The Rural Cooperatives Development (RCD) Program supports Rural Cooperative Development Centres, which in turn, provide technical assistance to individuals and entities improving the economic condition of rural areas by supporting start-up, expansion or operational improvement of rural cooperatives and other business entities. Cooperatives have often been the mechanism used by small and midsized producers to work together to access new markets or market value added products.
AGRIMAX will be creating an Interagency Working Group to improve coordination of programs and services between state agencies and national and local cooperatives through the RCD program.