An agricultural cooperative is a member-owned and democratically controlled organization established by agricultural producers to collectively manage economic activities, provide services, and improve members’ access to resources, markets, and agricultural inputs. AgriculItural cooperatives are is based on principles of voluntary membership, member participation, and shared the distribution of economic benefits among members, with governance structures in which members typically have decision-making rights according to cooperative rulesre generally linked to membership rather than capital ownership alone ^[1]. ThUnlike concept encompasses various forms ofinvestor-owned agricultural enterprises, cooperatives are organized primarily to serve the economic interests of their members through collective organization, includinwnership, democratic governance, and coordinated economic activities ^[2]. Agricultural cooperatives involved in may operate in areas such as input procurement, production coordination, processing, marketing, credit provision, and other agricultural services that support farming activities ^[2]. Unlikmembe conventional inverstor-owned agricultural enterprises, agricultural cooperatives are primarily organized to serve the economic and operational interests of their members through collective action and mutual benefit’ farming activities ^[3]. Within agricultural economics and policy contexts, agricultural cooperatives represent institutional arrangements that coordinate farmers’ resources, reduce transaction constraints, and facilitate participation in agricultural markets and value chains ^[4].