Agricultural Cooperative in the Face of the Challenges of Globalization, Sustainability and Digitalization

• Other Authors: Mozas Moral, Adoración (Editor), Fernandez Ucles, Domingo (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Technology, engineering, agriculture; agroindustrial; agricultural cooperative; technology adoption; technology and competitiveness; information and communication technology; digital transformation; agri-food cooperatives; co-operative creation policy; contingent valuation; reasoned action approach; Kazakhstan; COVID-19; self-identity; agricultural non-economic function perception; agricultural economic function perception; land-responsibility behaviour intention; Facebook; cooperatives; beekeeping; fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis; agricultural markets; generalized propensity score; cooperative organizations; small-scale farm; cooperation; contractual integration; willingness to cooperate; farm profile; Lithuanian case; agricultural producer organizations; rural women's circles; local action groups; mergers; failure; integration; approval; negotiations; social and solidarity economy; evolutionary approach; territorial-driven approach; agricultural cooperatives; technical efficiency; dairy processing sector; sustainability; milk production capacity; supply chain; data envelopment analysis; n/a
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The enormous contribution of agricultural cooperative societies to the rural world has not gone unnoticed. This is corroborated by many international entities. The International Cooperative Alliance estimates that 12% of the world's population is linked to one of the 3 million cooperatives that...