The. Impact of Rural Cooperatives on Marketing of Agricultural Products

With respect to the role and status of
cooperatives in harvesting, market supply and
eventually the development and improvement
of income and status level of farmers, the
performance of such cooperatives have to be
screened .and surveyed.
The major aim of this article is the estimation
of success and achievement level of such
cooperatives as regard to marketing
agricultural products, and diagnosing the
problems and impediments in this respect.
The qualitative improvement of agriculfural
prodvct and the income of fanners,
improvement and development of services and
agricultural product marketing requires a
strong linking vehicle which only the rural cooperatives
can afford to carry out this
critical task. Field research, interview of
responsible people of relevant organizations,
unions, rural cooperatives, data and
information gathering from other sources,
interview with farmers, and documenting all
the information for analysis have been used in
generating this article.