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

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. Introduction Farmer cooperatives is a new type of agricultural production and operation mode formed through the voluntary organization, management and cooperation of farmers. According to the Provincial Administration for Industry and Commerce, the number of cooperatives and the number of members in Fujian increased by more than 30% per year between 2010 and 2015. This not only reflects the economic benefits for the members of cooperatives but also shows that many cooperatives are quite young. As a result, there are problems in terms of immaturity and noncompliance, which have adverse effects on the business operations of cooperatives in the long run. Here, the characteristics of development in farmers’ professional cooperatives in Fujian province was analyzed, and influencing factors were discussed. Characteristics of Development in Farmers’ Professional Cooperatives in Fujian Province Diversification in services provided by farmers’ professional cooperatives Grassroots farmers’ professional cooperatives in Fujian utilize local resources to develop specialty agriculture. Services have gradually expanded from an earlier model focused on a single agricultural operational service to a supply chain model involving production, supply, and sales. The previously loose organizational structures of cooperatives have also increasingly scaled up and become formalized. The survey showed that cooperatives in Fujian have a wide scope of operations in a number of areas, including cultivation and aquaculture, production and processing of agricultural products, transport and storage, agricultural resource procurement and sales, recreational agriculture and rural tourism, agricultural machinery services, and promotion of agricultural technology.