| Amydeon Oenos | http://amyndeonoenos.gr/index.php?lang=en |
Wine and tourism services |
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14331 inhabitants in the municipality | Reference: https://elstat-outsourcers.statistics.gr/Census2022_GR.pdf |
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10 businesses |
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Locally, Nationally, and Internationally |
Yes, $63 million in 2021 of wine imports | Reference: https://trendeconomy.com/data/h2/Greece/2204 |
family members are employed, and seasonal staff (among them migrants) are used to cover needs. Modern wine techniques and use of technology. Employment of enologists. The distribution of the products relies on personal contacts and private networks. Consumers feel safe about the product |
Strong competition, both on national and international level; Global warming/climate change alters the weather conditions and thus new techniques/varieties of grapes will need to be adopted |
| Gaia Bio | https://gaiabio.gr/ |
Organic agricultural products (fruits, vegetables, meat and animal products, grains, legumes), as well as processed items (olive oil, juices, alcohol, frozen foods, soaps) | Reference: https://gaiabio.gr/ |
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155.443 inhabitants in the region of Chania | Reference: https://elstat-outsourcers.statistics.gr/Census2022_GR.pdf |
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Over 220 | Reference: https://gaiabio.gr/about/ |
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Yes, although an estimate is hard to provide, as the cooperative produces many different types of products |
Strong implantation in the local community. Diversity of products provided allows for mitigation of weather effects. Demand for organic products is growing |
Strong competition, both on national and international level |
| Arbeitgeberverband Agrar, Genossenschaften, Ernährung Niedersachsen e. V. | www.age-niedersachsen.de/ |
They advise their clients (over 500 companies) in all matters relating to labor law, works constitution law and social law. | Reference: www.age-niedersachsen.de/index.php |
>500 | Details: Over 500 companies make up the association. | Reference: www.age-niedersachsen.de/ |
171555 | Details: 171555 (population of the city of Oldenburg as of 2021) | Reference: www.oldenburg.de/startseite/politik/verwaltung-finanzen/statistik/einwohnerprognose.html |
8,3 billion | Details: The gross domestic product (GDP) of the city of Oldenburg amounted to around 8,3 billion euros in 2020. | Reference: de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1209513/umfrage/bruttoinlandsprodukt-oldenburg/reference/source |
>500 | Details: Over 500 members | Reference: www.age-niedersachsen.de/ |
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They offer several opportunities for high-school and university students, such as internships and job offers. They provide many seminars and training options to their line and staff managers. They have both small-medium enterprises as well as big companies as their clients. |
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| Kulturland Genossenschaft eG | www.kulturland.de/de |
They acquire farmland, meadows, pastures, hedgerows and biotopes and make the land available to regionally integrated farms that market organic food locally, offer guided tours, engage in nature conservation and landscape management, provide social care or work with school classes in an experiential education setting | Reference: www.kulturland.de/de |
from €3,4 million to €4,7 million | Details: In November, they cracked the 1000-member threshold and had 1039 members at the end of the year. Total business deposits rose from €3,4 million to €4,7 million. | Reference: www.kulturland.de/de/articles/jahresbericht-2021 |
48472 | Details: 48472 (population of the district of Lüchow-Dannenberg, where the city of Hitzacker is located, as of 2021) | Reference: www.oldenburg.de/startseite/politik/verwaltung-finanzen/statistik/einwohnerprognose.html |
€ 1,076 million | Details: The gross domestic product (GDP) in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district amounts to € 1,076 million. | Reference: de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/1209513/umfrage/bruttoinlandsprodukt-oldenburg/reference/source |
1325 members, 30 partner companies | Details: In 2021 the cooperative was able to further expand its activities. 20% more members, 38% more cooperative shares, 27% more areas and 25% more farms are the impressive external “growth figures”. In 2023 stands on the website that they have 1325 members and 30 partner companies. | Reference: www.kulturland.de/de/articles/jahresbericht-2021 |
11 | Reference: www.kulturland.de/de/team | www.kulturland.de/de/infopaket |
7 | Details: 7 voluntary in the Supervisory Board | Reference: www.kulturland.de/de/team | www.kulturland.de/de/infopaket |
7 | Details: 7 women contributing to the cooperative activities or working for it. 3 of them are part of the Supervisory Board | Reference: www.kulturland.de/de/team | www.kulturland.de/de/infopaket |
The cooperative has a size of 420 hectares of land. |
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They are very well connected with other organizations on a regional, national and European level. 14 of their 27 farms are fully funded or overfunded as of Dec. 31, 2021. Overfunded means that more investments have been given to a farm than were actually necessary for the land purchase. For future land purchases with the respective farm, a portion has therefore already been pre-funded. In every German Bundesland there is an overwhelming majority of members that are completely (54%) or rather (40%) satisfied with the performance of the cooperative. 3% even stated that the organization exceeded their expectations. Variety of harvest and social interactions are also success factors for the Genossenschaft. |
A limitation factor could be the target group: members have to agree with the statutes of the cooperative and respect the criteria of being a “regionally integrated organic agriculture/farm. |
| VIÑAOLIVA | https://vinaoliva.com/ |
Wine, Olive Oil, Olives, Mosto, Alcohol | Products produced by the cooperative | Reference: https://vinaoliva.com/secciones/ |
Big Enterprise | Details: The company is considered a big enterprise in terms of its revenues | Reference: https://app.einforma.com/servlet/app/prod/DATOS_DE/EMPRESA_NORM/vinaoliva-l?producto_redireccionado_por_login=PRODUCTO_REDIRECCION_ENTORNOS&empresa_norm=vinaoliva-l |
1059501 | Details: Population of Extremadura in 2022 | Reference: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=2915#!tabs-tabla |
19.386 million euros | Details: GDP of Extremadura in 2020 | Reference: https://datosmacro.expansion.com/pib/espana-comunidades-autonomas/extremadura |
25 | Details: There are 25 cooperatives associated to Viñaoliva | Reference: https://vinaoliva.com/ |
26 | Details: Members in the administrative structure | Reference: https://app.einforma.com/servlet/app/prod/DATOS_DE/EMPRESA_NORM/vinaoliva-l?producto_redireccionado_por_login=PRODUCTO_REDIRECCION_ENTORNOS&empresa_norm=vinaoliva-l |
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There are no women in the administrative structure | Reference: https://app.einforma.com/servlet/app/prod/DATOS_DE/EMPRESA_NORM/vinaoliva-l?producto_redireccionado_por_login=PRODUCTO_REDIRECCION_ENTORNOS&empresa_norm=vinaoliva-l |
Around 10 Products | Details: The cooperative produces around 10 products, those being: Wine, Olive Oil, Olives, Mosto, Products that originate from alcohol | Reference: https://vinaoliva.com/secciones/#:~:text=El%20grupo%20Vi%C3%B1aoliva%20controla%20un,la%20producci%C3%B3n%20total%20de%20Espa%C3%B1a. |
9.19 euros/person | Details: Wine consumption in euros in 2021 | Reference: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1171173/communities-autonomous-with-more-spending-per-capita-in-came-spain/ |
Locally, Nationally, Internationally. | Reference: The cooperative sells locally, nationally and internationally | Reference: https://extremadura21.com/tag/vinaoliva/ | https://vinaoliva.com/ |
Import of wine in 2021: 238,6 million euros. Import of olive oil in 2021: 543,53 million euros | Reference: https://www.oemv.es/importaciones-espanolas-de-vino-ano-2021 | https://es.statista.com/estadisticas/499387/valor-de-las-importaciones-de-aceite-oliva-espana/ |
Diversification of the line of production, the offer of different products sold by the cooperative is a factor of success as they are able to take advantage of their production and utilize it in a diverse way. |
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6,04 kg/ person | Details: Olive oil consumption in kilograms in 2021 | Reference: https://es.statista.com/estadisticas/499309/consumo-por-persona-de-aceite-de-oliva-en-espana-por-tipo-y-comunidad-autonoma/ |
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| S.C. APIHURDES | https://www.productosagricolasmielpolen.es/es/ |
Honey, pollen, wax | Products produced by the cooperative | Reference: https://www.productosagricolasmielpolen.es/es/productos/ |
Small Enterprise | Details: The cooperative is considered a small enterprise in terms of its revenues | Reference: https://www.einforma.com/informacion-empresa/sociedad-cooperativa-apihurdes |
1059501 | Details: Population of Extremadura in 2022 | Reference: https://www.ine.es/jaxiT3/Datos.htm?t=2915#!tabs-tabla |
19.386 million euros | Details: GDP of extremadura in 2020 | Reference: https://datosmacro.expansion.com/pib/espana-comunidades-autonomas/extremadura |
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7 | Details: Number of employees in the cooperative in 2021 | Reference: https://empresite.eleconomista.es/SOCIEDAD-COOPERATIVA-APIHURDES.html |
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There are no women in the administrative structure | Reference: https://www.einforma.com/informacion-empresa/sociedad-cooperativa-apihurdes |
3 | Details: The cooperative produces three products, those being: Honey, Pollen and Wax | Reference: https://www.productosagricolasmielpolen.es/es/productos/ |
800g/person | Details: The consumption of honey in Spain was 800g per person in 2020 | Reference: https://www.mapa.gob.es/es/ganaderia/temas/produccion-y-mercados-ganaderos/indicadoreseconomicossectorapicola2020_tcm30-576093.pdf |
Locally, Nationally, Internationally. | Reference: The cooperative sells locally, nationally and internationally | Reference: https://exportadores.cesce.es/exportaciones-apihurdes |
83421885,63$ | Details: Import in dollars of honey in Spain in 2021. | Reference: https://trendeconomy.com/data/h2/Spain/0409 |
The collaboration between professional beekeepers and the diversification of the offered products are factors of success of this cooperative. |
Some issues that can be listed as factors of failure in the cooperative is the fact that the cooperative doesn’t have a strong web presence and also doesn’t have an online shop that can directly connect clients to their products from their website. |
| Good for you, good for the farm | Details: Support “BULGARIAN” by shopping clean, real and delicious food, with proven origin and quality from selected Bulgarian farms, participants in the “Good for you, good for the farm” campaign. | https://xn--80abbjhk1cbrx.xn--90ae/%d0%b7%d0%b0-%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%81/ |
The campaign “Good for you, good for the farm” is looking for Bulgarian producers of clean, real and delicious food, grown with care and attention to the land, people and animals. We personally check each farm and its products before adding them to the Bakalnitsa store assortment. This is the promise we make to our customers because we believe they deserve more. The campaign supports small and medium-sized Bulgarian producers who take care of preserving the biodiversity and fertility of the land. | Reference: https://xn--80abbjhk1cbrx.xn--90ae/faq/ |
277+ Number of Employees | Reference: https://xn--80abbjhk1cbrx.xn--90ae/ |
666398 | Details: Plovdiv region | Reference: https://www.nsi.bg/bg/content/11420/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2 |
BGN 9,765 million for Plovdiv region | Reference: https://www.nsi.bg/bg/content/2215/%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%BF-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE |
62+ Manufacturers; 3+ companies | Reference: https://xn--80abbjhk1cbrx.xn--90ae/ |
277 | Details: In addtiion there is a number of employees that varies | Reference: https://xn--80abbjhk1cbrx.xn--90ae/ |
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503+ Products | Details: https://xn--80abbjhk1cbrx.xn--90ae/ | https://xn--80abbjhk1cbrx.xn--90ae/%d0%b1%d0%b0%d0%ba%d0%b0%d0%bb%d0%bd%d0%b8%d1%86%d0%b0/ |
High demand for healthy and organic products |
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We farmers, want to preserve the fertility of the Bulgarian land and continue to care with dedication for the plants and animals we grow. With our labor we feed our families and preserve the most valuable of the past and present to pass on to the next generations. We produce with respect for traditions and Bulgarian recipes, prepared with delicious and favorite products, in the comfort of your home. If you are from Karlovo, you can take advantage of free home delivery. Online shopping. |
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Wheat | The information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
220 people from the village of Belovitsa | Reference: The information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
667398 | Reference: https://www.nsi.bg/bg/content/11420/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2 |
BGN 9,765 million for Plovdiv region | Reference: https://www.nsi.bg/bg/content/2215/%D0%B1%D0%B2%D0%BF-%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%B8%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%BE-%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%BE |
300 | Reference: the information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
7 | Reference: the information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
5 to 10 | Reference: The information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
3 | Details: the information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
The cooperative cultivates 3000 decares of land, from which about 300-400kg/decare of wheat is harvested | Reference: The information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
High demand |
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Bulgaria imports wheat. For the period 2020/21 | July – March, 21,647 tons of wheat were imported into Bulgaria. | Reference: https://www.mzh.government.bg/media/filer_public/2021/07/26/spa_pshenitsa_echemik_i_rapitsa_-_iuli_2021.pdf |
Private land of the owners, which they manage in the cooperative themselves, have a management board and the members themselves participate in the management of their land. The appointed people are people from the village – the local economy is encouraged by providing jobs. Fast and timely volunteer assistance in natural disasters. |
Weak impact on the market due to the small volume of production. Slow decision-making for the introduction of innovations and technical improvements due to the cooperative’s pyramidal structure – manager-council-members, where the management council must make every single decision for the future development of the cooperative. Due to the lower yield from agricultural land rents, many owner-members sell their land to the big players in the market and the cooperative loses part of its land every year and this hinders its future development. |
| Tourism Council – Plovdiv | Details: Tourism Council – Plovdiv is a non-profit association that implements the national tourism policy on the ground and supports the development of tourism at local and regional level. The association coordinates the actions and protects the interests of its members. | https://tourismplovdiv.org/ | https://wineshowplovdiv.events/ | https://www.weekendplovdiv.com/ |
Promoting small and local producers, craft food, vineyards and wine producers in the context of old bulgarian traditions | Reference: The information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
The association is represented by the Chairman of the Management Board. An administrative and technical secretary works there all year. During the events organized by the association: Young Wine Ferstival, Wine and Gourmet Festival and Weekend in Plovdiv, many employees are hired for a certain period, and volunteers also actively cooperate. | Reference: The information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
667398 | Reference: https://www.nsi.bg/bg/content/11420/%D0%BE%D0%B1%D0%BB%D0%B0%D1%81%D1%82-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B4%D0%B8%D0%B2 |
BGN 9,765 million for Plovdiv region |
The general assembly of members consists of 55 members | Reference: the information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
2 | Details: Working in the administration | Reference: the information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
They work with a large group of volunteers. Mostly students. for each event we attract over 40 volunteers | Reference: The information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
2 | Details: Working in the administration | Reference: The information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
The association organizes 3 festivals every year: Young Wine Festival. Wine and Gourmet Festival. The participants are Bulgarian wine producers and producers of food and products. And the visitors are from all over Bulgaria. Large groups of foreigners are also reported. | Reference: The information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
High demand | Details: Every year, both the number of visitors to the events and the number of participants increases. In the last edition of the young wine festival, more than 60 participants and thousands of visitors were reported. | Reference: The information was taken through a personal interview from the cooperative |
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Many people gathering at the same place, many sells and good product advertising. The different visitors each year are inviting new people so the amount of guests grows progressively |
Festivals are only few days per year and the number of visits and sells depends of many factors like weather, marketing of the event, cooperation with other structures and etc. It is hard to gather small producers because the specifics of family business, where family members will be missing in production while participating at such events |
| CocoriCoop | https://cocoricoop.be/ |
It trades products from local, peasant and environmentally friendly agriculture |
7 employees and 20 founders |
City of Ciney with 19.000 inhabitants |
102.5 per inhabitant in the province of Namur, where Ciney is located. |
220 including 35 producers |
5 employees + 2 people hired in the framework of a subsidy national programme |
More than 200 among the 8 relay points, the shop, the order preparation |
3 | Details: but a lot among the volunteers |
Several thousand |
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Not available | Details: Belgium imports fruits and vegetables but it’s difficult to compare since Cocoricoop sells only organic and local food. |
Quality of products; Involvement of producers; Transparent communication; Community-based |
Fragile economic model; Need of subsides; Heavy workload; Difficulties in balancing personal with professional life |
| Maferme | Details: facilitator and incubator for rural entrepreneurships based in Wallonia region | https://www.maferme.be/ |
Vegetables /fruit, goat breeding. Other product : beer, bread, artisants and artists, carpenting, alternative learning experience -alternative schooling, shop to sell products, processing plant for the products. |
1200 cooperators |
3662545 |
106 billion |
1200 members |
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Import of Belgium for agricultural goods amounted to 22 billion euros in 2019 |
Flexible infrastructure + offers synergies to all acotrs/organisations/worer/cooperative in the sector diversification of activities (farming, breeding, para-agricultural activiuties, acquisition of one big farm,…); Growing sectors ; A strong, multidisciplinary team; An already large community of co-operators; Diversity of activities and therefore diversity of risks; Substantial equity capital; |
Low profit margin; Very capital-intensive activities; Sectors with high psychological barriers to entry |
| AZIENDA AGRICOLA MACCARESE | Details: The Maccarese S.p.A farm covers an area of 3200 hectares in a single body and is considered one of the largest farms in Italy. 2400 of usable area where cereals, protein crops, fodder and vegetables are cultivated. A super-intensive almond orchard with a surface area of 120 hectares has recently been planted, making the company the leader in Italy for this type of crop. Almost the entire surface area is irrigated using the most diverse irrigation systems on the market. In addition to the agricultural activity, there is the largest dairy cow farm in Italy with 3,600 head present that produce 57,000 litres of high quality milk per day, satisfying 15 % of the Romans’ daily consumption. The zootechnical centre covers an area of 17 hectares and uses the most advanced software to monitor milk quality, milking efficiency, reproduction and analytical control of feed consumption with the aim of guaranteeing food safety and animal welfare. Milk production is also flanked by the fattening of male calves born on the farm, which are sold on the Roman catering and large-scale retail market. Finally, to complete the cycle of sustainable agriculture that goes in the direction of a circular economy, in 2010 two biogas plants were built for the production of electricity using livestock manure and silage produced on the farm as feed, and in 2021 a 300 KW photovoltaic system was installed on the roof of a barn, allowing the entire farm to be self-sufficient in energy during the day. | https://www.maccaresespa.com/azienda-agricola-maccarese/ |
Seasonal Agriculture product and farming |
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3,600 head of cattle; 18 million litres of milk produced annually | Details: Within the Maccarese S.p.A. Zootechnical Centre, which covers an area of 17 hectares, there is a herd of 3.600 head of cattle with a dual production orientation: milk and meat. Milk production represents the company’s core business and with its 18 million litres produced annually, it covers 15% of the milk requirements of Rome Capital. |
It covers 15% of the milk needs of Romans |
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Animal welfare; PLM (precision livestock farming); staff training; employment of advanced technologies; high quality reputation among market and consumers community | Details: The high productions recorded at Maccarese are the result of a path focused on several fundamental aspects: animal welfare, PLM (precision livestock farming) and staff training. From the point of view of animal welfare, the dairy cows are housed in modern facilities with equipment and ample space available (20 square metres per head) that allow the animals to maximise their welfare conditions (as certified by CreNBA, the national centre for animal welfare). The dairy herd is divided according to the physiological phase of lactation (calving cows, high production, dry cows, calves, heifers) with particular emphasis placed on the calving cows, which are equipped with a modern facility capable of handling the 1.800 deliveries per year. Particular attention is paid to cattle feeding, as it covers more than 50% of the production cost of a litre of milk. With the 3.200 hectares available, 72% of the cattle’s feed needs are met, with the remainder purchased from the external market. In recent years, the company has invested heavily in the purchase of the most advanced technologies that have allowed for an improvement in the quality of work, a more rigorous and precise control of the production process phases, with the aim of maximising production /reproduction performance. |
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| AGRICOLTURA NUOVA | Details: Founded in 1977 to create employment and protect a vast agricultural area from wild construction. with two main objectives:1. To create employment in agriculture; 2. To prevent the building of a vast area of high environmental value. Over the years it has become an important productive reality in the quadrant south-east of Rome, and is engaged in the breeding and biodynamic production of vegetables, fruit, meat, milk, yoghurt, honey, flours and derivatives. Both in the historic headquarters on the Pontina and in the Castel di Leva one, you will find a shop to buy the products (also present at the Tor de Cenci Market). The battle to save the “Tre Decime” from cement won the agricultural return of the area through the inclusion in the ‘safeguard’ variant and the perimeter of the Decima Malafede regional park (about 6,000 hectares). The Cooperative was granted a concession for the cultivated land in 1996, overcoming an almost 20-year squatting period. | www.agricolturanuova.it |
Cereals, vegetables and fruit, natural manure production, cheese production |
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