Farmers share tools, why not?
- NMEK with sarmientos.Lugar Makea (Lapurdi) Means of life: Culture. Organisation of farmers in the area: Elgarrekin NMEK (Agricultural Machinery Management Cooperatives). CUMA Coopérative d'Utilisation de Matériel Agricole). Creation: The NMEK, founded in December 1975, has its plant in Lekorne (Lapurdi).
Antton Uhalde is a young farmer who works like every day with his sheep and cows in the prairies of Makea. The first ones are for milk and the second ones are for meat. By the age of twenty-five, for four years he had held on to the life he had known at home, since his father, who had retired, had taken care of the livestock. With Elgar he is admitted to the NMEK, as he was taught at home, and as 150 farmers in the area have also chosen. What exactly is a NMEK or CUMA?
Farmers and farmers collectively share the necessary equipment for work. In this way, it is economically easier for farmers to buy tools, as it not only has to cope with spending. Cooperatives are distributed over areas and have adequate equipment to meet the needs. For every instrument purchased or to be used during the year in the NMEK with Elgar, not all members have to contribute a lot of money; each farmer decides what material he needs and arranges the payment based on his use. They have an annual fee for each selected machine and then the worker pays according to the hours of use.
Economic and social benefits
From an economic point of view it is clear that the farmer will find it cheaper to buy material in the collective, but he also has his social part. Farmers come together, work together and are building strong networks. Beyond private property, they've formed a group and they work as a group.
Self-employed persons
NMEKs are not within any other organization and are born independently. However, they are related to other NMEKs and are also treated between two or three for the purchase of certain materials. Elgarrekin NMEK has about 150 members and two full-time workers for the cooperative. These are the ones that organize the hours of the machines, the hours of use, the selection processes of the new instruments that are required, the maintenance of the material, etc. They all need at the same time.
One farmer, one vote
Decisions are made between all members of the WCC and buying processes need their time to reach an agreement. Although the debate may last a long time, each farmer has the last word and it is decided by vote what material to buy. Between three and four options, each one votes openly to whoever wants and the one who gets the most will be the one chosen.
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