Theeffectofagriculturalcooperativesocietyonsalesofmembersoutput (acasestudyofmadobimulti-Purposecooperative)
Student: Usaini Abubakar Ahmad (Project, 2025)
Department of Cooperative Economics and Management
Kano State Polytechnic, Kano, Kano State
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Thisdescriptivestudywasconductedwiththeaimofassessingtheimpactofagriculturalcooperativesocietyonthesalesofmembersoutputinmadobilocalgovernmentarea.Arandomsampleof74respondentsweregivenquestionnairesfromthreedistrictscomprisingGora,KwankwasoandNingawaareaswithregisteredmembersofthecooperativesocietytorepresentthepopulationofstudy.Datawascollectedregardingthesocio-economiccharacteristicsoftargetrespondents,somechallenges(finance,middlemen,roadinfrastructure,lowprices,lackofgoodaccesstomarketinformation).also,aonesamplet-teststatisticswasusedtoanalyzetheimpactofagriculturalmarketingcooperativesusingsomeparameterssuchas(ifthefarmers/membersearnmorebeforejoiningthecooperative?iftheirincomehasincreaseafterjoiningthecooperative?,ifthecooperativesupplyreliablemarketinformationaswellasdeterminegoodpricefortheirmembersproduce?).Theresultsshowedthatmostoftherespondentswerebetween30yearsandaboveandmostlymaleswithcollegelevelofeducation.Otherobjectivesanalysisbasedonvariablesmentionedaboveonsampledrespondentsshowsthecooperativeisbeingchallengedbythemandvaluecomputedfromtestedstatisticsseemsgreaterthantheconfidencelevelof95%whichindicatestrongevidenceontheimpactofagriculturalmarketingcooperativesocietyinthestudyarea.Thestudyalsorecommendedbasedonitsfindingsthatfarmersshouldbeempoweredintermsofgoodaccesstomarketinginformationinvolvingpriceandavailablemarketfortheirproducetohelpreducetheexploitationofmiddlemen.Also,thegovernmentshouldinterveneintermsofpricesetting,finance,goodroadinfrastructuretoencouragefarmingactivitiesandfoodavailability.
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- Mohammed Lawan College of Agriculture, Maiduguri, Borno State 12
- Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State 7
- Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nasarawa State 8
- Niger Delta University, Wilberforce Island, Bayelsa State 28
- Niger State College of Education, Minna, (Affl To Usmanu Danfodiyo Uni, Sokoto) 1
- Nigeria Maritime University, Okerenkoko, Delta State 1
- Nigerian Army University, Biu, Borno State 3
- Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja 3
- Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State 98
- Northwest University, Kano, Kano State 179