Project proposal for the establishment of a Caribbean Cooperative Agricultural Research Network

Presenta una propuesta para establecer una red de investigación agrícola cooperativa en el Caribe para servir a los países del CDCC

Measuring the effect of agricultural cooperatives on household income using PSM-DID : a case study of a rice-producing cooperative in China

Agricultural cooperatives in China, known as Farmers' Professional Cooperatives (FPCs), are becoming popular and have been intensely promoted by the Chinese government to improve the economic welfare of small farmers. However, very few studies on Chinese agricultural cooperatives have measured the benefits to farmers who participate in FPCs after controlling for time-invariant attributes of farmers. This paper investigates the treatment effect of participation in a rice-producing cooperative in suburban China using propensity score matching (PSM) and difference-in-differences (DID) method. Estimated results show that no significant difference is observed between participants and non-participants of the cooperative in terms of net income from rice production when controlling for the difference in farmers' rice incomes before the treatment. In addition, there is no significant heterogeneity of the treatment effects between large and small farmers, although the probability of participation in the cooperative is significantly higher when the size of cultivated rice farmland is greater. These results indicate that the benefits of the cooperative appear to be overestimated considering the vigorous policy supports for FPCs from the Chinese government.

Report to Agricultural Credit and Cooperative Financing Administration and International Cooperation Administration.

At head of title of v. [2]: Project Showwindow.

Bringing the farmer perspective to agricultural robots

The research reported in this paper explores autonomous technologies for agricultural farming application and is focused on the development of multiple-cooperative agricultural robots (AgBots). These are highly autonomous, small, lightweight, and unmanned machines that operate cooperatively (as opposed to a traditional single heavy machine) and are suited to work on broadacre land (large-scale crop operations on land parcels greater than 4,000m2). Since this is a new, and potentially disruptive technology, little is yet known about farmer attitudes towards robots, how robots might be incorporated into current farming practice, and how best to marry the capability of the robot with the work of the farmer. This paper reports preliminary insights (with a focus on farmer-robot control) gathered from field visits and contextual interviews with farmers, and contributes knowledge that will enable further work toward the design and application of agricultural robotics.

Participation in farmer's cooperatives and its effects on agricultural incomes : evidence from vegetable-producing areas in China

Chinese agricultural cooperatives, called Farmer's Professional Cooperatives (FPCs), are expected to become a major tool to facilitate agro-industrialization for small farmers through the diffusion of new technologies, the supply of high-quality agricultural inputs and the marketing of their products. This study compares FPC participants with vegetable-producing non-participants and grain farmers in vegetable-producing areas in rural China to investigate the treatment effect of participation in FPCs as well as implementation of vegetable cultivation. I adopt parametric and nonparametric approaches to precisely estimate the treatment effects. Estimated results indicate no significant difference between participants and non-participants of FPCs on agricultural net income in both parametric and non-parametric estimations. In contrast, the comparison between vegetable and grain farmers using propensity score matching (PSM) reveals that the treatment effect of vegetable cultivation is significantly positive for total and agricultural incomes, although vegetable cultivation involves more labor-intensive efforts. These results indicate that it is the implementation of vegetable cultivation rather than the participation in an FPC that enhances the economic welfare of farmers, due to the non-excludability of FPCs' services as well as the risks involved in vegetable cultivation.

Work and expenditures of the agricultural experiment stations.

At head of title: U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Cooperative extension work in agriculture and home economics.

At head of title: U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Agricultural co-operation in Germany and in Ireland. 1913.

Cover title.

Agricultural credit and cooperation in Germany. Report to the British Board of Agriculture and Fisheries of an inquiry into agricultural credit and agricultural cooperation in Germany with some notes on German livestock insurance by J.R. Cahill.

English ed. pub. as Papers by command, Cd. 6626.

Authorizing association of producers of agricultural products. Hearings, Sixty-seventh Congress, first session. H.R. 2373.

Mode of access: Internet.

Agroindustria láctea, regulación estatal y cooperativismo, 1930-1955

En este artículo presentamos los resultados de la investigación en curso sobre las estrategias institucionales desplegadas por el sector lácteo cooperativo y su injerencia en el diseño de las políticas sectoriales. Consideramos una variado repertorio de fuentes: legislación, diagnósticos, informes éditos e inéditos producidos por el Estado y por diversos actores del cooperativismo lácteo. En el tratamiento de esta temática problematizamos la cuestión de la lógica corporativa entre actores estatales y cooperativos. Consideramos además, los proceso de agregación de intereses en el espacio público que se dieron a partir de los debates y las experiencias de acción, organización y alianzas entre las entidades cooperativas lácteas

Agroindustria láctea, regulación estatal y cooperativismo, 1930-1955

En este artículo presentamos los resultados de la investigación en curso sobre las estrategias institucionales desplegadas por el sector lácteo cooperativo y su injerencia en el diseño de las políticas sectoriales. Consideramos una variado repertorio de fuentes: legislación, diagnósticos, informes éditos e inéditos producidos por el Estado y por diversos actores del cooperativismo lácteo. En el tratamiento de esta temática problematizamos la cuestión de la lógica corporativa entre actores estatales y cooperativos. Consideramos además, los proceso de agregación de intereses en el espacio público que se dieron a partir de los debates y las experiencias de acción, organización y alianzas entre las entidades cooperativas lácteas

Agroindustria láctea, regulación estatal y cooperativismo, 1930-1955

En este artículo presentamos los resultados de la investigación en curso sobre las estrategias institucionales desplegadas por el sector lácteo cooperativo y su injerencia en el diseño de las políticas sectoriales. Consideramos una variado repertorio de fuentes: legislación, diagnósticos, informes éditos e inéditos producidos por el Estado y por diversos actores del cooperativismo lácteo. En el tratamiento de esta temática problematizamos la cuestión de la lógica corporativa entre actores estatales y cooperativos. Consideramos además, los proceso de agregación de intereses en el espacio público que se dieron a partir de los debates y las experiencias de acción, organización y alianzas entre las entidades cooperativas lácteas

Bulletin.

Mode of access: Internet.