This resource is made up of 6 audio-visual materials, presented by:
- Raluca Barbu, founding member of the Produs Local Centru (Sol Bun) cooperative in Brașov County,
- Anca Marcu, director of the Ferma Ardeleană cooperative in Cluj County, and
- Valentin Filip, associate lecturer at Babeș-Bolyai University, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration.
Raluca talks about why it matters to work with people outside the associative structure, especially in mixed cooperatives.
Anca looks at selling vegetables to retailers, what retailers want from an agricultural cooperative, and the difference between the role of president and the role of manager.
Vali shares a view of how an agricultural cooperative should plan its budget, offers ideas for building members’ trust in the cooperative, and explains how association differs by branch of farming.
Topics covered:
- Which partnerships matter for an agricultural cooperative?
- What do retailers want from local producers?
- The president and the manager of a cooperative
- How do you plan the budget of an agricultural cooperative?
- How do we build trust in a cooperative?
- What is specific about association in agriculture
Materials developed in 2022.