Comparative Performance of Farmers' Service Societies and Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Societies

Have the Farmers' Service Societies (FSS) performed better than the Primary Agricultural Cooperative Credit Societies (PACS)? B.M. Desai and N.V. Namboodiri's paper focuses on this question. They compare the performance of FSS and PACS on seven criteria and conclude that FSS have performed better than PACS though neither has been successful in undertaking agromarketing and processing functions.