Chapter 22: The cooperation dilemma: can agricultural cooperatives sustainably survive in a globalised food system while contributing to food security?

• Main Author: Ajates, Raquel (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Cheltenham, UK Edward Elgar Publishing 2023
• Subjects: JFCV; Agricultural cooperatives; Spain; Food security; Sustainable food systems; Food exports; Multi-stakeholder cooperatives; Communal land use cooperatives; Micro-cooperatives
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This chapter explores, analysing the case of Spain, the often-held assumption that a strong agricultural cooperative sector in a country correlates with robust food security. The Mediterranean country has a strong agricultural cooperative sector, being one of the top co-operators in farming in Europ...