Theyprovideguarantees with regards to investments, supply of agricultural inputs (seeds and fertilizers) and credits, and are a suitable platform for education and training. Cooperatives also provide opportunities for marketing agricultural products, particularly in the case of smallholders who, in most cases, are not able to meet quantitative and qualitative thresholds and therefore rely on communal storage and marketing instruments. In Brazil, cooperatives have been instrumental in linking small-holder farmers into the agrifood chain.