An empirical study has been carried out during the first half of 2011 consisting in the application of the Delphi method and sending a questionnaire to experts whose purpose was to gain a view of the strategic situation of horticultural cooperatives in Spain. The Delphi method is a projection technique of the qualitative and subjective type which is appropriate for studies
where there is little information on the subject to be analysed, and also for exploratory studies, as it is he case study of examining the role of agricultural cooperatives in coming out of the crisis of Mediterranean agriculture