PROBLEMS AND

REMEDIES TO
MARKETING CO-
OPERATIVES

By,
ANJANA P
 MARKETING CO-OPERATIVES
 Formed by farmers, artisans & small
producers.
 Organized for the purpose of
marketing their
products.
They undertake processing to make
the product to reach the consumers.
 Deals with various services such as
transport, grading, storage,
warehousing, processing & packing.
PROBLEMS OF MARKETING CO-
OPERATIVES
The operation of marketing co-
operatives are not satisfactory.
The operational costs are high
and staff are untrained.
Many of the co-operatives have
no enough storage space.
The final policies are improper.
 REASONS FOR THE PROBLEMS
 The farmers are indifferent to the co-operative &
traders and other acquire the membership.
 The co-operatives do not have adequate knowledge
about the volume of agricultural produce that they
have to handle.
 Gap between primary state marketing co-operative
due to poor linkage.
 Unhealthy competition with credit societies.
 Favouritism, corruption, mismanagement of managing
committees.
 Negligence of processing functions.
 Inefficient supervisory machinery.
 Lack of sufficient working capital.
 FACTORS REQUIRED FOR IMPROVING
THE WORKING OF CO-OPERATIVE
MARKETING SOCIETIES
 For removing unnecessary & unhealthy competition
between marketing & credit societies an effective
relationship must be established.
 All the primary marketing societies should be members of
the state marketing federation so that they may avail of
the specific facilities provided by the apex organization.
 Marketing societies must use the expert options for
grading, standardization, etc. so that it will create
confidence among members.
 The government must provide adequate finance for
meeting working capital & permanent capital.
The working of management committee
should be boosted so that it will increase
the efficiency.
 The government both Central & State
must help the societies in an effective
manner to build proper storage places.
 The societies should develop to offer new
services to its members.
 The marketing federation should develop
a clear cut strategy for the development of
its member societies.
 The co-operative principle should be
widely published among the farmers.
 CONCLUSION

Marketing co-operatives are

organized for the purpose of marketing their
products. Like every co-operative societies,
marketing co-operatives also face so many
problems. As a coin has two sides, these problems
also have remedies. If it is done properly
marketing co-operative can be one of he best co-
operative society.