scholarly journals ENSURING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF THE AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (34) ◽  
Author(s):  
E.A AGAFONOVA ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Public Funds ◽  
Agricultural Cooperative ◽  
Credit History ◽  
Dairy Cooperatives ◽  
Cooperative Processes

The state in the whole world promotes the development of small and medium-sized businesses, seeing it as the key not only to economic but also political stability in the country. In recent years, the development of small and medium-sized businesses, including in the countryside, is given special attention, supports the development of cooperative processes between them. However, all efforts (organizational and financial) do not give a proper result - not all small and medium-sized enterprises are involved in agricultural cooperatives, the share of participation in output fluctuates at 5% even in the most successful regions in terms of cooperation. Agricultural cooperatives do not have the necessary sources for their development: public funds are not available to everyone, and credit resources also require a certain credit history and own sources of co-financing. The article analyzes the capital structure of Russia's largest and most successful dairy cooperatives, as well as international cooperatives. The author proposed a completely new concept of allocation of public support funds for the development of agricultural cooperatives, aimed at strengthening the role of existing and successful cooperatives.

Legitimacy

2019 ◽  
pp. 542-546
Author(s):  
Daniel Lambach
Keyword(s):  
Public Support ◽  
Political Stability ◽  
Political Transformation ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Autocratic Regimes ◽  
Legitimacy Crisis

Legitimacy is closely, if somewhat imperfectly tied to political stability which makes legitimization a persistent challenge for all political systems. However, it would be unwise to characterize autocratic regimes as illegitimate per se—these regimes use a variety of legitimation strategies which they adapt to changing circumstances. This chapter distinguishes between normative and empirical understandings of legitimacy. It discusses the role of empirical legitimacy in upholding political systems and contrasts different taxonomies of legitimation, highlighting the manifold ways through which regimes can generate public support. It shows how a legitimacy crisis can precipitate political transformation but also how new regimes are faced with the same challenge of legitimizing and consolidating their rule.

scholarly journals Critical Review on Cooperative Societies in Agricultural Development in India

2020 ◽  
pp. 114-121
Author(s):  
Alok K. Sahoo ◽  
Sanat K. Meher ◽  
Tarak C. Panda ◽  
Susrita Sahu ◽  
Rukeiya Begum ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Consumer Products ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Mutual Help ◽  
Agricultural Cooperative ◽  
Government Sector ◽  
Political Interference ◽  
Grass Root ◽  
Dairy Cooperatives

Cooperative Societies are grass root organization of group of people united with collective responsibilities to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs which run with philosophy of self-reliance and mutual help. It helps in agricultural development supporting critical inputs supply (seeds, fertilizer, pesticides, credit), storage facilities like Go downs, agro processing facilities and marketing the agro produce.  Since 1904, the cooperative moment took stardom and the five year plans and Government legislation have integrated them into the policies for self-reliant rural growth and development. Agricultural cooperative societies dealing with inputs and credit disbursement, processing cooperatives such as Sugar Cooperatives, Dairy cooperatives etc. flourished with their consumer products whereas KRIBHCO, IFFCO became successful large cooperatives in marketing their fertilizers to their farmer members and outsiders act as a business enterprise. Status of Primary Agricultural Cooperatives Societies (PACS) reveals 19% of total PACS potentially viable, 49% running in profit, 45% small farmers’ borrower from societies. Several challenges like lack of professionalism, lack of infrastructure, political interference, nepotism, unawareness of members, meager shareholding, overdependence on financing agencies for credit, poor recovery are hindering the sustainability of societies. Certain restructuring with policy intervention like reducing state control, increased professionalism, good governance, raising share capital, quality assurance with competitive product & service, multi-purpose support system, will act as vibrant social enterprise with public trust as Government sector initiative  in the locality converged with other agencies.

scholarly journals THE IMPACT OF HUMAN CAPITAL ON THE SUCCESS OF AN AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE (EXAMPLE OF ‘ARLA FOODS’)

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 262-283
Author(s):  
Svetlana G. Golovina ◽  
Ivan N. Mikolaychik ◽  
Andrey L. Poltarykhin ◽  
Pavel V. Zhuravlev
Keyword(s):  
Human Capital ◽  
External Environment ◽  
Technological Innovations ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Agricultural Cooperative ◽  
Professional Management ◽  
The World ◽  
The Impact

The article presents the results of a theoretical and empirical study of the leading trends and the latest trends in the development of modern agricultural cooperatives (with an illustration of many years of experience and grandiose achievements in the activities of the world famous multinational dairy cooperative “Arla Foods”), due to various changes in the external environment (market, institutional, political, technological) and determining, as a result, significant changes in the requirements for the quality of human capital. Important scientific conclusions (according to the topic) were obtained on the basis of studying the dynamics of the formation and development of the Arla Foods cooperative, generalizing materials regarding its organizational transformations and mainly relate to (1) the importance of professional management for the success of the cooperative, (2) new requirements for the quality of human resources in connection with technological innovations (digitalization, for example), (3) the role of human capital available in cooperatives (its quality) in overcoming various threats and risks. The theoretical and practical value of the study lies, firstly, in the (scientifically grounded) concept of a modern agricultural cooperative presented in the work (using the example of Arla Foods as one of its most prominent representatives), and secondly, in the characteristics of the human capital of agricultural cooperatives, adequate to the essence of the evolutionary processes taking place with them.

Tata kelola internal dan eksternal untuk mengatasi permasalahan pangan di Indonesia

2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reza Hendriyantore
Keyword(s):  
Good Governance ◽  
National Level ◽  
Open Government ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Methodological Framework ◽  
Agricultural Cooperative ◽  
The Reformation ◽  
The Government ◽  
Good Access ◽  
Descriptive Method

The effort to put good governance in development in Indonesia is basically not new. Since the Reformation, the transformation of closed government into an open government (inclusive) has begun to be pursued. Highlighting the conflicts in the land sector that tend to strengthen lately, there are some issues that have intensified conflicts in the field, such as the lack of guaranteed land rights in various legal and policy products. In this paper, a descriptive method is considered important in identifying the applicable issue and methodological framework for addressing governance issues in Indonesia. To reduce such agrarian conflicts between farmers and the government, and as an effort to increase farmers' income, all farmers are incorporated into agricultural cooperatives. Agricultural cooperatives are structured down to the National Level. Thus, farmers participate in good access to the marketing of agricultural produce.Keywords:good governance, agrarian conflict, agricultural cooperative

Euroscepticism and the Future of European Integration

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Catherine E. De Vries
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
European Integration ◽  
Public Support ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Political Systems ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Public Preferences ◽  
Novel Theory ◽  
The Eu

The European Union (EU) is facing one of the rockiest periods in its existence. At no time in its history has it looked so economically fragile, so insecure about how to protect its borders, so divided over how to tackle the crisis of legitimacy facing its institutions, and so under assault by Eurosceptic parties. The unprecedented levels of integration in recent decades have led to increased public contestation, yet at the same the EU is more reliant on public support for its continued legitimacy than ever before. This book examines the role of public opinion in the European integration process. It develops a novel theory of public opinion that stresses the deep interconnectedness between people’s views about European and national politics. It suggests that public opinion cannot simply be characterized as either Eurosceptic or not, but rather that it consists of different types. This is important because these types coincide with fundamentally different views about the way the EU should be reformed and which policy priorities should be pursued. These types also have very different consequences for behaviour in elections and referendums. Euroscepticism is such a diverse phenomenon because the Eurozone crisis has exacerbated the structural imbalances within the EU. As the economic and political fates of member states have diverged, people’s experiences with and evaluations of the EU and national political systems have also grown further apart. The heterogeneity in public preferences that this book has uncovered makes a one-size-fits-all approach to addressing Euroscepticism unlikely to be successful.

Military Alliances and Public Support for War

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Tomz ◽  
Jessica L P Weeks
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Moral Obligation ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Fundamental Question ◽  
Military Alliances ◽  
Audience Costs ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Willingness To Intervene ◽  
Reputational Costs

Abstract How do military alliances affect public support for war to defend victims of aggression? We offer the first experimental evidence on this fundamental question. Our experiments revealed that alliance commitments greatly increased the American public's willingness to intervene abroad. Alliances shaped public opinion by increasing public fears about the reputational costs of nonintervention and by heightening the perceived moral obligation to intervene out of concerns for fairness and loyalty. Finally, although alliances swayed public opinion across a wide range of circumstances, they made the biggest difference when the costs of intervention were high, the stakes of intervention were low, and the country needing aid was not a democracy. Thus, alliances can create pressure for war even when honoring the commitment would be extremely inconvenient, which could help explain why democratic allies tend to be so reliable. These findings shed new light on the consequences of alliances and other international legal commitments, the role of morality in foreign policy, and ongoing debates about domestic audience costs.

scholarly journals Institutional quality and the capital structure of microfinance institutions: the moderating role of board gender diversity

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-21
Author(s):  
Michael Adusei ◽  
Beatrice Sarpong-Danquah
Keyword(s):  
Capital Structure ◽  
Institutional Environment ◽  
Gender Diversity ◽  
Institutional Quality ◽  
Microfinance Institutions ◽  
Female Representation ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Board Gender Diversity ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract We test the effect of institutional quality on capital structure in the microfinance setting. In doing this, we rely on data from 532 microfinance institutions (MFIs) located in 73 countries dotted across the six microfinance regions in the world. We observe that institutional quality exhibits a robust negative and statistically significant relationship with capital structure in both the short and long run, implying that MFIs in countries with a better institutional environment are less likely to utilize more debt. Our moderation analysis furnishes us with evidence that the presence of women on the board of an MFI significantly moderates the relationship between institutional quality and its capital structure. We show that in the presence of more female representation on the boards of MFIs, the tendency of MFIs using less debt is higher.

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