Current Development of Farmers’ Professional Cooperatives in Fujian Province of China

Abstract

Farmer cooperatives is a new type of agricultural production and operation mode formed through the voluntary organization, management and cooperation of farmers. With the support of reinforced national policy in China, the number of famer cooperatives increases rapidly, however, there are inherent deficiencies in cooperatives under rural social environment. Concept, talent, technology, capital and other factors constrain the development of cooperatives. Regarding to standardized management, operational effectiveness and scale size, cooperatives still have problems and shortcomings. In the cooperative operation, the director-general has a central position in the cooperative and play key roles in decision-making and management. Here, the characteristics of development in farmers’ professional cooperatives in Fujian province was analyzed, and influencing factors were discussed. Our research may provide an overview of farmers’ professional cooperatives in Fujian province and clues for counteracting shortcomings in development.