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How Can USDA Help Rural Cooperatives?
User-owned cooperatives process and market products, purchase production supplies or consumer goods, provide housing and credit, build and operate rural utilities, and provide other services needed by rural residents. By working together for their mutual benefit in cooperatives, rural residents are often able to reduce costs, obtain services that might otherwise be unavailable, and achieve greater returns for their products.
The Cooperative Services programs
of Rural Development help rural residents form new cooperative businesses
and improve the operations of existing cooperatives. To accomplish this,
Cooperative Services provides the following:
- Cooperative Development Assistance
- Technical Assistance
- Conducts Cooperative-related Research
- Produces Information Products to Promote Public Understanding of Cooperatives.
- Provides Cooperative Training Programs and Educational Materials
Much more information can be obtained from our Cooperative Services web site, located by clicking here.
Please send any comments or suggestions to:
craig.scroggs@ga.usda.gov
Last Updated : January 26, 2004