جستجوی مقالات مرتبط با کلیدواژه "rural cooperatives" در نشریات گروه "کشاورزی"

Rural cooperatives are a suitable platform for increasing participation, creating employment and entrepreneurship, and realizing creativity and innovation among villagers. Besides the necessity of the existence and development of rural cooperatives, their geographical distribution and the benefit of all villages from the existence of cooperatives is also important. Therefore, the present study has investigated the spatial distribution of rural cooperatives in Guilan province. The research method is descriptive-analytical. To analyze the findings, the nearest neighbor average method, multi-distance spatial cluster analysis, central average, and standard deviation ellipse were used. The research results indicate that based on the nearest neighbor average and multi-distance spatial cluster analysis, the distribution pattern of rural cooperatives in Guilan province was clustered. Examining the map of the spots of villages with cooperatives in Guilan province also shows that these spots are mostly formed in the cities of Rasht, Bandar Anzali, and Talesh. Also, the distribution of many infrastructures is in the northwest-southeast direction. This way of spatial concentration can be mentioned in reasons such as the natural conditions of the northern and central regions of the province, proximity to big cities such as Rasht, Bandar Anzali, Fuman, Rudsar, etc. Also, access to more sale markets and better access ways can be of the reasons for locating cooperatives near these cities. In general, the need for a more balanced development of rural cooperatives in Guilan province is quite noticeable, and achieving this requires long-term planning as well as education and awareness.

Villages are extremely important in many developing nations. However, in today's world achieving rural development has become more challenging and complex. Since cooperatives possess the ability to mobilize local resources against crisis, they are suggested as a solution for enhancing social welfare and quality of life where agriculture is the primary economic activity. Nevertheless, the majority of rural cooperatives in Iran haven't experienced much success, and as a result, the current study was carried out to identify potential areas for cooperative development in rural areas and assess the level of covering these areas by existing cooperatives. This survey study used a researcher-made questionnaire that was completed by face-to-face interview method. The study's statistical population comprised the inhabitants of Savojbolagh County's rural settlements in Alborz province (115,096). G-Power software was used to calculate the study sample size (210 individuals). The data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential approaches, including Importance-Performance Analysis (IPA), coefficient of variation, and frequency. The findings led to the identification of 37 different types of fields for the development of cooperative activities in rural areas (include the agricultural and non-agricultural sector). The average importance of agricultural cooperatives (3.57) was higher than that of non-agricultural cooperatives (3.37). In the group of agricultural cooperatives, the field of processing had the largest gap between performance and importance (2.57). Based on the IPA analysis, area (a), or the concentration region, contains all of the identified fields.

The purpose of this research is to identify strategies for adapting extension trainings of rural cooperatives in Alborz province to the learning organization. This study was conducted based on mixed paradigm and using qualitative and quantitative methods. To collect data, face-to-face interview and brainstorming techniques were used in the qualitative part, and questionnaires were used in the quantitative part. The research participants in the qualitative part included 30 experts from rural cooperative companies using the snowball sampling method until the theoretical saturation of the data and in the quantitative part, 379 people were members of rural cooperatives. To identify the strategies of aligning the extension training with the learning organization strengths, weaknesses, threats and opportunities from the dimensions of shared vision, personal mastery, mental models, team learning and systems thinking in the form of three stages of open , axial and selective coding were identified. After identifying the internal and external factors, they were measured among the members of the cooperatives. Based on the results, the position of the cooperatives was placed in the third quarter, and the appropriate strategies for adapting the extension training to the learning organization, competitive strategies were determined. Using the quantitative strategic planning matrix, were prioritized, and action plane were presented to realize the desired strategies using brainstorming techniques and interviews. The planners of extension trainings of rural cooperatives can provide the necessary conditions for adapting the mentioned trainings to the functions of the learning organization, according to the strategies and action plane identified.

The main purpose of the research is to explain a model of the application of production jump components, removing obstacles in the empowerment of rural cooperatives in Kohgiluyeh and Boyerahmad province.

Methodology/approach:

The current research is of the hybrid-alignment type. In the qualitative part, 10 experts of the cooperatives were selected using the targeted sampling method. In the quantitative part of the research method, it is a survey and 249 members of the cooperatives were selected by simple random sampling.

The results of the theme analysis identified 6 main components of the production jump-removal of obstacles: social, economic, political-legal, managerial, educational, infrastructural indicators. The results of the structural equations showed that managerial-organizational indicators with a standard coefficient of 0.220 have the greatest impact; And legal-political indicators with a standard coefficient of 0.125 have the least impact on the empowerment of rural cooperatives. Therefore, it is possible to improve the performance of this sector by creating obstacles and paying attention to production indicators in the cooperative sector.

In previous researches, factors affecting the success and performance of cooperatives were repeatedly discussed. In this research, while taking into account the indicators identified in previous researches, specifically, the indicators of production jump-obstacles in the light of the statements of the supreme leader of the revolution and the second step of the extraction revolution and their role in empowering rural cooperatives have been studied. The method and results of this research are innovative.

The formation and expansion of rural cooperative companies is one of the most important policies and strategies for the development of the agricultural sector and the rural society of Iran in the last half century. Therefore, considering the role that rural cooperative companies can have in this regard, the present research was conducted with the aim of identifying the barriers to the development of rural cooperative companies in Urmia city. This research is applied in terms of purpose and analytical-exploratory in terms of methodology and has a qualitative-quantitative approach. The statistical population consisted of two groups. The first group was experts and experts in rural cooperative affairs, which was conducted with 15 people using a targeted sampling method. The second group of managers and members of the board of directors of rural cooperative companies in Urmia city in 2021 were 120 people, and due to the limited statistical population, the census method was used to collect information. Collecting and collecting data and information was done in the form of documents and field. Data analysis was done using exploratory factor analysis technique and with the help of Spss22 software. The results of the research showed that the barriers to the development of rural cooperative companies in Urmia city were classified in the form of seven social-cultural factors, structural, economic, managerial, political, organizational-supportive and service characteristics, and the first factor is called cultural. - Social and by explaining 11.41% of the variance changes, it was introduced as the most important factor, which is the low professional knowledge of the cooperative members, the differences in the amount of members and cooperative elements, the low spirit of responsibility among the cooperative members, including The variables located in this factor were Based on the obtained results, the problems summarized in seven factors explained about 62% of the total variance changes. According to the results of the research, it is suggested to raise the awareness of the members through holding empowerment workshops regarding the nature and function of cooperatives, principled and realistic planning based on the needs of cooperatives .

This study aimed to present the framework of rural cooperative development antecedents.

The approach of the present research is mixed, based on the applied purpose and exploratory in terms of data collection. The statistical population in both of qualitative and quantitative stages include experts in the field of agriculture and rural cooperatives, including managers and experts of rural cooperatives as well as managers and active members of rural cooperatives. The sampling method is purposive in qualitative stage and convenient in the quantitative stage. In the qualitative stage, semi-structured interview tools were used and the interviews continued until the theoretical saturation (26 people) was reached and theme analysis technique has also been used to analyze the data. In the quantitative stage, a questionnaire was used to collect data so that 40 questionnaires were distributed among the statistical sample and the weighted average technique was used to prioritize the topics.

Findings show that the development background of rural cooperatives can be classified into four general dimensions: individual-cognitive development, inclusive institutional development, multiple capacity building and endogenous synergy. As a result and based on the research findings, the most important preconditions for the development of rural cooperatives include thirteen components: psychological development, collaborative space development, performance management, empowerment, institutional-government development, awareness and education, financial support, infrastructure-technical capability, systems upgrading, marketing and sales, supply chain management, local development And knowledge of the interior and surroundings.

Previous studies mainly in the field of pathology of rural cooperatives.

 The use of e-commerce technology in the cooperative sector can improve the situation of job creation and income gains in rural cooperatives, leading to economic growth and development. Based on this, the current research aims to identify and prioritize the criteria of this technology in creating entrepreneurial opportunities in rural cooperatives.

 In this research, 36 components of entrepreneurial opportunities were identified based on literature review, and finally, they were refined using the opinion of 30 experts using the Fuzzy Delphi method. After the refining process, 23 selected components were evaluated and ranked through the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) using Expert Choice 11 software. At this stage, based on the Krejcie-Morgan table, 127 experts were selected from 200 cooperatives.

The results showed that the dimensions of creating entrepreneurial opportunities include commercial opportunities, organizational opportunities, social opportunities, economic opportunities, and technological opportunities, and the sub-components of each of them were weighted. Based on the results of the research, the local model in the cooperative sector is proposed in order to recognize and exploit the entrepreneurial opportunities of e-commerce technology.

By identifying the entrepreneurial opportunities of e-commerce in rural cooperatives, this study has provided a framework that helps to increase the efficiency of these institutions and improve the livelihood of members through orientation to new job opportunities.

The aim of this study was to identify the opportunities of agricultural production businesses in the rural cooperatives of Ilam province. In this study, the Delphi method was used. The target population of this study includes; employees working in the Agricultural Jihad Organization of Ilam province and cities, employees working in the management of rural cooperatives of the province and cities, CEO and board of directors of the union and rural cooperatives, board of agricultural experts and the trade union system of Ilam province. A total of 110 people were selected as experts using purposive sampling method. The main tools of the study are interviews and semi-structured and structured questionnaires that were designed in three rounds. To analyze the Delphi stages, the statistical indices of mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation were used to determine the degree of consensus of the participants using SPSS software. The results showed that cases such as; Development of mushroom production and problem solving, development of native poultry production, development of honey production and problem solving of honey treatment, development of medicinal plants, development of livestock breeding (sheep, lamb and goat) and development of city gardens such as grapes and pomegranates and fruits and products market Garden, are some of the opportunities are available in all counties.

Rural cooperatives play an important role in increasing the cultural, social and economic partnerships of the rural population and by improving the provision of services in the field of providing basic necessities and livelihoods of farmers provide the basis for improving the income and employment of farmers. In this regard, the purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of financial ratios on the profitability of 36 active rural cooperatives in Sistan and Baluchestan province in the period 2016-2019 using the GLS method. Findings show that the instantaneous ratio has a negative and significant effect on the company's profitability in the rural cooperative company, liquidity is low and the company should be managed in a recession and a sudden increase in the price of agricultural inputs and basic goods provide the conditions to receive their claims in the shortest possible time. The effect of current debt to equity ratio on profitability has been negative and significant due to the growth of short-term debt, which leads to a decrease in working capital of the company and thus reduces the company's profitability, while the ratio of total debt to equity has a positive effect. And has had a significant impact on the profitability of rural cooperatives That is, most of the company's capital is provided by shareholders and the cost of loan interest is reduced and the company's profitability increases. Finally the ratio of total asset turnover has a positive and significant effect on the profitability of rural cooperatives.

The aim of this study was to identify the opportunities of agricultural production businesses in the rural cooperatives of Ilam province. This study is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative research in terms of research method. In this study, the Delphi method was used. The target population of this study includes; employees working in the Agricultural Jihad Organization of Ilam province and cities, employees working in the management of rural cooperatives of the province and cities, CEO and board of directors of the union and rural cooperatives, board of agricultural experts and the trade union system of Ilam province. A total of 110 people were selected as experts using purposive sampling method. The main tools of the study are interviews and semi-structured and structured questionnaires that were designed in three rounds. To analyze the Delphi stages, the statistical indices of mean, standard deviation and coefficient of variation were used to determine the degree of consensus of the participants using SPSS software. The results showed that cases such as; creating markets for livestock and agricultural inputs, collecting and packaging livestock oil in the region, establishing a village store (direct supply of agricultural products in cooperation with rural cooperatives) and establishing a specialized store for agricultural tools and inputs are some of the opportunities are available in all counties.

Today, the issue of cooperation and togetherness is very important and necessary considering the current situation in the Sistan region.The Sistan region suffers from problems such as unemployment, lack of sustainable employment and frequent droughts.Considering the importance of the issue, the purpose of this study was to identify and prioritize the obstacles and problems of cooperatives in the villages of Sistan region. In this regard, 20 questionnaires based on 68 options and 13 indicators were developed by experts of the General Department of Cooperatives, Labor and Social Welfare of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Rural Cooperatives of Sistan and Baluchestan Province, Zahedan city insurance offices and professors of Sistan and Baluchestan University.For this purpose, the gray theory technique (GRA) and GRA solver 2015 software were used to extract the results. Based on the results, the most important obstacles and problems of cooperatives in Sistan region are: According to the results, the most important obstacles and problems of cooperatives in Sistan region are: Lack of liquidity to provide working capital. with a weight of 0.615, which is in the first priority. Also, the lack of a suitable cultural context to promote the spirit of cooperation. with a weight of 0.597 is the second priority. On the other hand, the lack of familiarity of university graduates with the structure and method of activity in the cooperative company and the lack of counseling centers to guide and solve the unemployment problems of cooperative companies is in the third priority with a weight of 0.594.

Companies have become increasingly aware of the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) vital role in global competition and have come to the conclusion that they must not only focus on the production of goods and services, but also make decisions that are ethically and socially accepted by all stakeholders. One of the most important aspects of CSR is responsibility for the environment. However, there is still exist a gap in CSR studies on factors that influencing Environmental Corporate Social Responsibility (ECSR). Accordingly, the purpose of the manuscript was to identify factors affecting the ECSR activities in Kayaran’s rural cooperatives. The statistical population included cooperatives members at Kamyaran township (N= 14100). Form these, 358 persons were selected as sample using proportional assignment random sampling method. The made questioner was used ton data gathering which its content and structure reliability, and its validity arrangement confirmed by exploratory factor analysis (KMO= 0.961, p= 0.00) and Cronbach's alpha (α= 0.81-0.91). Results of explanatory factor analysis showed that four factors including of “support, guidance and monitoring strategy”, “Psychological and structural legitimacy and empowerment”, “Endogeneity and Extroversion”, and “participatory mechanism” explaining about 66% of variance of cooperatives social responsibility to pro-environmental activities.

The privatization process is an approach to the gradual access to a market mechanism whereby Countries with interventionist governments transfer part of ownership to individuals sector. In this study, factors affecting individuals motivation for companeis privatization and their sub-factors interpretation were investigated using Logit model. The required data were collected from the study through 250 questionnaires with Cokran formula and in-person interviews with public and private sector employers and graduates in Torbat Heydariyeh city in 2019 using the classified random method. The results showed that creating competitiveness and increasing applied training are the factors effecting privatization from the viewpoint of public sector employers. Increasing applied training, improving leadership style and increasing motivation in employers are factors effecting privatization from the perspective of private sector employers, and creating competitiveness, creativity and applied training have a significant effect from the perspective of graduates. Also, regarding the study of the factors affecting applied education from the perspective of public and private sector employees, learner motivation and readiness, efficiency and effectiveness of courses and the order and regulations of courses have a positive and significant effect. Given the importance of the role of applied education in motivating the privatization of rural cooperatives, it is suggested by creating incentives, the necessary motivation and preparation for learning is created in the employees and quality and orderly privatization training courses are held for the employees of cooperative companies.

Expansions of distribution and sales networks as well as diversification of domestic suppliers and diversified supply methods and also, price fluctuations make purchasing process complex and cost management necessary. The main purpose of this study is to investigate the financial performance of rural cooperatives network of Guilan province after implementation of centralized agricultural purchase and sale plan. This research is applied in terms of purpose, descriptive-analytical in terms of research method and the documentary method of data collection is also used. In order to fulfill the research objectives, the financial information of 91 cooperative units was studied and analyzed over a seven-year period from 2011 to 2016. The research methodology is a post-event type (using past information). Due to the panel nature of the data, panel regression and Eviews software were used for statistical analysis. The results showed that the ratio of debt to asset or financial leverage, size of cooperative, cooperative loans, and dummy variable for mentioned plan implementation had an indirect (negative) effect on cooperative ROE during the understudy period. Meanwhile, the negative effect of leverage, size and loans was statistically significant at the five, one and one percent levels, respectively. Also, during the study period, cooperative capital, cooperative sales, cooperative current ratio and cooperative futures ratio had a direct (positive) and statistically significant effect on ROE at one percent level.

The aim of this study was to identify the educational needs of managingdirectors of rural cooperatives in the field of entrepreneurship management bysurvey method. The statistical population of the study consisted of themanaging directors of rural cooperatives and training experts of cooperativeoffices in Mazandaran province. A total of 183 managing directors ofcooperatives and 54 experts of cooperative offices in Mazandaran provincewere surveyed by census method. The face and content validity of the researchtool was confirmed by experts and professors in the field of entrepreneurship.The reliability of the research instrument was confirmed using Cronbach's alphain the range (0.77 to 0.98). This research was conducted in two stages: first, theeducational needs of managing directors were determined from their own pointof view and then from the point of view of experts using a questionnaire basedon the Burich model. In the second stage, in order to determine the level ofagreement between the managing directors of cooperatives and expertsregarding their educational needs, the quadrant model was used. The resultsshowed that the dimensions of financial management and strategic managementwere identified as priority training needs of managing directors of ruralcooperatives in the field of entrepreneurial management and were prioritized intraining programs. It is necessary to provide theoretical and practical training inaccordance with the priorities in accordance with each need in order toultimately promote the entrepreneurial management characteristics of themanaging directors and provide the ground for the growth and development ofcooperatives in the market.

Since rural cooperatives play an important role in rural economic development, their performance evaluation is of great importance as well. Accordingly, the main objective of this research was to evaluate the technical efficiency of the rural cooperatives in Sistan and Baluchestan province of Iran, using the Fuzzy Data Envelopment Analysis (FDEA) technique and compare it with the classical DEA method. For this purpose, the required data of 52 rural cooperatives operating in the studied province in 2016.were collected and analyzed. The indicators used in this study included three inputs (i.e. capital, current costs, and number of vendors) and one output (i.e. profit). The study results showed that there were three efficient rural cooperatives identified in FDEA model while nine ones in the classical DEA method were found efficient; in addition, the mean efficiency score was evaluated 55 percent in the traditional DEA method while 32 percent in FDEA method, indicating low efficiency rates for the rural cooperatives in both methods though the FDEA method had a higher resolution. Therefore, as suggested by the study, comparing inefficient and efficient companies could provide a suitable platform for better utilization of resources so as to improve the technical efficiency of companies.

In the complex and dynamic world of today, without enough attention to organizational entrepreneurship, we can not achieve to growth and development indicators in the economic realm. Because organizational entrepreneurship is a strategic and acquiring process that organizations by choosing the right model, lead to its sustainable development. The purpose of this study is to explain the indicators and select the appropriate entrepreneurship model. The research method is descriptive survey and the statistical population is the managers of rural cooperatives in South Khorasan province. Data gathering tool: library studies and a questionnaire that has been done through Analytical Hierarchy Process ( AHP). Expert Choice software (EC) is used to analyze the collected data. The results of this research show that the ranking of indices are: behavioral, culture, entrepreneurial, structural, Background, individual characteristics and entrepreneurial skills and the patterns are respectively Sahlman, Antonic & Hisrich, Bulut & Alpkan, Lampkin & Dess, Echols & Neck, Ahmad Pour Dariani and Kooratko & others.

The institutional capacity of cooperatives is the main component that determines the ability of rural cooperatives in adapting to the changes that occur, also in order to meet needs of the their members and clients.The purpose of this research was an assessment of institutional capacity of rural co-operatives in Sari county. This applied research was carried out using survey research method. The statistical population of this research were consisted of the all members of the 14 rural cooperatives in Sari county (N = 18812), of which 230 were selected using cluster sampling technique. A researcher-made questionnaire was used to collect data. The validity of the questionnaire was determined based on experts view and reliability was confirmed based on Cronbach's alpha coefficient for different scales (from 0.73 to 0.92). The results of assessment institutional capacity components in cooperatives indicated that the component of resource access development were in very low level, components of institutional learning and innovation and institutional quality were in low level, and the components of institutional effectiveness and efficiency institutional communication and integration were in the average level. According to the correlation matrix, there is a positive and significant relationship between the components of institutional capacity. The results of path analysis showed that institutional effectiveness and effectiveness were directly influenced by institutional quality, resource access development, institutional learning and innovation, institutional communication and integration.