Lecture 10
Lecture 10
AGRICULTURAL COOPERATION –
MEANING, BRIEF HISTORY OF
COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT IN
INDIA, OBJECTIVES, PRINCIPLES
OF COOPERATION, SIGNIFICANCE
OF COOPERATIVES IN INDIAN
AGRICULTURE
Meaning of co-operation
Co-operation is voluntary association of
persons for achieving a common goal.
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Definition
According to Huber Calvert “Co-operation is a
form of organization, where in persons
voluntarily associate together on the basis of
equality for the promotion of common economic
interest of themselves”
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10. Principle of honorary service
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1. Better Farming
It means helping the farmer to realize a better
production in the farm business through
adoption of requisite technology.
The farmers’ objective of achieving higher
production and productivity will be realized
only when the resources are available in
adequate quantities and at right time.
For this necessary capital for the farmer also
should be provided by institutional agencies at
right time. 16
2. Better Business
Farmers should get a better deal in buying the
inputs as well as disposing the products.
The efforts of the farmer will be fruitful only when
an efficient marketing system is accessible to him.
Farmers as a group enjoy better bargaining power
when compared individually.
Hence co-operatives should provide inputs needed
by the farmers at reasonable rates and arrange for
the disposal of produce at favourable prices.
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3. Better Living
This implies that the cooperative societies should
supply consumer goods to the consumers at
reasonable rates.
This helps the consumers to pay less than what they
pay in open market.
A good and successful cooperative help in preventing
marketing middlemen (as minimum as possible)
especially private traders from taking undue
advantage.
Thus co-operatives help in getting favorable prices to
producers for their products and providing the same18
products for consumers at reasonable prices.
History of Cooperative
Movement in India
Pre-Independence Era
Post – Independence Era
Pre-Independence Era:
The cooperative movement in India
during pre-independence era can be
divided in to four phases viz.,
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Initiation phase (1904-
1911)
The revolts found in Poona and Ahemadnagar areas of Maharashtra
attracted the attention of government. Immediately the
government passed three acts viz.,