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Farmer Cooperatives in the 21st Century: Young and Old Farmers in Sweden

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  • Hakelius, Karin

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Young and old farmers in Sweden view their cooperative commitment differently. Young farmers generally see their cooperative commitment as a means to obtain economic advantages. Old farmers have the opposite view : They view the cooperative membership as a way of showing solidarity with peers, economic aspects being of secondary importance. The recent development of farmers' views upon cooperatives, combined with the great changes taking place on the European agricultural markets, imply problems for the traditionally organized farmer cooperatives which are predominant in Sweden. This paper starts off by describing some of the problems facing cooperatives today, these problems are analyzed, using agency theory, transaction cost theory, as well as property rights theory. Finally, the results of the theoretical discussion are used as a base for suggestions for improvements of the present situation for farmers and their cooperatives.

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  • Hakelius, Karin, 1999. "Farmer Cooperatives in the 21st Century: Young and Old Farmers in Sweden," Journal of Rural Cooperation, Hebrew University, Center for Agricultural Economic Research, vol. 27(1), pages 1-27.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:jlorco:61946
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.61946
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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. Nillson, J. & Hendrikse, G.W.J., 2009. "Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft in Cooperatives," ERIM Report Series Research in Management ERS-2009-059-ORG, Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM), ERIM is the joint research institute of the Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University and the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE) at Erasmus University Rotterdam.
    3. Peter Österberg & Jerker Nilsson, 2009. "Members' perception of their participation in the governance of cooperatives: the key to trust and commitment in agricultural cooperatives," Agribusiness, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 25(2), pages 181-197.
    4. Wendong Deng & George Hendrikse & Qiao Liang, 2021. "Internal social capital and the life cycle of agricultural cooperatives," Journal of Evolutionary Economics, Springer, vol. 31(1), pages 301-323, January.

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