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1. Identify potential farmer groups

  1. United Nations: Role of Cooperatives in Agricultural Development and Security in Africa
  2. Agrium: Farm Cooperatives in Africa offer Access to Information (Link broken - http://www.agrium.com/en/what-we-do/our-stories/2014-03-24/farm-cooperatives-africa-offer-access-information)
  3. International Fund for Agricultural Development: Agricultural Cooperatives: paving the way for food security and rural development.
  4. International Institute For Sustainable Development: Inclusive Investment in Agriculture – Cooperatives and the Role of Foreign investment
  5. University of Missouri: Factors Critical to the Success or Failure of Emerging Agricultural Cooperatives (Link broken - http://web.missouri.edu/~cookml/AE4972/SEXTON.PDF)

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2. Look for partners

  1. Starting an Agriculture Marketing Cooperative (Link broken - sfp.ucdavis.edu/files/143767.pdf)
  2. University of Kentucky: How to Start a Cooperative (Link broken - http://www.uky.edu/Ag/apes/materials/aec43.pdf)
  3. USDA: How to Start a Cooperative
  4. FAO: Agricultural Cooperative Development A Manual for Trainers

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3. Research land & water issues

  1. FAO: Food Security and Agricultural Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
  2. Is Farm Irrigation Equipment Personal Property of Fixture? (Link broken - https://unl.box.com/s/qnvmst0k17jnnd7zwutzosilofcxcvea)

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4. Initial group meeting

  1. United States Department of Agriculture: Organizing and Conducting Cooperatives Annual Meetings (Link broken - http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/pdf/organizing and conducting cooperative annual meetings.pdf)
  2. UNL: Starting a Cooperative

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5. Organizing the farmers

  1. Catholic Relief Services: Organizing and Managing Farmers’ Groups
  2. FAO: Establishing and Strengthening Farmer Organizations
  3. National Young Farmers Coalition: Organizing Handbook, How to Bring Local Farmers Together for Shared Success (Link broken - http://www.youngfarmers.org/NYFC_OrganizingHandbook.pdf)
  4. Sustainability Exchange: Seven Steps to Organizing a Smallholder Farmers’ Association (Link broken - https://www.sustainabilityxchange.info/filesagri/Organizing a Smallholder Farmers' Association.pdf)
  5. CIAT: A New Generation of Cooperatives for Africa.
  6. International Labor Organizations: The way forward to advancing cooperatives in Africa
  7. Kent State University: Productivity in Cooperatives & Worker-Owned enterprises. (Link broken - http://staging.ilo.org/public/libdoc/ilo/2005/105B09_127_engl.pdf)

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6. Business plan

  1. Federation Southern Cooperative: Cooperative Marketing Manual (Link broken - http://www.federationsoutherncoop.com/files home page/Marketing Manual 11a.pdf)
  2. United States Department of Agriculture: Sample Legal Documents for Cooperatives (Link broken - http://www.uwcc.wisc.edu/pdf/cir40.pdf)
  3. Kcard: Growers Marketing Agreement for Sample Co-op (Link broken - http://www.kcard.info/sites/default/files/Sample Co-op Marketing Agreement.pdf)
  4. A Greenhorns Guidebook: Cooperative Farming – Frameworks for Farming Together (Link broken - http://www.thegreenhorns.net/wp-content/files_mf/1393438767FINAL_greenhorns_guidebook_PK2.pdf)
  5. USAID: Evaluation of Agricultural Cooperatives in Ethiopia
  6. ProAgro: Lessons Learned from Six Years of Cooperative Agriculture Development in Angola
  7. Agrekon: Agricultural Cooperatives I: History, Theory, and Problems (Link broken - https://unl.box.com/s/deloieopnfpsprm2wrzztsdj4pcw3q4c)
  8. The National Agricultural Law Center: Farmer’s Legal Guide to Production Contracts (Link broken - https://unl.box.com/s/jj1uax54ex1n205237hbvlxvasp66qnp)
  9. FAO: Linking Small Farmers to Global Markets: Role of Contracting Farming and Cooperatives in Asian Countries. (Link broken - https://unl.box.com/s/ulo1z41dt5jexmo0vi1t6rwpga32yr0r)

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7. Signing of contracts

  1. FAO: Negotiation Theory and Practice (Link broken - http://www.fao.org/docs/up/easypol/550/4-5_negotiation_background_paper_179en.pdf)

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8. Preparing site

  • USAID The Business Case for Investing in the Import and Distribution of Fertilizer in Rwanda
  • Land Clearing Farm Practice
  • Humanity Development Library Soils, Crops, and Fertilizer Use

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    9. Start production

     

     

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