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The number of cooperatives (cooperatives) in the North Central Highlands is high, but they do not operate properly, even some cooperatives only operate on paper.
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| Ia Kenh Agricultural and Commercial Services Cooperative is rated medium by the locality, but in fact has been out of business for many years |
Ineffective operation
In the list of Cooperative Alliance provided by Gia Lai province, Ia Kenh Agricultural and Commercial Service Cooperative (Mo Nu village, Ea Kenh commune, Pleiku city, Gia Lai province) was established in 2017, operating in the field of agriculture. , ranking in 2022 is in the middle category. However, according to a representative of Ea Kenh Commune People's Committee, this cooperative has been inactive for a long time. Realizing the fact, currently the headquarters of the cooperative (which was lent by the Commune People's Committee when it was established) has been abandoned and overgrown with grass. Mr. Tran Van An, director of the cooperative, said that he took over the position of director from his predecessor after 2 years of establishment of the cooperative. At that time, the cooperative did not do any business. Mr. An said that he initially planned to trade in seedlings and fertilizers, but the Covid-19 epidemic has paralyzed the cooperative since then. .
Chu Prong district, Gia Lai province has 31 cooperatives. In which, Bau Can Agriculture and Service Cooperative (Bau Can Commune) was established in 2022, specializing in purchasing agricultural products, pesticides, and agricultural materials. This cooperative has 7 members, currently has no head office, is renting kiosks about 30m wide2 to buy passion fruit. According to Mr. Tran Van Hanh, director of the cooperative, the unit has difficulty when the land fund is limited and it is difficult to access loans. The cooperative has called for more members to join, but people are not interested…
Secretary of the Chu Prong District Party Committee Dinh Van Dung said that out of 31 cooperatives in the area, 30% were profitable, 40% broke even, the rest were weak and losing money. In general, production cooperatives are still fragmented and backward; the link with producers and consumers is still weak; competition in the market is still limited in many aspects, so profits are not high; Limited management capacity, capital, and coordination are the reasons leading to the weakness of cooperatives.
In Kon Tum, the number of cooperatives also increased rapidly. If in 2013, the province had 96 cooperatives, by 2021, this number will be 194, but only 69/194 cooperatives operate effectively.
Activity… on paper
Although the cooperative has ceased to operate, the locality is still classified as active, this incident happened in Kon Tum province. Specifically, from August to September 8, the Provincial People's Council Supervision Delegation will monitor the operation of cooperatives in the area. Kon Tum city reported that 9 cooperatives stopped operating, but in fact, 2022 cooperatives stopped operating; Sa Thay district reported that there were 2 cooperatives that stopped operating, but actually monitored 16 cooperatives; Dak To district reported that 3 cooperatives stopped operating, but actually monitored 5 cooperatives.
Also according to the results of the Kon Tum Provincial People's Council Supervision Delegation, many cooperatives do not operate according to the nature of the Law on Cooperatives in 2012 such as: many cooperatives contribute capital in name, while in reality the charter capital is contributed by 2 to 4 members, the remaining members contribute effort or property; the activities of a number of cooperatives are supervised, in fact, they are affiliate groups, cooperative groups, etc. In addition, many agricultural cooperatives have not been able to rent land for headquarters and factories for production and business. Some cooperatives also borrow houses from members or business headquarters, border checkpoints for headquarters and signboards. There are cooperatives that also produce and trade in addition to the registered lines of business…
In Gia Lai, Mr. Nguyen Mau Phong, Standing Vice Chairman of Gia Lai Cooperative Alliance, said that by the end of the first quarter of 1, Gia Lai had 2023 cooperatives, of which 391 cooperatives stopped operating because they were inefficient and had not yet operated. conversion by law; The remaining 70 cooperatives are operating, through evaluation, it is estimated that the business cooperative has a profit of 321%, the rest is equal to capital and loss.
Proposing to put credit institutions into operation soon
According to Mr. Nguyen Mau Phong, there are many reasons why cooperatives in the area have not operated effectively such as lack of capital; The management level of the cooperative is still limited and has not been properly trained. To revive the cooperatives, recently, the People's Council of Gia Lai province issued a resolution to establish a state-owned one-member limited liability company on credit. This organization is like a credit unit specializing in giving preferential loans to cooperatives, has now unified the apparatus and chartered capital of 20 billion VND. Gia Lai Cooperative Alliance wants departments to help cooperatives build product brands to increase value and expand markets.
