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| Koutsou, Stavriani; Iakovidou, Olga; Gotsinas, Nicolas. |
| Women’s cooperatives are the most original type of cooperatives in Greece in terms of planning, organization and management, aimed at increasing their family income and upgrading their social status. In most cases, national or European Union projects financed the cooperatives. The aim of this article is to examine the women’s cooperatives and identify the factors that exhorted farm-women to join them, the effects of such a decision on their lives, as well as the problems they faced during their operation. Forty out of seventy-one cooperatives were examined by means of a structured questionnaire in February 2000. The results indicate that the participation of farm-women in these cooperatives provided them a source of income and gave them independence, power... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Women’s cooperatives; Women’s agrotourist cooperatives; Farmwomen; Greece.; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/59774 |
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| Iakovidou, Olga. |
| Women's' agrotourist cooperatives constitute the most original type of rural tourism in Greece because of its planning, organization and management. This article aims to analyze the women's agrotourist cooperatives, to point out the bottom-up approach that is determinant for their successful operation, identify the factors that motivate Greek farm-women to join such cooperatives and the effects of such a decision on their life. The results indicate that the most successful cooperatives are those that meet one or more of the following conditions: I) the cooperatives are made up of a core of women with leadership skills; 2) there is an authority that encourages and supports women's venture; and 3) their establishment is based on a bottom-up approach. The... |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Rural tourism; Agrotourism; Women in rural areas; Women's agrotourist cooperatives; Bottom-up approach; Zagora; Greece; Agribusiness. |
| Ano: 2002 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/60881 |
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