production cooperative

Rural Production cooperative in the rural community plays an important role in the reproduction of the benefits of the agricultural sector. Improving human participation, reduce risk and cost of public investment in the production. Playing such a role requires attention to a variety of capitals in the Production cooperatives. Since production cooperatives are the places to be filled with the spirit of harmony unity, trust and partnership, attention to social is very important. Purpose of study was Studying the role of social capital in the functions of rural production cooperative of Negin-e-Sabz Choram county. The population was 650 members the sampling method was proportional random sampling the validity of questionnaire was achieved by a panel of experts and its reliability assessed by using Cranach’s alpha coefficient. The result of stepwise regression analysis indicated that participation, awareness and trust 40.2 percent of functions of rural production cooperative. To improve performance of rural production cooperative, attention .to component of social capital is suggested.

The purpose of this research is to investigate the role of the transparency of government and cooperative duties on the success of production cooperatives in the five watersheds of Khuzestan province. This research is a descriptive-correlation type that was conducted using a survey method. The statistical population of the research included members of active production cooperatives within the scope of irrigation and drainage networks which using Morgan's table and after determining the sample size (361) of the operators who are members of the production cooperatives, they were randomly selected. The tool used for data collection was a questionnaire whose face validity was confirmed by a panel of experts and a guide test was also conducted to check its reliability. The findings of this research show that the examination of the correlation relationship between the dependent variable and the independent variables of the research showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between the independent variables of the transparency of the duties of the government and cooperatives with the dependent variable of cooperative production success. Also, the responsibilities of production cooperatives from the point of view of the users in four categories of operation and protection of the irrigation and drainage network, the responsibility of the production cooperative and the responsibility of the agricultural jihad need to be clarified, and the protection and operation of the irrigation network is the most important responsibility from the point of view of the users. Therefore, it is suggested that the responsibility of protecting and exploiting the irrigation network be given to the production cooperatives first, and then, by building the capacity and empowering the users, other responsibilities should be given.

Cooperatives can be one of the most effective ways to solve rural problems, because it allows small farmers to increase their production, reduce production costs and earn more income by forming cooperatives. The present study aimed to investigate the rural production cooperatives of Zanjan province and the role of these cooperatives in solving rural problems. The research is applied in terms of purpose and analytical in terms of descriptive nature. The required data were collected using field method (questionnaire, observation and interview). The statistical population of the study is villages that have a rural cooperative company. The sample size was obtained using the Cochran's formula of 330 rural farming families. To design the questionnaire, three social indicators in the form of 18 indicators, economic indicators in the form of 12 indicators and environmental indicators in the form of 13 indicators were used. The reliability of the questionnaire was obtained through Cronbach's alpha 627. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) and structural equations (SEM) were used in AMOS GRAPHICS and SPSS software environment. The results of structural equation analysis showed that the economic index in rural development with an impact factor of 0.53 had the highest impact and the social index with an impact factor of 0.22 had the lowest impact in rural development. In the social index, the factor of "psychological and motivational", in the economic index, the factor of "access to services and market management" and in the environmental index, the factor of "correct human management" gained the most importance and impact on rural development for rural people.