Joint ownership by farmers and investors in the agri-food industry: an exploratory study of the limited cooperative association

Abstract Since the 1990s, producers of farm commodities have been attempting to enter value-added agri-food sectors by means of joint ownership of hybrid cooperatives. New generation cooperatives, characterized by substantial supply and equity requirements, inspired much farm producer optimism befor...

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Main Author: Jasper Grashuis
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2018-12-01
Series:Agricultural and Food Economics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40100-018-0118-0