The Importance of Association for Smart, Sustainable and Inclusive Development of Rural Area

Daniela Trifan () and Daniela Ecaterina Zeca ()
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Daniela Trifan: Braicoop Agricultural Cooperative
Daniela Ecaterina Zeca: “Dunarea de Jos” University of Galati

Acta Universitatis Danubius. OEconomica, 2017, issue 13(1), 145-156

Abstract: The paper presents a case study on economic growth and improved results by association of small agrifarms. The study subject was BRAICOOP Agricultural Cooperative, founded in 2009, which bunching up farmers with less 6,000 ha surface area and now increased to 17 000 ha and more than 46 members. The paper emphasis advantages of association for practicing modern and scientific agriculture, and shows the benefits of applying technology on large, but optimal surfaces. Following the study, results that a maximum efficiency of production increased profits by over 40%. Adapting to the farmers' needs, an agrochemical analysis laboratory was founded under cooperative, in 2014. The present study reveals that so gathered farmers aware the importance of scientific approach based on technologies and analysis.

Keywords: cooperatives; economic efficiency; agricultural economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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