Specialized Cooperative Economic Organization of Farmers： Problems and Suggestions

I. IntroductionIn the near future, China’s agricultural and rural economy will face the fact that under thefundamental system of family contract and responsibility, small-scale farming householdscoexist with the modern economy. Confronted with the drastically competitive andchangeable market, the weaknesses of individual small farms have gradually emerged.These weaknesses include: too small a scale, little access to information, low level ofspecialization, low level techniques and low econom…

Specialized Cooperative Economic Organization of Farmers: Problems and Suggestions

This article analyses the problems of the specialized cooperative economic organizations offarmers in their development process. These problems are: excessive interference by localgovernments; low service capacity at the operating level; administrative and managementconfusion resulting from the lack of status as a legal entity, with rules and regulations. It issuggested that the relevant laws and regulations concerning these organizations beestablished as soon as possible, giving them a legal identification; that the regulations andorganizational structure be perfected; that support be increased and the financial situationof the specialized cooperative economic organizations of farmers be improved.