The Future of Agriculture: Obstacles and Improvement Measures for Chinese Cooperatives to Achieve Sustainable Development

Yi Qu, Jing Zhang, Zhenning Wang, Xinning Ma, Guangcheng Wei and Xiangzhi Kong ()
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Yi Qu: Department of Marketing, Yantai Institute of China Agricultural University, Yantai 264670, China
Jing Zhang: Research Center for Rural Economy, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100810, China
Zhenning Wang: School of Law, Liaoning University, Shenyang 110036, China
Xinning Ma: School of Marxism, University of Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, Beijing 102445, China
Guangcheng Wei: School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China
Xiangzhi Kong: School of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Renmin University of China, Beijing 100872, China

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-22

Abstract: The Chinese government pays close attention to sustainable development and takes an active approach to strengthening and standardizing such development. As the organizational vehicle for China’s large population, cooperatives can organize 230 million small farmers to promote sustainable development. However, some scholars have raised concerns about Chinese cooperatives and questioned their role in promoting sustainable development. Based on a review of China’s government support policy, this study summarizes the development characteristics of nine cooperatives and summarizes issues from opposite aspects. Furthermore, this study also analyzes the basic situation of the Chinese government’s quality improvement pilot county initiative and draws conclusions about the best ways to achieve sustainable development. We also make some policy proposals on achieving the sustainable development of Chinese cooperatives.

Keywords: Chinese cooperatives; sustainable development; agriculture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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