Agricultural development is a humanitarian basis, land and human resources, the "farmers" are the primary source of wealth, aimed agricultural development to raise the level of farm economically, socially and culturally, and here comes the role of drawing farming as a productive 1970-1971 to arrange and human resources building, that cooperatives is not a position to deal with the real needs, but is also a school of the process of learning how to overcome the problems of life Toajehm where :

A. There is an urgent need to create a balance in development programs between the civil societies on one hand and rural areas on the other hand.

B. The need to create a balance between work opportunities for the emergency program in the cities and agricultural development projects create job opportunities temporary, and permanent in rural communities. Agricultural cooperatives can influence and actively in the process of agricultural development, if provided with the appropriate climate to provide guidance and genuine desire to be involved and integrated in the operations and development plans, which are placed, we must help these cooperatives including : -

1. Contributing to the increase in agricultural production and quantity : -

The work of these cooperatives structured and integrated with the agricultural extension official in the areas of training, guidance, and the nature of deployment of the members at the Caring and prepare large production sites facilitate the transfer and delivery of concepts and information and technical guidance. What needs to cultivate a local market for the approach of self-sufficiency.

2. Lower production costs that sections in the supply of agricultural cooperatives, which could be developed and expanded able to contribute to the reduction of production costs significantly by providing materials for farmers and agricultural supplies at competitive prices, collectively buy large quantities of these materials, which required at the country level.

3. To help overcome the problems : the marketing-marketing that is the most prominent problems of the farmers, where according to the statistics, local Mentojna not enough for our needs, but we are seeing domestic crises of the produce, which is due to :

     1. Lack of a local marketing network.

     2. The Paris Convention and its impact on our market Local

     3. Lack of a marketing company interested in marketing abroad

4. Overcoming the problems of agricultural finance : -

The existence of the bank or fund for agricultural lending cooperative deals directly with agricultural cooperatives, which is working to give its members "through an appropriate mechanism for lending observer" seasonal loans, short-term and concessional. ( Proposals Bank Welfare)

5. Land reclamation and create new job opportunities :-Starting from the fact that there are between one million and a million and a half dunams are reclaiming varying degrees, with a view to reaching the green Palestine, and to create new job opportunities in rural areas, the modest investment for the bulldozer price hits $ 150,000, which can reclaim 750 dunums annually at the rate and thus create at least 50 jobs permanently.

6. Educating farmers and the development of the spirit of collective action : - The reality of the culture and awareness of farmers and working to develop the spirit of collective action to them, and push them to set aside their differences and trained in the practice of democracy is the right to build a state of national democracy.

7. Increased saving and investment : -

The promotion of cooperative members on saving the essential objective of the cooperatives, cooperative and channeling funds and save money for investment projects suitable These cooperatives are economically distinct objects in the national economy and help in influencing the growth rates of national income. ( Proposals Bank Welfare)

                                Summary and Recommendations

    1. Agricultural cooperatives could achieve many of its objectives and increase the effectiveness of their services if given the appropriate circumstances. These conditions are the responsibility of the cooperators themselves in addition to the institutions of the Palestinian National Authority, particularly the Ministry of Labor, "the Department of cooperation" and the Ministry of Agriculture.

    2. The cooperatives as development must be invited to participate in the programs and plans for agricultural and rural development as the most widespread and most base at the grass-roots level. All of this would reduce the time, effort and costs required to implement the plans and reach goals.

    3. The vast sums invested in the agricultural sector Altaaouti that exceeds 18 million dinars, which must not be wasted or continue to waste, but must be invested to become productive and useful to society

   4. Regardless of the criticism of cooperatives, the perception must be positive and constructive view to developing and activating one of the most important cooperative forms of production and services, which could eliminate many of the social and economic problems in the rural community.

   5. We should not judge the cooperatives of the economic and financial side only and compare companies and private enterprises, which means only to achieve profits not only where the community service and contribute to the development of a primary objective of Cooperatives was allocated substantial portion net annual profits of cooperatives

     Faisal Hindi

   General manager