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DO POLICY MEASURES IMPACT THE POSITION AND PERFORMANCE OF FARMERS' COOPERATIVES IN THE EU?
Author(s) -
BRUSSELAERS Jan,
POPPE Krijn,
AZCARATE Tomas Garcia
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
annals of public and cooperative economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.526
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1467-8292
pISSN - 1370-4788
DOI - 10.1111/apce.12050
Subject(s) - position (finance) , business , european commission , strengths and weaknesses , agriculture , common agricultural policy , commission , agricultural policy , european union , economic policy , finance , ecology , philosophy , epistemology , biology
The European Commission wants to create a favourable policy environment for supporting the establishment and development of farmers’ cooperatives and other producer organizations. This paper – for the first time – presents the results of an effectiveness measurement of the existing support measures for farmers’ cooperatives throughout the EU (in eight agricultural sectors). More in particular, it is investigated whether the cooperatives market share is positively or negatively influenced by policy measures. The study identifies general trends, strengths, and weaknesses among the policy measures applied in the EU and the cooperatives’ performance.