Original scientific paper
WILLINGNESS OF FARMERS TO COOPERATE Field Study Results in the Zagreb Rural Area
Damir KOVAČIĆ
Josip JURAČAK
Đurđica ŽUTINIĆ
Abstract
Development of business cooperation is one of the basic
preconditions for a successful transition of Croatian agriculture
and for increasing its competitiveness on the national and
international markets. This research conducted in the Zagreb
rural area was an attempt at answering what the farmer's
general attitude was towards business cooperation in agriculture
as well as the influence of socio-demographic and psychological
characteristics on their willingness to cooperate. With regard to
the declaratively expressed readiness for business cooperation,
the farmers were divided into four groups "very willing", "willing",
"less willing" and "unwilling". Statistically significant differences
have been found between these groups with regard to: past
experience and current inclusion in some form of business
cooperation; level of education and psychological characteristics:
innovativeness and entrepreneurship. The research
shows a group of "more experienced" and more educated farmers
showing more entrepreneurship and innovativeness which
should be the basis of the process of development and more
effective involvement of farmers into business cooperation
systems in agriculture.
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Hrčak ID:
19897
URI
Publication date:
31.12.2001.
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