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
Figure 4-19: Reasons why cooperatives view their business as unsuccessful
8%
31%
62%
Infrastructural deficiencies
Operational deficiencies
Profits declining
Source: Urban-Econ Survey, 2013
The operational deficiencies category includes; lack of skills and lack of access to a large enough
market. The majority of cooperatives who view their business as unsuccessful, however, attribute
this to a need for equipment and infrastructure, as has been highlighted in Figure 4-19 above.
When asked whether or not cooperatives expect their business
to grow in the next year, a variety of responses were received.
Overall, cooperatives are positive about their growth prospects.
Approximately 92% of cooperatives believe that their business
will grow in the next year.
92% of cooperatives
believe that their business
will grow in the next year
However, the reasons for this response are based largely in attitude towards their business and not
based on business statistics. For example; 42% indicate that their business would grow because they
work hard. Another 25% said that the business would grow if financial assistance was provided. The
remaining third of cooperatives provided some business reasoning with some responding that they
have improved their stock management, that sales have increased or that the cooperative is
diversifying.
This sub-section has provided information both on what forms of support have been received, as
well as what forms of support cooperatives would like to receive. Cooperatives provided similar
responses regarding the support that they would prefer in their present stage to the support they
would have preferred to receive at the inception stage. This illustrates that many of these
cooperatives have not been able to resolve the need for equipment or financial management on
their own. This is in spite of a number of these cooperatives receiving support in both of these areas.
Despite support received, many cooperatives state that although it has been helpful, more support
is still needed. While this represents a challenge for cooperatives, it also indicates a lack of initiative
in attaining resources for themselves.
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