The study demonstrated the importance of cooperative in improving the welfare of members and community, and in modernizing agriculture in Region IV.
Starting from manual operation, the feedmilling operations of LIMCOMA Multi-purpose Cooperative, Soro-soro Ibaba Development Cooperative, and Cavite Farmers Feedmilling and Marketing Cooperative became fully mechanized and automated as of year 2000. Padre Garcia Multi-purpose Cooperative became a community-lending cooperative from its modest beginning as a small grain retailers association.
All the case cooperatives were stable and mature with business operations of 25 years or more. Operations were profitable, liquid, and solvent. Net surplus and assets were in the multi-million peso levels. Lines of business had expanded from feed milling to granting of services such as production credit, marketing, banking, merchandizing, veterinary and extension services, meat processing, among others.
Aside from patronage refund and dividend on capital, members received other benefits from the cooperative such as quality and reliable supply of feeds, technical assistance, educational assistance for children, medical and dental assistance, technical training, and start-up capital.
The cooperative reached out the community by giving gifts during Christmas, aid and donations to the needy, and support to development projects of barangays, towns, and cities were the cooperatives are located.
