Pooling system of jointly shipping farm products aims to realize economies of scale for it's farm products and strengthen bargaining power for the farmers. As adapting to pooling system, price received by farmers and competitive power of our farm prod...
Pooling system of jointly shipping farm products aims to realize economies of scale for it's farm products and strengthen bargaining power for the farmers. As adapting to pooling system, price received by farmers and competitive power of our farm products can be enhanced. Pooling system especially in Cheon-an pear and horticultural primary cooperatives is found to be required, because the pooling system is not introduced yet although the area is main region for domestic pear production. This study aims at establishing the appropriate pooling system and it's strengthening strategies in this cooperatives through survey of local producers' group in this cooperatives and case studies of successful pear primary cooperatives.