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Box 2.6 (continued)

With such a complex ownership structure, quality management is vital. Today,
agricultural cooperatives have to call on skilled managers who are capable of
leading the strategic development of such structures. Cooperatives are prepared to
attract leading managers from other sectors to decide and implement growth and
development strategies, as long as these managers adhere to and recognise the
specific values and characteristics of the cooperative model.
For the Bazancourt-Pomacle Biorefinery, these financial arrangements are the
price it has to pay if developing the value chain upstream of processing is to be
financially possible.