Authors : Kuyunsa Mayu Alain; Ngalamulume Kalala Jean-Pierre; Banze Mukanya Anjou

Volume/Issue : Volume 11 - 2026, Issue 9 - September

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DOI : https://doi.org/10.38124/ijisrt/26sep381

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Abstract : This study develops a conceptual and analytical framework for examining agricultural cooperatives as institutional infrastructures for agroecological transition in Luebo Territory, Kasai Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo. It integrates diffusion of innovations, collective-action theory, and contemporary agroecological-transition approaches to explain how collective organization can convert rules, resources, and relationships into services that enable adoption. Agroecological progress is operationalized through an Agroecological Adoption Index (AAI) based on twelve observable practices.

Keywords : Agricultural Cooperatives; Agricultural Services; Agroecological Transition; Agroecology; Collective Action; Luebo; Multi-Practice Adoption; Smallholder Farmers.

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