Abstract

This paper addresses the genesis of farmer cooperatives in China in terms of the actors. Empirical results from a multiple case study indicate that the genesis of cooperatives in China is due to entrepreneurial farmers and the government, rather than a bottom‐up, collective action process of many small farmers. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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