Has the agricultural cooperatives served each member fairly? A new perspective based on utilization level of member services.

ABSTRACT: With the rapid increase of the number of agricultural cooperatives in China, the problem of fake cooperatives has become more and more serious. The core problem is that some members do not use cooperative services, and elite capture phenomenon appears in the organization. Since services are one of the most important public goods attributes of cooperatives, it is important to ensure that more members use them. What are the factors that affect members' utilization level of cooperative services? Existing research does not provide a comprehensive answer. Based on the micro-survey data of 74 citrus cooperatives and 524 citrus members in China, the article found out that 50.9% of the members did not use any services provided by cooperatives, and only 20.04% of the members used cooperatives' sale

SUBMITTER: Liu G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10830000 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature