THE DEVELOPMENT OF AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVES IN EGYPT

Abstract

The current study aimed at formulating a sound vision for improving the capital formation of agricultural cooperatives through developing their financing sources. The study used a Descriptive method. A sample of agricultural coops from Sharkia Governorate was selected to conduct this study. The main results showed that the total numbers of projects related to credit agricultural coops amounted to 20 distributed in the different activities such as; 13 animal fathening with capital LE 2.179 million represented about 42.7%of the grand sum, 2 house bees with capital LE 51 thousand represented about 1%of the grand sum, finally 5 projects in different activities with capital LE 318.1 thousand represented about 6.24%of the grand sum. As for agrarian reform agricultural coops, it is noticed that, the total number of projects related amounted to 76 distributed in the different activities such as; 27 machinery project with capital amounted to LE 1.95 million, 23 project animal fathening with capital amounted to LE 3.89 million , 6 projects amounted to LE 6.59 million distributed to 2 for chicken immunization and 2 duck production and 2 marketing outlets , finally 2 project one for cheep breeding and the other for veterinary pharmacy with capital LE 125 thousand. Studying the capital and the distribution of investments through the different activities of agricultural cooperatives indicated the following results.