Henan's Services-for-Agriculture Centre Network
Actors involved
Provincial federation; county and township Services-for-Agriculture Centres
Problem addressed
Insufficient reach of agricultural services and gaps in facilities
Role of the cooperatives
Used fiscal support to build county- and township-level service hubs
Service / business model
RMB 30 million allocated annually by the provincial budget, building 932 Services-for-Agriculture Centres to date
Strength of cooperative principles
Medium: strongly public-service in character
Replicability
High: replicable, but dependent on local fiscal capacity
International comparative note
Fiscally supported service-network expansion, comparable with public extension systems elsewhere