A Study On The Development Of New-Type Agricultural Cooperative Economic Organization

The marketization and internationalization of the domestic agriculture have been faster and faster gradually from 1990s and the economic situation has been more and more challenging following China's entry into WTO. In that circumstance, to establish an agricultural cooperative economic organization on the basis of farmers'household running is an urgent problem to be resolved, which should be adjustable for the development of Chinese market economy, delegating the interests of farmers, and should be functional to strengthening the participation of Chinese farmers in the market activities through connecting dispersive and super-small household running with the open and united big world market. That is the background condition of this paper.Experience worthy for our reference has been produced through the analysis on the characteristics and present situation of developed countries including Japan, the USA, and Holland. Empirical research has been performed in this paper on the production, development, organizational type, present running situation, and significance, function and so on of Chinese new-type agricultural cooperative and economic organization by mainly focusing on investigating its developmental process. Moreover, combining the theory on transaction cost of western new institutional economics and the specialization and work division theory of new classical economics, canonical and economic analysis on the production and development of Chinese new-type agricultural cooperative and economic organization has been offered, and the internal mechanism and restrictive elements of the organization have been revealed. Based on the above research, the principle, aim, direction, plan and thinking on the perfection of Chinese new-type agricultural cooperative and economic organization have been put forwarded from the micro and macro angles in the following eight parts:Chapter one Introduction. The background of selecting the thesis title, the research significance, brief summary of domestic and foreign research in this respect and the investigation thinking have been expounded.Chapter two Concept Definition and Basic Theory. Theoretical tools have been provided for the analysis on and research of Chinese new-type agricultural cooperative and economic organization.Conception of cooperative economic organization and new-type agricultural cooperative and economic organization has been defined, and difference between the present new-type organization and collective economy has been unveiled. Apart from that, the connotation and organizational modals of the new-type organization have been discussed and the basic theories related have been reviewed, including western classical cooperation theories and theories of Marxism cooperation economy; and the new institutional economics theories has been taken for reference such as property rights theory, transaction cost theory etc,.Chapter three The Practice and Experience of Foreign Agricultural Cooperative and Economic Organization. Experience useful for the development of Chinese new-type agricultural cooperative and economic organization has been summarized by briefing the current situation of Japanese Agricultural Association, Agricultural Cooperative of the USA and Agricultural Cooperative of Holland.Chapter four The Development and Variation of Chinese Agricultural Cooperative and Economic Organization. The mutual agricultural cooperation in the revolution bases and liberated areas before the foundation of new China and the cooperative movement in the earlier period in China have been reviewed. Besides, the cooperative transformation and collectivization of Chinese agriculture after new China foundation have been briefly expounded and the lesson has been summarized; based on which the household responsibility system has been carried out after the reform and opening-up. That finally has resulted in the new-type agricultural cooperative and economic organization in the new historical circumstance.Chapter five Research on the Current Situation and the Existing Problem of New-Type Agricultural Cooperative and Economic Organization. The basic situation of the new-type agricultural cooperative and economic organization of our country has been summarized as follows: the development of this new-type organization is not fast; the group of farmers covered is not large and the serving function is comparatively limited and weak. Moreover, the new-type organizations have been established by entities of different types. Part of this type of organization appears to be of too much government influence, lacking system regularity, and of inadequate effects from farmers. The problems include lack of learning on, ambiguity on the lawful position of and unhealthiness of the managing system of the new-type organization.Chapter six Economic Analysis on the Development of New-Type Agricultural Cooperative and Economic Organization. The basic framework of transaction cost economics and the specialization work division theory of the new classical economics have been made use of in the analysis, from which it has been found that in the area where the industries have developed to be comparatively mature and the products have formed comparatively- large-scale advantages with government policies of proper effects, the new-type agricultural cooperative and economic organization, as one institution maintaining the interests of farmers themselves, shall definitely emerge and shall save plenty of endogenous transaction cost.Chapter seven The Principle and Resolution of New-Type Agricultural Cooperative and Economic Organization. First of all, the guiding thinking for the organization development and the organizational principle needs to be followed of the new-type organization has been explained, which includes volunteering principle, democratic managing principle, and economic organizing principle and so on. Secondly, from discussion the development process shall be gradual and the mode shall be proper for Chinese characteristics. Finally, concrete suggestions have been put forwarded for the development and improvement of the new-type agricultural cooperative and economic organization.Chapter eight Related Discussion. The cooperative economic movement started from about 160-year ago and is of strong life force; it is the offspring of market economy and that of social transformation. Nowadays, the cooperative principle accepted internationally has also been changing and evolving deeply; people shall pay more attention to the equality and effectiveness of cooperation in resurveying the cooperative principle. The agricultural managing system of our country has experienced the following circle process, i.e.turning to be collective from being divided and again transforming back to be collective.Today, agricultural cooperative problem is discussed again, in which the phenomenon of the above mentioned circle is explained with the concept of the agricultural role. Meanwhile, it's thought that the development of modern agricultural economy needs to be based on systematic effectiveness and the important significance of the agricultural technological change in the modernization of agriculture shall never be ignored.