EFFECT OF COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES ON AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA
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2023
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This study assessed the effects of cooperative societies
on agricultural Production of farmers in Kwara State,
Nigeria. The study randomly selected 140 farmer
cooperators for the study. Data was collected with an
interview schedule and analysed with frequency count,
percentage, mean and standard deviation and
regression tools. The study found that majority (68.0%)
were married. Top activities carried out by cooperative
societies were crop production information
(mean=4.53) ranked first, group farming (mean=4.53)
ranked second, credit facilities (mean=4.47) ranked
third. The contribution of cooperatives to agricultural
production were rated as procure farm input for
members (mean=4.58) first position, increase in
quantity and quality of farm output and access to
storage facilities (mean=4.48) second position
respectively. Constraints limiting the contribution of
cooperatives to agricultural production to include lack
of skilled personal (mean=4.57), corruption and
fraudulent officers (mean=4.54) and inadequate
infrastructural facilities (mean=4.53). Regression
analysis show that socio-economic factors significantly
influenced the contribution derived from cooperative
societies (R2 = 0. 650, F = 28.932, p < 0.01). This study
concluded that membership of agricultural cooperatives
has significantly affected agricultural development
through improved procurement of farm input for
members, increase in quantity and quality of farm output
for members and access to storage facilities for
members of farmers in the study area. It is recommended
that government extension agencies and concern private
sectors should ensure adequate and sufficient provision
of resources especially credit facilities farmer
cooperatives in the study area.