Evaluation of Agricultural Development Cooperatives in the Forest Villages by SWOT Analyses (The Case Study in Macka)

Cooperative concept's means working together as a shortly. Especially, it is accepted as an important enterprise for villagers live rural area and are out of phase with the market conditions. Cooperative trading system in the rural area can be developed/improved by joining the limited and scattered facilities and possibilities. It is a common belief for cooperatives that more and higher production and profit can be realized with less investment. In spite of strong support and long period a time, expected results couldn't taken from cooperatives activities of cooperative trading system in forest villages. This situation is made it necessary that cooperatives itself and it's environment with more realistic aproach and they should prepare themselwes more healtly in the future. For this goals, SWOT Analysis is used as a good method. In this study, SWOT Analysis was used as a method to analyse Agricultural Development Cooperatives working in forest villages in Macka. Two meetings were arranged and action plans were created with 11 cooperative managers and members' shows activity in Macka. For Macka Agricultural Development Cooperatives, 9 strenghts, 11 weaknesses, 7 opportunites, 7 threats were confirmed. The most effective strenght was tax advantage, weakest one was lower employment possibilities, the greatest opportunity was growth and supporting tourism in Macka by new arrangements, the most threatening factor was running out of conviction in the direction of growth and development