[EN] All agri-food cooperatives share common interests, irrespective of their geographical borders, which should encourage them to undertake inter-cooperation processes as well as to set up transnational cooperatives. This ...
Piñeiro, Verónica; Martinez Gomez, Victor David; Melia-Marti, Elena; García Alvarez-Coque, José María(Elsevier, 2021-05)
[EN] In several Spanish regions, collective action through production and marketing cooperatives has traditionally concentrated the food supply of small and medium-sized farms. However, many cooperatives are threatened by ...
[EN] This dataset presents data collected from joint cropland management practices survey in agri-food cooperatives of Mediterranean Spanish Regions. The objective was to examine to what extent cooperatives offer joint ...
García Alvarez-Coque, José María; Piñeiro, Verónica(Wiley, 2022-08)
[EN] Land abandonment and the lack of generational renewal in farming are serious issues in European agriculture with social, environmental and economic implications. This article reports on the recent experiences of joint ...
[EN] Mergers have played a relevant role in the business development of many agri-food cooperatives and have led to the consolidation of large cooperative groups which are leaders in their respective business sectors. ...
[EN] In agri-food cooperatives, heterogeneity and opportunism among their members are issues that must be solved in order to develop appropriate strategies and gather necessary investments. We propose a model where willingness ...