• Identify the need the co-op will aim to meet:
  • unavailability or instability of work
  • unavailability of certain products and services
  • poor quality of certain products and services
  • products and services that are overpriced
  • development or expansion of market
  • improved market access for producers through co-operation
  • better working conditions through collective enterprise.
• Identify what professional help is needed to launch the business:
  • co-operative developer
  • experts advisors on feasibility study and business plan
  • financial consultant
  • accounting consultant, legal consultant, marketing consultant, others.

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