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An Assessment of Performance Effectiveness of Agricultural Cooperatives in Egypt: Case Study of Nubariya District

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Agriculture and rural economy interactions

Abstract

Egypt has a long history with consumer and producer cooperatives that dates to the late 1950s and till today. Both types of cooperatives are government-owned and operated. While consumer cooperatives evolved smoothly over the years with a significant improvement in effectiveness with the economy gradually switching to a complete market system, producer cooperatives suffer from lack of effectiveness. Farmers complaints about lack of effectiveness of the agricultural cooperatives is a popular debate in Egypt. 
The main objective of this study is to quantity an effectiveness measure taking into consideration the points of views of the farmers and the cooperative managers. The agricultural cooperatives located in Nasr Canal Command Area of New Nubariya of Egypt are surveyed via personal interviews.  Six cooperative managers and two hundred farmers are interviewed face to face.  In assessing effectiveness, the study has extended and modified the Robert Elkin and Mark Molitor model. The effectiveness measure modifications resulted in having a measure of the organization's degree of effectiveness of agricultural cooperatives through the estimation of four indicators: capital (four items), human resources (four items), administrative (four items), and the cooperative objectives fulfillment (fifteen items). Results show overall effectiveness levels below average with ratios of 42.81% and 46.92% for farmers and managers, respectively. The organizational and administrative indicator being the weakest from the farmers perspective.  Cooperative managers cited that the indicators of human resources and capital resources to be the weakest. Both the farmers and the managers commonly conformed that the indicator of the cooperative goals fulfillment to occupy first place in impacting effectiveness.                     
 

DOI

10.21608/asejaiqjsae.2023.317324

Keywords

Producer Cooperatives, performance effectiveness, Egypt’s Newlands

Authors

First Name

Basma

Last Name

Saad

MiddleName

Hassan

Affiliation

Assistant Professor, Rural Development Department, Alexandria University, Egypt

Email

basmahassank@gmail.com

City

Alexandria

Orcid

0000000343407356

First Name

Diaa

Last Name

El-Ansary

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Professor, Pomology Department, Alexandria University, Egypt

Email

diaaagri@hotmail.com

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Orcid

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First Name

Sherin

Last Name

Sherif

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-

Affiliation

Professor, Economics and Agribusiness Department, Alexandria University, Egypt

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sherin.sherif@alexu.edu.eg

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Volume

44

Article Issue

3

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42489

Issue Date

2023-09-01

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2023-08-15

Publish Date

2023-09-30

Page Start

473

Page End

487

Print ISSN

1110-0176

Online ISSN

2536-9784

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ASEJAIQJSAE_Volume 44_Issue 3_Pages 473-487.pdf

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https://asejaiqjsae.journals.ekb.eg/article_317324.html

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Alexandria Science Exchange Journal

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An Assessment of Performance Effectiveness of Agricultural Cooperatives in Egypt: Case Study of Nubariya District

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23 Dec 2024