This research studied how stakeholders organize themselves in order to collectively manage the presence or absence of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) at the level of agricultural regions. Using case studies, we show that cooperatives have been able to bundle, coordinate, or influence all stakeholders. We show that these new methods of territorial governance require cooperative relations among cooperatives in direct competition with each other on the market, and a type of "collectivism" on a larger scale. The scale is no longer that of mutualism among farmers but of mutualism among competing cooperatives. This new agricultural collectivism permits cooperatives to reinforce their bargaining power and act as a nexus of relationships between the different stakeholders in the supply chain. This competing cooperatives’ unions enabled a multistakeholders’ dialogues and a self-organizations of the agricultural production areas.

这项研究研究了利益相关者如何组织自己，以便在农业地区层面上共同管理转基因生物的存在与否。通过案例研究，我们表明合作社能够捆绑，协调或影响所有利益相关者。我们表明，这些新的领土治理方法要求合作社之间的合作关系在市场上彼此直接竞争，并且需要更大范围的一种“集体主义”。规模不再是农民之间的互惠关系，而是竞争合作社之间的互惠关系。这种新的农业集体主义使合作社可以增强其议价能力，并充当供应链中不同利益相关者之间关系的纽带。