CAPABILITY INDEX OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SMALL SCALE SHEA INDUSTRY IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF GHANA
| dc.contributor.author | Fatai Akosile | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2024-11-08T13:42:26Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2024-11-08T13:42:26Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-01-21 | |
| dc.description.abstract | There is proliferation of NGOs especially in the Northern Region of Ghana now regarded as the NGO capital of Ghana. This study therefore assessed the capabilities of NGOs operating in the Shea industry in the Northern Region of Ghana with respect to their internal management structures. The study is significant for community development as it highlights the importance of NGOs with required capabilities to reduce poverty among small scale Shea butter processors. The population of this study consists of all 30 NGOs registered with Shea Network Ghana and the census method was adopted because of the number. Questionnaire as the main instrument of the study was face and content validated by experts in community development and reliability tests were conducted using the Cronbach alpha formula. The study used mainly descriptive statistics such as the mean, range, and mode for data analysis. The study found the NGOs in the Shea industry in the Northern Region to have above average capability in terms of their human, physical, and financial resources. The study recommends inter alia that NGOs continue to recruit highly qualified personnel and maintain adequate quantity and quality physical resources to enable them contribute meaningfully to poverty reduction and community development in their areas of operations. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://kwasuspace.kwasu.edu.ng/handle/123456789/2725 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Department of Social Work and Community Development, University of Benin, Edo State, Nigeria | |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries | Vol. 2, No. 1 | |
| dc.title | CAPABILITY INDEX OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS IN THE SMALL SCALE SHEA INDUSTRY IN THE NORTHERN REGION OF GHANA | |
| dc.type | Article |