Introduction Poverty eradication is one of the global challenges, and rural cooperatives provide an effective path to address smallholder households’ poverty. However, the effect of poverty reduction can show heterogeneity depending on the economic capital, human capital, and social capital of households. Methods Based on comprehensive research dat...
This paper analyzes the causes that affect the rural sector in Colombia, making farmers vulnerable. The situation is made worse as a result of the seed certification regime that prohibits farmers from replanting non-certified parental material. The authors present some reflections from an analytical-deductive approach, with an invitation to rethink...
This report describes the results of the end line assessment of FIELD that is a partner of Hivos. It assesses FIELD’s contribution towards strengthening Civil Society in Indonesia and it used the CIVICUS analytical framework. It is a follow-up of a baseline study conducted in 2012. Key questions that are being answered comprise changes in the five ...
De Nederlandse landbouw maakte na 1850 ingrijpende veranderingen door. De snelle ontwikkelingen maakten de boeren kwetsbaar. Ze reageerden daarop door zich aaneen te sluiten in landbouworganisaties, zoals coöperaties. Deze organisaties verrichtten voor boeren en tuinders aan- en verkopen, verwerkten producten en verleenden (financiële) diensten. Ve...
The farmer cooperative sector in China has experienced rapid development in the past two decades, in particular after the implementation of the Famer Cooperative Law in 2007. Farmer cooperatives are considered important to mediate between farmers and other actors in the wider social, economic and political environment. Farmer cooperatives also can ...
Dans le Nord-Ouest argentin, sur un territoire de 470 000 km2 qui regroupe cinq provinces et près de quatre millions d’habitants, les mouvements paysans coopérativistes comptent plusieurs milliers de familles paysannes qui agissent en réseau au niveau local, national et international et affichent leur autonomie par rapport à la sphère politicienne ...
