Do farmers' professional cooperatives improve agricultural technical efficiency? Evidence using a national‐level dataset of China

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ID12614172
AuthorsMenglu Li (0000-0003-2426-0141, College of Management Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan Chengdu China), Shemei Zhang (College of Management Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan Chengdu China, corresponding author), Nawab Khan (0000-0002-4605-3875, College of Management Sichuan Agricultural University Sichuan Chengdu China)
Year2023
Volume95
Issue2
Pages363-383
Publication date2023-06-21
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAnnals of Public and Cooperative Economics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1370-4788 • E-ISSN: 1467-8292
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/apce.12437
OpenAlexW4381510787
LanguageEN
Citations received1
References cited45

This study examines the impact of farmers' professional cooperatives (FPCs) on agricultural technical efficiency (TE), using panel data from 30 provinces of China from 2015 to 2020 and the stochastic frontier function (SFF) method. The number of members of each cooperative, the proportion of demonstration cooperatives, and the proportion of standard cooperatives are introduced as proxy variables for the development level of FPCs. The results show that although the development of FPCs is imperfect, its development has a significant positive impact on improving China's agricultural TE. Through the continuous increase in the number of cooperative members and the vigorous promotion of standardized production, agricultural TE has been significantly improved. However, the construction of model cooperatives has not played a positive role but inhibited the growth of agricultural TE. It is suggested to expand the cooperative membership and promote standardized production. The government and policymakers should focus on improving the standardization level of cooperatives and the development quality of FPCs from the aspects of innovating cooperation models, standardizing internal governance, and giving full play to the synergistic effect of agricultural science and technology

Agricultural economics · Agricultural productivity · Agricultural science · Agriculture · Business · China · Corporate governance · Economic growth · Economics · Frontier · Government (linguistics · Microeconomics · Political science · Production (economics · Productivity · Promotion (chess · Proxy (statistics · Quality (philosophy · Standardization · Stochastic frontier analysis · Agricultural Innovations and Practices · Cooperative Studies and Economics · Efficiency Analysis Using DEA · Finance

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