%0 Journal Article
%T Factors influencing the success of animal husbandry cooperatives: A case study in Southwest Iran
%A Hossein Azadi
%A Gholamhossein Hosseininia
%A Kiumars Zarafshani
%A Aligholi Heydari
%J Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics
%D 2010
%I Kassel University Press
%X This survey study aimed at identifying the factors influencing the success of animal husbandry cooperatives in Southwest Iran. Using a questionnaire, the data were collected from 95 managing directors of the cooperatives who were chosen through a multi-stage stratified random sampling method. This study showed an essential need for a systemic framework to analyze the cooperatives¡¯ success. The results showed that the ¡°Honey Bee¡±, ¡°Cattle (dairy)¡±, and ¡°Lamb¡± cooperatives were the most successful among different kinds of the cooperatives. Also, among individual attributes, ¡°interest¡±, ¡°technical knowledge¡±, and ¡°understanding the concept of cooperative¡±; among economic variables, ¡°income¡± and ¡°current investment¡±; and among external factors, ¡°market access¡± have significant correlation with the success while structural variables have no significant relation. Furthermore, among all the factors, four variables (¡°interest¡±, ¡°understanding the concept of cooperative¡±, ¡°market access¡±, and ¡°other incomes¡±) can explain the variations of the success.
%K agricultural cooperative
%K animal husbandry
%K success
%K Southwest Iran
%U http://www.jarts.info/index.php/jarts/article/view/2010091334568/129