This research report investigates Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) in Italy, alternative models of agro-food production and consumption based on solidarity, sustainability and direct relationships between producers and consumers. Read More
Lack of credit for farming is one of the main obstacles that poor Thai farmers face. Most agricultural credits from commercial banks are given to large agricultural businesses thus leaving out poor farmers who consequently have to borrow from informal sources with high interest rates. Read More
This article, based on the experience of agricultural co-ops in the Province of Trento (Italy), will try to highlight the importance of this organizational model in favoring an adequate development of disadvantageous territories, such as mountain areas. Read More
The report aims to analyze the role of agriculture in the Italian economy, with a focus on the contribution of agricultural cooperatives. The aim is to fully understand the impact of these cooperatives on the national economy in the Italian agricultural and socio-economic context. Read More
With this position paper, Euricse would like to emphasize the importance of mountain agriculture as one of the main avenues in achieving the sustainable growth objectives that are at the centre of today’s European agenda, and to lend our contribution to the conversation about the future of the Common Agricultural Policy. Read More
The main objective of the paper is to contribute to the debate on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) by offering the point of view of an extraordinarily important part of the European agricultural and rural fabric, which is agricultural cooperation. Read More
The study focused on describing and analysing the integrated approach to agricultural cooperative marketing in Uganda: the tripartite cooperative model. It was found that structural changes and successful growth have been achieved within the agricultural cooperative marketing system. Read More
Using household survey data from Ethiopia, this paper evaluates the impact of agricultural cooperatives on smallholders’ technical efficiency. We utilize propensity score matching to compare the average difference in technical efficiency between cooperative farmers and similar independent farmers. The approach assumes exogenous cooperative formation and similar farm technology across households. Read More
This paper aims to measure the technical efficiency of agricultural enterprises in Italy during the period 2003 – 2007 by applying a stochastic frontier analysis to panel data. The developed two-sectored model distinguishes between agricultural production function and non-agricultural production function. Read More