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2021, CLERC Iju-Hills Lagos
Potentials of the Cooperatives in developmental issues in a volatile environment like Nigeria are yet to be harnessed and deployed, this paper takes a wide look at some of these potentials and how best to apply them.
SSRN Electronic Journal
Revamping Cooperative Sector for Sustainable Socio-Economic Development in Nigeria2014 •
The Nigerian Journal of Sociology and Anthropology
Cooperative Societies in the Development Discourse of Ibadan, South-western NigeriaDevelopment remains a fundamental challenge confronting Nigeria. Hence, governments at all levels and development partners continue to experiment with different innovative frameworks and approaches. Many of the experimented approaches are however poorly understood leading to ineffective programming. Among the strategies for development are cooperative societies. However, more scholarly works are needed to actually understand the development potentialities of cooperatives, sustainability of cooperative societies as agents of development as well as threats to their existence and effectiveness. Against this backdrop, this article examined issues that may impact development capabilities of cooperative societies in Ibadan.
In the Republic of Benin, the last decade has witnessed initiatives that resulted in a boom in agricultural cooperatives. However, many research outcomes indicated agricultural cooperatives’ poor performances and lack of sustainability. To understand why this is the case, this research uses a comparative case study approach to analyze maize producer cooperatives’ (MPCs) institutional environment and internal governance at different levels in two districts of Benin: Kandi and Djidja. Analysis showed that MPCs’ development follows different trajectories influenced by specific contexts and multiple factors. MPCs in the district of Djidja proved to be more effective than those in Kandi. In both cases, institutional factors—such as the government’s role, source of establishment initiative, political and administrative context, and support system—have greatly affected the current condition of MPCs. Moreover, the internal governance—mainly the structure of MPCs, the profile of leaders, the...
For small land-holding, developing and agricultural based economic countries like Ethiopia, cooperative type of business is recommended as a solution to promote income distribution, reduce poverty and vulnerability, and improve quality of life and social welfare. Ethiopia is a second largest populace country in Africa and has nine regions and two city administrations. South Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region (SNNPR) state is third populace and most densely populated region in Ethiopia. Most of the farmers’ in this region have small plot of lands for their living, farming and raising animals. It is obvious that such smallholder farmers are characterized by producing small amount of produce. They might bring small portion of their product to market, and the earnings might goes to cover their routine expenditure and might save the remaining for next farming season. Having this clear fact in to consideration, Since 1960s, the government of Ethiopia is promoting the significance of cooperatives as an organization that could enhance the development of small scale-farmers and other communities. Unlike other regions, SNNPR is the pioneer for starting cooperatives type of business; cooperatives are still flourishing in the region. Cooperatives are expected to serve farmers by providing agricultural inputs, output marketing and mobilizing savings and providing credit services to their members. The objective of this paper is to show role of cooperatives in rural development the case of South Nations Nationalities and Peoples Region. Until June 2011, in SNNPR state there were about 8872 primary cooperatives, 44 Cooperative Unions and One Regional Farmers Cooperative federation are established. These cooperatives have a membership of male 693,898 (77%) and female 209, 861 (23%) totally 903, 759. This is about 30.3% from the total households of the region. Despite early establishment of cooperatives across the region and country wide, cooperatives couldn’t flourish as expected. Past attitude (ideology), lack of committed leadership, lack of good governance (management), lack of working capital, attitude and practice of corruption, lack of knowledge and skill, lack in provision and utilization of improved technology, weak vertical and horizontal linkage within and among cooperatives, lack and inappropriate support from government and other stakeholders.
Meunier, Emmanuelle, Fabre, Jean-Marc, Hiriart, Eneko, Mauné, Stéphane, Tămaş, Călin Gabriel, Mines et métallurgies anciennes. Mélanges en l’honneur de Béatrice Cauuet, Pessac, Ausonius Éditions, collection DAN@ 9
Qu’on me donne un point d’appui et j’ébranlerai la Terre. À la recherche des savants celtes oubliés2023 •
Cet article fait écho aux travaux de Béatrice Cauuet sur les mines gauloises et plus particulièrement sur l’évolution du niveau technique des sociétés protohistoriques qu’elle a pu mettre en évidence au cours de ses recherches. Béatrice a en effet montré que si l’exploitation des mines d’or est attestée en France dès l’âge du Bronze (Les Fouilloux, Dordogne ; Cros-Gallet Nord, Haute-Vienne)1, les techniques minières évoluent considérablement à partir du milieu du IIIe s. a.C. Ces progrès ont entraîné une augmentation importante de la production d’or, stimulée par l’accroissement de la demande au moment où les premiers monnayages apparaissent chez les Celtes. Béatrice Cauuet et son équipe ont montré qu’entre les IIIe et Ier s. a.C., de nouvelles techniques émergent dans les mines, comme le boisage des galeries, la pratique de l’exhaure2 et l’usage de machines élévatrices pour évacuer l’eau. Ces progrès concernent non seulement l’extraction du métal à des profondeurs de plus en plus importantes, mais également toute la chaîne de traitement du minerai. Environ deux siècles auparavant, au cours des Ve et IVe s. a.C., l’art des mines avait connu des progrès sensibles en Grèce, en particulier dans les mines du Laurion. C’est dans cet important complexe minier de la polis d’Athènes que semble être apparu le principe du puits vertical ainsi que le développement sans précédent de la connaissance des gisements et des filons3. Ces évolutions technologiques ne sont pas limitées à la mine, que ce soit en Grèce ou en Gaule. Elles ont touché au contraire divers domaines, de l’architecture à la production d’objets d’art et usuels, en fait tous les domaines exigeant l’introduction de principes théoriques comme les mathématiques, la géométrie et l’hydraulique. En l’absence de textes écrits par les Celtes eux-mêmes, les progrès théoriques et technologiques ne peuvent être révélés que par l’analyse des vestiges archéologiques. C’est la culture matérielle et l’architecture qu’il faut décrypter pour les découvrir et débusquer les savants celtes qui n’ont pas laissé leurs noms dans l’histoire, mais dont les œuvres artistiques et architecturales peuvent encore être admirées aujourd’hui.
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