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Russian Agricultural Producers’ Views of Top-Down Organized Cooperatives

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  • Golovina, Svetlana
  • Nilsson, Jerker

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In Russia many agricultural supply and marketing cooperatives have been established by governmental authorities, and agricultural producers may join them freely. Although this practice is contrary to cooperative experiences historically and internationally it may have a rationale; the development of cooperatives, which are highly needed in Russian agriculture, might be faster. This reasoning presupposes, however, that the members find their membership valuable so that they later get positive views of cooperatives. This study investigates whether this process takes place. The study compares data from two surveys among members of cooperatives within the Kurgan region. The surveys were conducted in early 2008 when the cooperatives were just established and in late 2008 when some of the cooperatives were about to be dissolved. The findings show that the respondents in the latter survey rank lower in terms of attitudes, willingness to trade, willingness to govern, willingness to invest, and trust.

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  • Golovina, Svetlana & Nilsson, Jerker, 2009. "Russian Agricultural Producers’ Views of Top-Down Organized Cooperatives," Journal of Rural Cooperation, Hebrew University, Center for Agricultural Economic Research, vol. 37(2), pages 1-17.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlorco:163813
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.163813
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    1. Achilleas Kontogeorgos & Panagiota Sergaki & Fotios Chatzitheodoridis, 2017. "An Assessment Of New Farmers’ Perceptions About Agricultural Cooperatives," Journal of Developmental Entrepreneurship (JDE), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 22(01), pages 1-13, March.
    2. Sultan, Tursinbek & Huang, Zuhui & Larsen, Karin, 2011. "Learning by Doing – Farmers’ Specialized Cooperatives Development in China," 2011 International European Forum, February 14-18, 2011, Innsbruck-Igls, Austria 122025, International European Forum on System Dynamics and Innovation in Food Networks.
    3. Golovina, Svetlana & Nilsson, Jerker & Wolz, Axel, 2012. "The Development of Agricultural Production Cooperatives in Russia," Journal of Rural Cooperation, Hebrew University, Center for Agricultural Economic Research, vol. 40(1), pages 1-17.

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