A Study on Taris Raisins Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union That in Currently Restructuring Process and The Relations Between The Cooperatives and The Grower Members

Authors : Osman Murat KOÇTÜRK, Necdet ÖZBİLGİN

Pages : 26-30

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Publication Date : 2003-12-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :The aim of this study is to examine activities of TARIS Raisins Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union before and during restructuring process in general and to explore the developments on the relations between the cooperatives and the grower members. In collecting data quota sampling method was used in the research area. Before and during the restructuring process, there have been considareble changes both on the number of coop-members and on the number of people employed by the cooperatives and affilated plants and warehouses. From 1997/98 to 2001/02 there has been a 20 % decline in the number of coop-members. In the same era, a 47.7 % reduction have occured in the number of the staff and workers employed by the Union of Raisins Agricultural Sales Cooperatives and affilated plants and warehouses. While there has been a decline in the product sale promise by the growers to the cooperatives, after the year 2000, there has been an increase in the ratio of the product consignments and promises relatively. In assessing the relations between the cooperatives and the grower members, nearly 90 % of the growers have declared that the most important reason for being a coop-member is to get access to the inputs they need and to have a stabile market for their products. However, 39 % of the growers have stated that they have no idea on the deduction of capital share when they have delivered their products to the cooperatives. In employing personnel in the cooperatives, the growers prefer to do so by the Management Committee of the Union insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(59 %);, State insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(14.7 %); and the Directors of the Local Cooperative Associations insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(12.6 %); respectively. Additionally, the findings show that the greater majority of the growers have not participated in a cooperation and/or professional course.
Keywords : Üzüm Tarim Satis Kooperatifleri Birligi, yeniden yapilanma, kooperatif ortak iliskileri