abstract：
the sustainable development of cooperatives is essential to agricultural sustainability and is determined mainly by cooperation longevity. the risk-sharing and benefit distribution mechanisms are important governance arrangements that affect cooperation longevity in member-heterogeneous cooperatives. however, the relationship between cooperatives’ risk-sharing and benefit distribution arrangements and cooperation longevity is not well understood. to address this research gap, we provide a conceptual framework to illustrate the relationship between risk sharing, benefit distribution, contract form and cooperation longevity. by conducting 23 interviews with three dairy cooperatives in china using a multiple-case-study method, we find that cooperation longevity is influenced by the alignment of the combination of risk-sharing and benefit distribution for cooperatives and their members. following the principles of risk-benefit equivalence and strategy-risk preference matching, we discuss four scenarios of match or mismatch of combinations of risk-sharing and benefit distribution. we suggest that the government needs to strengthen risk mitigation capabilities for cooperatives and members, and to help them to build an effective risk-sharing and benefit distribution arrangement to achieve sustainable development.
《international journal of agricultural sustainability 》2022年3月
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