My.Coop: Managing Your Agricultural Cooperative

A clear introduction to how cooperatives work: their principles, structure, the roles of members, directors and managers, and how they are financed and taxed.

Donald A. Frederick

A training manual with eight modules on understanding, organizing and managing agricultural cooperatives, including planning, communication, and monitoring and evaluation.

FAO

A university course text on the types and functions of agricultural cooperatives, covering production, credit, input supply, storage and insurance cooperatives.

National Open University of Nigeria

Walks through the steps of forming a cooperative, from the first meeting and feasibility study to bylaws, financing and hiring a manager.

Galen Rapp and Gerald Ely