EVEREST, Bengü Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Üniversitesi - Ziraat Fakültesi - Tarim Ekonomisi Bölümü, Turkey , YERCAN, Murat Ege Üniversitesi - Ziraat Fakültesi - Tarım Ekonomisi Bölümü, Turkey

Research on Members Perception of Cooperative Principles: A Case of Agricultural Credit Cooperatives

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Common solutions to various problems in the agricultural sector is the creation of an effective organizational structure. The owners of agricultural organizations are the farmers who are members or associates of the organization. Cooperative awareness of farmers in the development of these organizations is important. The research aimed to reveal the farmers cooperative awareness. For this purpose, the Agricultural Credit Cooperatives in Balkesir, Bursa and Çanakkale connected Balikesir Region Union, with a total of 367 farmers were interviewed. In the evaluation of the research data, Likert Scale, Fuzzy Paired Comparison and Logistic Regression Methods were used. According to the findings, the level of education, participate in agricultural training and take part in the cooperative management are important factors to know cooperative principles. Farmers’ first objective to become shareholders of the cooperative is to provide input. Farmers know best the principle of “cooperation among cooperatives” and at least they know the principle of “autonomy and independence”.

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Cooperative Principles , Agriculture Credit Cooperatives , Logistic Regression

The Journal Of Ege University Faculty Of Agriculture

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