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Contents
LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS 11
ABSTRACT 13
CHAPTER I. INTRODUCTION 15
1.1. Problem statement 15
1.2. Research objectives 17
1.3. Research questions 18
1.4. Statement of significance 19
1.5. Scope of the study 19
1.6. Definitions of determinants 20
1.7. Research methodology 21
1.8. Research process 22
CHAPTER II. LITERATURE REVIEW 23
2.1. Definition and aim of Agricultural Cooperatives 23
2.2. Type of Agricultural Cooperatives 26
2.3. History of Agricultural cooperatives 28
2.4. The principles of cooperatives 29
2.5. Agricultural cooperatives: a pillar of rural development and food security 30
2.6. Cooperatives and community development 32
2.7. The Potential Contribution of Cooperatives to Community Development 33
2.8. Conceptual framework 36
CHAPTER III. AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN SOUTH KOREA 38
3.1. Overview of the Korean Agricultural Cooperatives 38
3.2. Characteristics of Korean agricultural cooperatives 40
3.3. Impact of Agricultural Cooperatives on Korean Rural Development 43
CHAPTER IV. AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE IN SENEGAL 45
4.1. Overview of the agriculture sector in Senegal 45
4.2. History of Agricultural Cooperatives in Senegal 47
4.3. The evolution of the cooperative movement in Senegal 50
4.4. Analysis of the Agricultural Cooperatives in Senegal 55
4.5. Results of the survey 57
CHAPTER V. DISCUSSIONS AND REVITALIZATION OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN SENEGAL 66
5.1. Discussion on challenges in Senegal 66
5.2. Revitalization of agricultural cooperatives: Lessons from Korea 67
5.3. Implications of results 69
CHAPTER VI. CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 71
6.1. Conclusion 71
6.2. Recommendations 72
6.3. Limitations 74
6.4. Future research directions 74
REFERENCES 75
APPENDICES 79
APENDIX 1. Statement on the Co-operative Identity 79
APENDIX 2. Survey Questionnaire to farmers and agricultural cooperatives actors 81
요약 90
Table 1. Operational definitions 20
Table 2. Similarity between Joint marketing business corps and private farmers of... 41
Table 3. An incomplete list of the agricultural cooperatives in Senegal 49
Table 4. Summary of the evolution of the agricultural cooperatives in Senegal 54
Table 5. Background information of respondents 57
Table 6. Cooperative activities 59
Table 7. Contributions of ACs to Capital Assets 65
Figure 1. Research process 22
Figure 2. Conceptual framework for revitalization of Agricultural Cooperatives in... 37
Figure 3. Organizational structure of agricultural cooperative 39
Figure 4. Model of Korean type Agricultural cooperatives 40
Figure 5. Senegal GDP composition by sector 46
Figure 6. Senegal Agricultural situation 46
Figure 7. Number of times the agricultural cooperatives meet 58
Figure 8. Assessment of the Agricultural Cooperative Management Body 60
Figure 9. Challenges facing the Agricultural cooperatives 61
Figure 10. Benefits for joining the Agricultural Cooperatives 61
Figure 11. Respondents' satisfaction about living conditions after joining ACs 62
Figure 12. Respondents' views on whether cooperatives are most active in the... 63
Figure 13. Respondents' views on whether the ACs have increased the income 64
Figure 14. Top 5 cooperatives in the world 67