Les investissements inclusifs dans le secteur agricole: Les coopératives et le rôle du gouvernement

This briefing by the International Institute for Sustainable Development examines agricultural cooperatives as a model for inclusive investment. It details the types of cooperatives, their benefits for smallholders, the role of foreign investment in reducing risk and improving skills, and the necessary government support and legal frameworks to ensure their success without undue state interference.

• Agricultural cooperatives are categorized into two main types: production cooperatives, where members collectively operate on shared land, and service cooperatives, which are more common and provide independent members with resources such as machinery, transport, and marketing.
• Cooperatives provide significant advantages to small-scale farmers that are difficult to achieve individually, including better collective bargaining for prices, improved access to financing and markets, and social integration for marginalized groups such as women, youth, and people with disabilities.
• The presence of well-organized cooperatives in a country's agricultural value chain reduces the perceived risk for foreign investors by providing reliable partners and ensuring the availability of inputs like seeds or buyers for products.
• Foreign investors can engage with cooperatives by investing directly in their activities, forming partnerships that combine investor capital and technology with local knowledge, or by becoming members of the cooperative.
• Government intervention is most effective when limited to providing a supportive legal environment, registration, and human resource development; excessive state interference or the creation of top-down government programs often leads to cooperative failure.
• Effective legal frameworks for cooperatives vary by region, ranging from general social economy laws (as in Spain and Finland) to specific cooperative codes (as in India, Canada, and the Philippines), but they generally require a balance between legal security and operational flexibility.

APA

Ruete, M. (2014). Les investissements inclusifs dans le secteur agricole: Les coopératives et le rôle du gouvernement. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/inclusive-investment-in-agriculture-fr.pdf

Chicago

Ruete, Marina. Les investissements inclusifs dans le secteur agricole: Les coopératives et le rôle du gouvernement. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2014. https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/inclusive-investment-in-agriculture-fr.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{ruete2014les, author = {Ruete, Marina}, title = {{Les investissements inclusifs dans le secteur agricole: Les coopératives et le rôle du gouvernement}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2014}, month = jun, url = {https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/inclusive-investment-in-agriculture-fr.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }