What conditions and procedures are required to establish an agricultural cooperative?

A farmers' cooperative is a mutual-aid economic organization based on rural household contracted management, in which producers and operators of the same type of agricultural products, or providers (users) of the same type of agricultural production and operation services, voluntarily unite and practice democratic management. It takes its members as the main service recipients and provides services such as the purchase of agricultural production materials and the sale, processing, transportation and storage of agricultural products, as well as technology and information related to agricultural production and operation.

Conditions for establishing an agricultural cooperative

1. To establish a cooperative, there must be 5 or more than 5 members. You can connect producers and operators of the same type of agricultural products in the village or surrounding areas, or providers of the same type of agricultural production and operation services, to apply together.

2. Cooperative members must have rural household registration or be urban laid-off and unemployed persons.

3. Cooperative members must join of their own free will.

Procedures for initiating an agricultural cooperative

1. Preparation and initiation.

2. Formulate the cooperative's articles of association.

3. Recommend the list of candidates for the board of directors and the board of supervisors.

4. Convene a general meeting of all founders.

5. Establish a working mechanism.

6. To register and establish a farmers' professional cooperative, a series of documents shall be submitted to the administrative department for industry and commerce to apply for establishment registration.

Application materials for an agricultural cooperative

1. Application form.

2. Minutes of the founding meeting signed and sealed by all founders.

3. Articles of association signed and sealed by all founders.

4. Appointment documents and identity certificates of the legal representative and directors.

5. A list of capital contributions signed and sealed by the contributing members.

6. Proof of use of the premises.

7. Other documents stipulated by laws and administrative regulations.

Note: After the above documents are submitted, the registration authority will complete the acceptance content within 20 days from the date of application, and issue a business license to applicants who meet the application standards. After applying, if there is information that needs to be changed, an application for change registration is required.