms (IOFs). An FCB is owned and controlled partly by farmers and partly by external investors. Analysis of data obtained from a survey of pig producers in Sweden indicated that partial ownership by farmers resulted in them perceiving the FCB as having some cooperative traits. The FCB suppliers were less inclined to exit, used their voice more, and showed greater loyalty than the IOF suppliers. In the long term, however, the farmers' relatively positive view of FCBs might change because this organizational form contains inherent conflicts between the interests of the farmers and the external investors. As competition intensity increases and primary agriculture becomes increasingly concentrated, the co-operative features of an FCB are due to become vaguer over time. These problems may threaten the long-term existence of FCBs.

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Members' perception of their participation in the governance of cooperatives: the key to trust and commitment in agricultural cooperatives

Cited by 219 publications

References 15 publications

Seed producer cooperatives in the Ethiopian seed sector and their role in seed supply improvement: A review

Seed producer cooperatives in the Ethiopian seed sector and their role in seed supply improvement: A review

A Research on the Relationship of Charismatic Leadership Behaviors of Agricultural Cooperative Managers With Cooperative Shareholders’ Performance and Satisfaction

A farmer-controlled business from a farmer perspective

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