欠发达地区农村信用社股份制改革难点及对策建议--以吉林省松原市为例

近几年,农村信用社股份制改革全面进行,在管理体制、运行机制、产权制度、公司治理和队伍素质等方面取得了一定进展,对于提高金融服务,促进地方经济发展起到了积极作用。但在欠发达地区,农村信用社股份制改革仍面临许多问题亟待解决。     

广东农民专业合作社的发展特点和主要问题

总结了广东农民专业合作社的发展特点和存在的主要问题,并提出今后一个时期推动广东省农民专业合作社发展应当铭记的原则。     

对辽源农民专业合作社发展及融资状况的调查

农民专业合作社在推动农村经济发展,、提高农民收入等方面起到积极的作用,但农民合作社在发展过程中还存在诸多问题和难点。本文就辽源地区农民专业合作社发展情况以及融资情况进行了调查和研究,并依此提出发展农民合作社的相关建议。     

对农民专业合作社融资问题的调查与思考--以吉林省吉林市为例

近年来,农民专业合作社作为新型农业经营主体已成为促进农业经济转型、农民增产增收的主体力量,是国家“三农”扶持政策的重要载体,也是金融机构创新授信模式和开拓农村市场的重要平台。据调查显示,农民专业合作社尽管处在不断发展阶段,但其融资需求迫切,融资难、融资贵等问题依然存在。本文以吉林省吉林市为例,介绍了吉林市合作社发展及融资基本情况,分析了制约合作社融资的主要因素,进而提出对策建议。     

The socio-economic impact of certification schemes in conflict-affected regions: The case of arabica coffee in the Eastern DRC

The paper investigates the benefits of certification of cooperatives in conflict-affected areas. We study whether and how certification may contribute to attenuate the impact of conflicts on the members of coffee cooperatives in the Eastern DRC. We use an inverse probability weighted difference-in-difference approach to study data collected between December 2017 and October 2019 from four NGO-supported cooperatives. Two of these cooperatives got organic certification in 2018, of which one got an additional Small Producers Symbol (SPP) certification in 2018. Certified cooperatives allow Arabica coffee producers to access markets and buffer against drops in market prices. Results indicate that certified cooperatives were better able to resist the international price drop than non-certified cooperatives and the alternative informal markets. The results also suggest that certified cooperative members increased their sales to the cooperative instead of turning to informal side-selling. We find a decrease in reported food deficits by the members of certified cooperatives and an increase in the importance of coffee in their household's income. We conclude that certification is an effective way forward for smallholder coffee producers and cooperatives in unstable regions.     

Cooperative governance under increasing member diversity: Towards a new theoretical framework

In advancing the notion of stakeholder capitalism, the great reset of management and organization theory must address governance implications of stakeholder heterogeneity. The paper contributes to this task by focusing on the governance of agricultural cooperatives whose members often have heterogeneous preferences. The key novel idea is to conceptualize cooperative governance in the light of the proposed distinction between the core and peripheral activities of cooperatives. While core activities are based on members’ truly common interests, peripheral activities include all else. This approach allows tracing governance challenges of agricultural cooperatives back to the inflation of peripheral activities. Based on this approach, cooperative managers and members are advised to minimize these activities and to draw clear boundaries between core and periphery.