Assessment of Cooperatives in the Poultry Industry - 2013.pdf - Seda

Research Report: Addressing the Needs, Opportunities and Challenges of Cooperatives
and Collectively Owned Enterprises in the Poultry and Related Industries
the time of conducting the survey. Table 4-2 indicates the business tools cooperatives surveyed
have in place.
The majority of cooperatives (85%) had a business plan in place. This is a positive indicator that most
of the cooperatives had done at least some level of business analysis and planning. The existence of
these documents does not, however, provide any indication of their completeness and ability to
support business establishment and management. However, of the remaining three documents
which indicated business preparedness, 50% or less of cooperatives had these in place
Table 4-2: Co-Operatives with Business Documentation in Place
Document
Percentage of cooperatives that have this in
place
Written business plan 85%
Written marketing plan 50%
Written budget 46%
Formal training programme 46%
Source: Urban-Econ Survey, 2013
While all of the above documents are important, it is concerning to note that only 46% of
respondents have a budget in place. Without a written budget, it is unlikely that a cooperative will
be responsible and forward planning with their income. This is further investigated under Section
4.1.2.3: Money Management of this report.
Figure 4-7: Support Received with Preparation of Business Documentation
32%
27%
Business Plan
Marketing Plan
Budget
Training Program
20%
22%
Source: Urban-Econ Survey, 2013
Many cooperatives received support in business preparation. Figure 4-7 presents the proportion of
support received in assistance for each document type. Notable is that although all four document
types received similar proportions of support, there is a largely divergent percentage of cooperatives
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