The Enlightenment for China by the Development of New Generation Cooperatives in North America

Abstract:

The development of farmer cooperatives in China which was an important form that led farmers to get rich and improve the competitiveness of China's agriculture has been lag behind, in 2007, Law of Chinese Farmer Cooperatives promoted the development of cooperatives in certain extent,, but compared to a new generation of cooperatives developed in North America 1970s, whether performance or the ability of service for members were far behind. Through report the successful experience of the development of new generation cooperatives in North America and sum up the useful enlightenment which could improve the development of farmer cooperatives in China, we should promote the development of farmer cooperatives in China better and faster by specific measures implementation.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 271-273)
• Pages: 868-871
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.271-273.868
• Online since: July 2011
• Authors: Yu Bo Ma, Sheng De Hu, Qing Ran Guo
• Keywords: Closed Membership System, Limited Liability Cooperatives, New Generation Cooperatives, Processing Value-Added Orientation

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DOI: 10.2307/1243337