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Impacts of Farmer'S Cooperative Societies in Marketing of Agricultural Produce (A Case Study of Loro Sub County, Oyam District)

Amanya Gibson, Irumba Alex


Abstract

The study generally aimed to assess the impacts of cooperative societies in the marketing of agricultural produce in Loro Sub County, Oyam district. Specifically, the study intended to (a) to characterize using socio-economic characteristics of members (b) members perception of performance of cooperatives (c) factors that determines the members’ volume of produce sold by cooperatives in Loro sub county. A cross-sectional research design was employed and both purposive and simple random techniques shall be used to select a sample of 160 farmers. As for data collection, the structured questionnaire shall be used. Both quantitative and qualitative methods of data analysis are to be employed. From the finding above, 15% of the respondents agreed that they access agricultural information through radio programs. 28% of the respondent’s access extension service through the available non-governmental organization that provides various information to the farmers. Majority of the respondents agreed that they receive extension service from the extension workers dedicated by the local government program and 7% of the extension workers access agricultural information from cooperatives. The findings are in line with that of Ozibwe et al (2000) who stated that most government in the developing countries is making effort to improve the agricultural services through dedicating of the extension workers to reach the local farmers. The study therefore recommends that the government should establish strategies to empower the farmers and other key stakeholders, government and all actors involved should execute comprehensive strategies and strengthen the enforcement of legislations pertaining to agricultural disease control and management, further technical studies research.miu.ac.ug/publications 665 METROPOLITAN JOURNAL OF SOCIAL AND EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ISSN: 1813-4270 Vol. 2 Issue 5, August - 2023, Pages: 665-675 are recommended to find out more scientific facts and involvement of international partners.

Keywords

farmers cooperative societies marketing and agricultural produce
Metropolitan Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research

Cite This Article

Amanya Gibson & Irumba Alex (2023). Impacts of Farmer'S Cooperative Societies in Marketing of Agricultural Produce (A Case Study of Loro Sub County, Oyam District). Metropolitan Journal of Academic Multidisciplinary Research, 2(8). https://journals.miu.ac.ug/pages/article.php?article_id=1354

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