Co-operative organization as an independent association ofpeople united voluntarily to meet their common economic,social, cultural needs and goals through a jointly ownedand democratically controlled business.

Any two principles of co-operative are:
-Open membership.
-Democratic control.

Agricultural co-operative is most important types ofcooperativesfor an agriculturalcountry likeNepal becauseit helps all the farmers of Nepal to be united to meettheir own social, cultural or economic needs.

The types of co-operatives found Nepal are:

- Worker's co-operative:
The co-operative organizationestablishedby the workersof any organizationis worker's cooperative. In a worker's co-operative,there are no any outsiders meaning only workers own the shares of the association.

-Consumer's co-operative:
A consumer cooperativeis a cooperative business owned by its customersfor their mutual benefit. Also, the employeescanbe members of consumer'sco-operative.
- Agricultural Cooperatives:
It is the...

Cooperatives is an independent association of peopleunited for the meeting of their own needs andrequirements. It helps its shareholders to be financiallyenabled and increase productivity. In case of farmers,manyfarmers are economically weak and cannotmake the investment in the desired sector. Butagricultural cooperatives helps these farmers to beunited and work together for the fulfillment oftheir requirements with the common efforts.Therefore,agricultural cooperativesare boon for the...

The advantages of co-operatives are:
- Formation of cooperative organization is easy.
-One caneasily become a member of a co-operative.
-Co-operatives are made for imparting social services.
-A cooperativedoesn't need to pay any taxes.
-Every members have equal right in cooperative.
-It acceleratesthe economic and social development.