This study aims to understand the current situation and determine the role of
cooperative participation in improving financial efficiency for rice farmers in the
Mekong Delta. Descriptive statistics, comparisons, financial indicators, and
regression models were employed to analyze the primary data set of 160 observations.
This number of observations was collected by a random method including rice
farmers in Hau Giang province in the Mekong Delta. Lessons learned from the
consumption-linked case study in Indonesia are also included for comparison.
Research results show that households participating in cooperatives have better
production results than households not participating in cooperatives. In the remaining
stages of the production process, receiving support from stakeholders is also more
than in the households participating in the cooperative. Based on the research results,
the author proposes some relevant solutions to promote linkages between production
and consumption with the role of cooperatives as the core in developing countries
with strengths in agriculture production such as Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia.