Socio-economic factors influencing farmers participation in agricultural marketing cooperative societies: a case study of Njombe district
| dc.contributor.author | Mgina, Fidea Luhwano | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-25T11:18:58Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-25T11:18:58Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2001 | |
| dc.description | Master of Arts Dissertation in Rural Development | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | The study on factors influencing farmers participation in Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Societies was carried out in Njombe District. The interest in this study has been prompted by the recognition that Agricultural Marketing Cooperative Societies (AMCOS) are organizations that can help poor farmers to raise their economic status, but the extent to which they join and participate in cooperative activities is very low. Hence the general objective was to find out what factors influence farmers participation in AMCOS. All farmers who are members and non-members in Njombe District were taken as the population of the study. Four societies were randomly selected to be included in the study. A total of 120 respondents, 60 members and 60 non-members were selected for the study. Data were collected through questionnaire and review of societies records. Data were then analyzed by descriptive statistics and test of independence (Chi-square) was used. The results of the study show that, farmers join societies and continue to be members if they can get the services, which are better than what they can get from other sources. This study found that there was no relationship between members participation in AMCOS and formal education, marital status, land distribution, and land acquisition. On the other hand, cooperative member education, economic activity, cash crops, markets, prices, and membership fee have influence to members participation in AMCOS. Lack of members education and poor services offered to members by AMCOS were cited as some of the problems hindering members’ participation. It is recommended that AMCOS should improve services offered to members. Societies and the government should emphasize cooperative education to the whole society. Likewise societies should find ways of building their capital through contributions, which will be used to buy crops from farmers so as to compete with private traders who pay cash. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5782 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Sokoine University of Agriculture | en_US |
| dc.subject | Socio-economic factors | en_US |
| dc.subject | Farmers participation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Marketing cooperative societies | en_US |
| dc.subject | Agricultural marketing | en_US |
| dc.title | Socio-economic factors influencing farmers participation in agricultural marketing cooperative societies: a case study of Njombe district | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |