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Responsive management
The cooperative is managed in a very transparent and democratic way. Members 
interviewed noted how responsive and approachable the Executive Committee is. The 
division of members into small subgroups based on geographical location has also 
enabled committee members to better understand and respond to members’ needs.

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Coordination
The cooperative’s main business strategy is to link farmers to input and output markets 
and services and coordinate the activities of market chain actors. Lack of coordination 
among market actors is a big constraint in many sectors in many countries, and 
especially so for more highly institutionally demanding products such as shrimp and 
other aquaculture products, making coordination an important key to success. 
REFERENCES
Customs Department, Thailand. 2007. 
Statistical report on shrimp import and export 
(available at www.customs.go.th) (last accessed on 30 September 2009).
Joker, L. & Christensen, B. 2009. 
The seafood business and small-scale aquaculture farmers
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Rome, Danish Technology Institute and FAO. (Unpublished)
NACA. 2009. 
Project report: small-scale shrimp producer environmental standard assessment.
Bangkok, WWF and Network of Aquaculture Centres in Asia-Pacific. (Unpublished)
Wyban, J. 2007. Thailand’s shrimp revolution. 
AQUA Culture AsiaPacific Magazine
, 
May–June.

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APPENDIX 2
Case study of farmer societies and 
the National Centre for Sustainable 
Aquaculture, India