 Restructured agricultural cooperative marketing system in Uganda: study of the Tripartite Cooperative ModelNana Afranaa Kwapong No 1357, Euricse Working Papers from Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises) Abstract: The study focused on describing and analysing the integrated approach to agricultural cooperative marketing in Uganda: the tripartite cooperative model. It was found that structural changes and successful growth have been achieved within the agricultural cooperative marketing system. This model promoted complementarity of services by combining farmers access to financial services through Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs), and marketing services through Rural Producer Organisations (RPOs) and Area Cooperative Enterprises (ACEs). Results of the study showed that the tripartite cooperative model focused on measures to promote financially autonomous and viable cooperatives, member participation and empowerment. The model has achieved success by linking farmers to profitable markets and granting them access to financial services. The model did, however, face challenges in the form of members no fully participating in cooperative activities and members side-selling. Keywords: Cooperatives; Area Cooperative Enterprises (ACEs); Rural Producer Organisations (RPOs); Savings and Credit Cooperative Organisations (SACCOs); Uganda (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:trn:utwpeu:1357 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Euricse Working Papers from Euricse (European Research Institute on Cooperative and Social Enterprises) Contact information at EDIRC. |
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