ACFA giving hope to the Hopeless Farmers

ACFA Appreciates the Current ICA Version Of Co-Operative Principles. hence they decided to adopt it.

1.  Voluntary and open membership
2. Anti-discrimination
3. Motivations and rewards
4. Democratic member control
5. Member economic participation
6. Democratic control
7. Limitations on member compensation and appropriate use of surpluses
8. Autonomy and independence
9. Education, training, and information
10. Cooperation among cooperatives
11. Concern for community

The Rochdale Principles according to the 1995 ICA revision are detailed below.

Voluntary And Open Membership

The first of the Rochdale Principles states that co-operative societies must have an open and voluntary membership. According to the ICA's Statement on the Co-operative Identity, "Co-operatives are voluntary organizations, open to all persons able to use their services and willing to accept the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination."

Anti-Discrimination

To discriminate socially is to make a distinction between people on the basis of class or category. Examples of social discrimination include racial, religious, sexual, sexual orientation, disability and ethnic discrimination. To fulfill the first Rochdale Principle, a Co-operative society should not prevent anyone willing to participate from doing so on any of these grounds. However, this does not prohibit the co-operative from setting ground rules for membership, such as residing in a specific geographic area or payment of a membership fee to join, so long as all persons meeting such criteria are able to participate if they so choose.

Motivations And Rewards

Given the voluntary nature of co-operatives, it requires a motivation to encourage people to participate. Each person's motivations will be unique, and will vary from one co-operative to another, the support or contributions made may also be considered but will often be a combination of the followings:

a.      Financial - Some co-operatives may decide to appreciate the effort of a good co-operative member by supporting him/her with grant to boost his/her business.

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Quality of life – ACFA’s main objective is to provide quality lifestyle for any community who provides a peaceful environment for the Association to strive. We are aware that doing such voluntary service makes the life of the benefiting community better. This is perhaps the most significant motivation for hospitality displayed. Included here would be the benefits people get from being good to other people, staying active, and above all having a sense of the value of ourselves in society that may not be as clear in other areas of life.