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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- Covenant Polytechnic, Aba, Abia State 1
- Covenant University, Canaan Land, Ota, Ogun State 4
- Crawford University of Apostolic Faith Mission Faith City, Igbesa, Ogun State 2
- Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State 1
- Cross Rivers University of Technology, Calabar, Cross Rivers State 142
- Delta State Polytechnic, Ogwashi-Uku, Delta State 11
- Delta State Polytechnic, Otefe, Delta State 13
- Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State 139
- Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State 17
- Edo University, Iyamho, Edo State 10