A Study on Taris Raisins Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union That in Currently Restructuring Process and The Relations Between The Cooperatives and The Grower Members

Abstract

The aim of this study is to examine activities of TARIS Raisins Agricultural Sales Cooperatives Union before and during restructuring process in general and to explore the developments on the relations between the cooperatives and the grower members. In collecting data quota sampling method was used in the research area. Before and during the restructuring process, there have been considareble changes both on the number of coop-members and on the number of people employed by the cooperatives and affilated plants and warehouses. From 1997/98 to 2001/02 there has been a 20 % decline in the number of coop-members. In the same era, a 47.7 % reduction have occured in the number of the staff and workers employed by the Union of Raisins Agricultural Sales Cooperatives and affilated plants and warehouses. While there has been a decline in the product sale promise by the growers to the cooperatives, after the year 2000, there has been an increase in the ratio of the product consignments and promises relatively. In assessing the relations between the cooperatives and the grower members, nearly 90 % of the growers have declared that the most important reason for being a coop-member is to get access to the inputs they need and to have a stabile market for their products. However, 39 % of the growers have stated that they have no idea on the deduction of capital share when they have delivered their products to the cooperatives. In employing personnel in the cooperatives, the growers prefer to do so by the Management Committee of the Union (59 %), State (14.7 %) and the Directors of the Local Cooperative Associations (12.6 %) respectively. Additionally, the findings show that the greater majority of the growers have not participated in a cooperation and/or professional course.

Keywords

• The Union of Raisins Agricultural Sales Cooperatives
• restructring
• cooperative-member relations

Yeniden Yapılanma Sürecinde Taris Üzüm Tarım Satış Kooperatifleri Brliği ve Kooperatif- Ortak İlişkileri Üzerine Bir Araştırma

Abstract

Bu çalismada amaç; TARIS Üzüm Tarim Satis Kooperatifleri Birliginin faaliyetlerini yeniden yapilanma öncesi ve yapilanma sürecinde olmak üzere genel hatlari ile ele almak ve bunun yani sira kooperatif-ortak iliskilerindeki gelismeleri ortaya koymaktir. Arastirmada kota örneklemesi yöntemi kullanilmistir. Yeniden yapilanma öncesinde ve sürecinde yürütülen çalismalar sonucunda gerek kooperatif ortagi ve gerekse birim kooperatif ve bagli is yerlerindeki personel hareketlerinde çok önemli degismeler ortaya çikmistir. 1997/98 döneminde 27127 olan ortak sayisi 2001/02 dönemine göre 5373 kisi (% 20) azalarak 21754’e düsmüstür. Ayni dönemde personel sayisinda da Üzüm Tarim Satis Kooperatifleri Birligine bagli isyeri ve birim kooperatiflerde % 47.7 oraninda bir azalma meydana gelmistir. Ortaklarin ürün taahhütlerinde bir azalmaya karsilik teslimat taahhüt oranlarinda 2000 yilindan sonra nispi bir artis meydana gelmistir. Ortak-kooperatif iliskileri degerlendirildiginde ise; üreticilerin yaklasik % 90’i kooperatife ortak olmalarinda en önemli nedenin girdi temini ile ürünlerine alici garantisi bulma ve ürünlerini kolaylikla satma oldugunu belirtmislerdir. Buna karsilik; üreticilerin kooperatife ürün teslim ettiklerinde yapilan sermaye payi kesintisi hakkinda yaklasik % 39’unun herhangi bir fikri olmadigi belirlenmistir. Kooperatife personel aliminda, ortaklarin % 59’u Birlik Yönetim Kurulunun, % 14,7’si devletin, % 12,6’si da birim kooperatif müdürünün karar vermesini istemektedir. Ayrica arastirma alanindan elde edilen bulgular ortaklarin büyük bir çogunlugunun gerek kooperatifçilikle ilgili gerekse de mesleki bir kursa katilmadiklarini göstermektedir.

Keywords

• Üzüm Tarim Satis Kooperatifleri Birligi
• yeniden yapilanma
• kooperatif-ortak iliskileri