Issues Hamper Progress

Kompas/Rony Ariyanto Nugroho

Members of the North Bandung Cattle Farmers Cooperative deposit milk from their cattle at the Bukanegara pick-up post in Lembang, West Bandung regency, West Java, Sunday (9/7). The cooperative is an organization that protects and advocates for cattle farmers and their businesses.

JAKARTA, KOMPAS — Several issues, such as low understanding of cooperatives, minimal hard work, poor management and inhibitive government regulations, make it difficult for cooperatives to develop. If all these issues were settled, cooperatives managers are convinced the role of the communal economic activity could be greater.

Several cooperatives figures met last week and revealed the issues on Monday (10/7). Meanwhile, a survey by Kompas research and development shows 52.7 percent of respondents said they had never been a member of a cooperative while 23.6 percent said they were once a cooperative member, but quit.