Smallholder farmers produce over 70% of the world's food needs. Yet, the socioeconomic
conditions of the smallholder farmers are substandard. One of the primary reasons for this …

The governance of farmer cooperatives in China is addressed regarding democratic
decision‐making procedures, participation in decision making, member exit, and profit …

Poverty and hunger reduction are intertwined challenges and enduring issues in the world,
particularly in developing countries. Improvement in the efficiency in vegetable farming …

In urban areas, delivery of the products necessary to survive to the desired points has vital
importance, and public distribution centers (PDCs) are one of the most important …

Farmers' cooperatives play an important role in enabling small farmers to integrate into
modern agriculture. Based on the survey data of 7200 farmers in four provinces of China …

Two hundred sixty one samples, collected from supermarkets in Istanbul, Turkey. All
samples were analysed for aerobic mesophilic bacterial counts (AMC), aerobic …

The objective of this paper is to present an economic framework and empirical analysis of
how non-economic output and social value-relevant variables affect the efficiency of farmer …

In agricultural policy and programmes, cooperatives have been framed as organizational fix
for addressing institutional voids and market imperfections in rural Africa. By way of …

After the breakdown of the communist regime in Romania, collective farms were replaced by
a large number of small-scale private farms. Although cooperation seems to be a favourable …

Fresh produce growers are the main source of food contamination by chemical pesticides. In
their choice of farming practices, producers are influenced by market forces as well as public …