CUMA are....
Service co-operatives in a agriculture.
Set up by and for farmers
Collective investment and joint use of machinery, building, workers for tasks directly linked to production cycles.
Set up by and for farmers
Collective investment and joint use of machinery, building, workers for tasks directly linked to production cycles.
Little autonomous groups to ease or improve conditions of production and increase the farm's productivity.
Key Facts - 2019
- 11 740 Cuma in France
- 4 700 employees (drivers, mechanics,…)
- around 23 farmers / Cuma
- av. turn-over : 60 000 €
50% of french farms are involved in a Cuma
Key Facts : Main activities
- Transportation
- Toothed and disc implement...
- Hay baler
- Spraying
- Slurry spreader
- Combine harvester
- Low tillage/scratch farming
- Grape harvest
- Potato and veg. digger
Key Facts : Investment Funding
Ways of financing :- Self-financing : 16%
- Other loans : 63%
- Subsidized loan : 12%
- Subsidies : 9%
Download : "Key figures Cuma 2019"
Link to : Involvment of the Cuma network in international cooperative development
Link to : Involvment of the Cuma network in international cooperative development