Smallholder farmers often establish associations including co-operatives to address production and financial challenges and household level needs. However, due to drastic climate changes, agricultural co-operatives ...

Contract farming has been adopted by agribusiness firms and cooperatives to ensure a constant supply of raw materials to the buyers. It is a foreseen approach by cooperatives and other firms for improving farmers' ...

Co-operatives are considered key vehicles for increased market orientation among smallholder farmers. Nonetheless, there are limited studies on its influence on the performance of co-operatives in developing and emerging ...

Participation in farming as well as membership in a cooperative society is voluntary. However, farmers’ decisions to participate are pre-determined by a variety of factors. This paper examines the socio-economic factors ...