ICA/JA ZENCHU/IDACA Regional Seminar on Perspective Planning for Regional Development by Agricultural Cooperatives : A Report, Tokyo [Japan], 1993

Abstract

The regional sem inar on M em ber Participation which was jointly organised by ICA ROAP, JA ZENCHU and IDACA at Tokyo since 1987 for 4 years to provide opportunities for the participants to study how to strengthen m em ber participation at the grassroot level by m aking farm m anagem ent plan of individual m em ber farm er and how to assist them through agricultural cooperatives. Therefore, it was agreed that it would be essential to follow-up such farm m anagem ent plan by making effective strategy of agricultural cooperatives. Such strategy should involve primary societies at regional/federation level. As a second phase of the seminar, therefore, it needs to provide an opportunity to the participants to study how to form ulate a Regional Agricultural Developm ent Plan based on individual farm m anagem ent plans and to establish regional strategy. These strategies must be form ulated on medium and long-term basis with participation of mem bers and primary societies in the region. It is also necessary to discuss regional collaboration with the governm ent agencies. In view of the above, the sem inar in the second phase is focused on method of Perspective Regional Planning for Agricultural Developm ent initialed by agricultural cooperatives and m em ber farmers. The sem inar trains middle class m anagerial persons of secondary or national federations and unions who have been engaged in such business planning of agricultural cooperatives on the regional basis. The first sem inar on the above subject was conducted at IDACA, Japan, in 1991. The sem inar held from 8th to 26th Novem ber 1993 at IDACA was the second event in the series.