Act on Transactions in Markets of Agricultural Products Article 8

Farmers’ organizations engaged in joint marketing and distribution adjustments must receive assistance and guidance from respective central and local competent authorities. The regulations governing these organizations’ assistance and guidance, incentives, joint marketing organization, training, distribution adjustments, production and marketing forms, cessation of operations, and monitoring shall be formulated by the Central Competent Authority.Agricultural products undergoing joint marketing by farmers’ organizations should be given priority at agricultural wholesale markets.The aforementioned joint marketing may be executed through contracted production or supply between a farmers’ organization, its members, and agricultural wholesale markets.Respective competent authorities shall award farmers’ organizations that exhibit outstanding performance in joint marketing.