Role of Agriculture Cooperatives as a Farmer-Based Organization in Sri Lanka: A Case Study in Morawak Korale Tea Producers' Cooperative Society

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dc.contributor.authorMahindapala, K.G.J.P.
dc.contributor.authorJayathilaka, M.W.A.P.
dc.contributor.authorJayawardana, L.N.A.C.
dc.date.accessioned2021-01-25T10:38:07Z
dc.date.available2021-01-25T10:38:07Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractAgriculture cooperatives are considered as one of the most successful cooperatives in the world. They are also considered as Farmer Based Organizations (FBO). Successful FBOs are engaged in crop production and processing, value addition, and marketing activities. Such entities provide a vast array of services to the members such as capacity building, supply of inputs, credits, resources and extension services, processing, value addition, marketing, welfare, disbursement of profits etc. Morawak Korale Tea Producers Cooperative Society (MKTPCS) is the only cooperative belonging to a tea-growing community in Sri Lanka. Studies have revealed that many FBOs do not produce expected results. This study attempted to examine the role of MKTPCS as a Farmer Based Organization. Data were gathered from key stakeholders comprising of cooperative officials and its members through qualitative interviews. They were analysed using standard qualitative methods (Coding and Thematic analysis). Results revealed that MTPCS provides marketing facilities for the products of the members'. It earns profits and transferred to the members in the form of bonuses and various forms of welfare facilities. The production support system, such as the suppling of inputs and credit operate very effectively. However, the extension service is not in a satisfactory level in certain clusters. Due to the structural issues and lack of legitimate power, zonal committees are unable to perform a significant role in this system. The management is unable to link the ordinary members to the cooperative through the zonal committees. Certain conditions in the Cooperative Societies act No. 5 of 1972 (as amended) suppress the self-reliance state of the MKTPCS as an FBO. The members are the shareholders of the cooperative, and all the members have equal voting rights in decision making. MTPCS processes the members' primary products as a producers' organization, and the members strongly believed that the cooperative activities have positively affected on their lives. It is recommended that the present structure should be changed into the two-tiered federated structure with the decentralization of power into Zonal Committees. Keywords: Tea producer, FBO, Cooperative services, Marketing and welfare facilitiesen_US
dc.identifier.isbn9789550481293
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.erepo.lib.uwu.ac.lk/bitstream/handle/123456789/5644/proceeding_oct_08-109.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUva Wellassa University of Sri Lankaen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries;International Research Conference
dc.subjectAgricultureen_US
dc.subjectTea Technologyen_US
dc.subjectTea Industrialen_US
dc.titleRole of Agriculture Cooperatives as a Farmer-Based Organization in Sri Lanka: A Case Study in Morawak Korale Tea Producers' Cooperative Societyen_US
dc.title.alternativeInternational Research Conference 2020en_US
dc.typeOtheren_US
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