Factors influencing the success of animal husbandry cooperatives: A case study in Southwest Iran

This survey study aimed at identifying the factors influencing the success of animal husbandry cooperatives in South-west Iran. Using a questionnaire, the data were collected from 95 managing directors of the cooperatives who were chosen through a multi-stage stratified random sampling method. This study showed an essential need for a systemic framework to analyze the cooperatives ’ success. The results showed that the “Honey Bee”, “Cattle (dairy)”, and “Lamb ” cooperatives were the most successful among different kinds of the cooperatives. Also, among individual attributes, “interest”, “technical knowledge”, and “understanding the concept of cooperative”; among economic vari-ables, “income ” and “current investment”; and among external factors, “market access ” have significant correlation with the success while structural variables have no significant relation. Furthermore, among all the factors, four vari-ables (“interest”, “understanding the concept of cooperative”, “market access”, and “other incomes”) can explain the variations of the success