Abstract

SOLENO WILCHES, Ronald. Structural and institutional changes in agricultural cooperatives of the province of Entre Ríos during the postconvertibilidad stage (2002-2013): The case of La Agrícola Regional Cooperativa of Crespo. Mundo agrar. [online]. 2017, vol.18, n.38, pp.00-00. ISSN 1515-5994.

The purpose of the paper is to establish the main organizational and institutional changes made by the agricultural cooperatives in the province of Entre Rios (Argentina) for facing the agrifood system transformations during the postconvertibilidad stage. The methodology is essentially qualitative and based on the case analysis of La Agrícola Regional Cooperativa of Crespo (LAR). The most important findings show that organizational and institutional strategies adopted by LAR have permitted establish itself as a "Large Cooperative Enterprise," whose complex structure (expressed in the multiplicity of areas, branches, strategic alliances) grants the entity capacity of response to external disturbances. The position of LAR as a leader organization of the local productive system, its strong socio-territorial roots and the nature of the network of relationships built, make it difficult to conceive the territory without the presence of the cooperative and the existence of the cooperative separated from its belonging area

Keywords : Agricultural Cooperatives; Structural Changes; Adaptation mechanisms; Competitive environment; Agri-food system; Entre Rios.

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