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Problems Of Co-operative Societies In The Marketing Of Agricultural Products
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ILLITERACY AS A FACTOR
This
is where the researcher encountered a heavy barrier, because 70% of the
co-operators interviewed of given the questionnaire felt reluctant to
sign mainly due to lack of understanding.
DEFINITIONS OF TERMS
Several attempts have been made as regards to the definition
of co-operative societies both by foreign authors and their local counterparts.
According
to Erdman and Tincey, “a co-operative society or association is a
voluntary association of person with a common interest, formed and
operated along democratic lines for the purpose of supplying services at
cost to its members, who contributed both capital and business.
Okonkwo
J.N, a local author put in his “A co-operative society is a voluntary
association of free and independent persons for the betterment of their
members economic conditions.
Ogbuu C.C. 1975, in his own opinion,
looks at co-operative society as an association of persons as human
beings on the basis of equality for the achievement of their economic
goodsâ€.
Egbua C.C, defined co-operative organizations in 1986 as an
association of persons having usually a limited means of income who have
voluntarily come together to form democratically controlled business
organizations by material equitable contribution to the capital
required, and agreeing to share equity the risk of benefits that will
result from the undertakings.
Oladeji in 1982 page 250 put in his by
defining co-operative society as an enterprise that derives it strength
from the interest and patronage of its members who provide nearly all
its finance, own, manage and control its operators. Walter (1960) put
his own contribution by defining co-operative society as the application
of brotherhood in the economy. Whatever definition may be given to the
co-operation society, the following kings or principles will be
observed.
There must be an objective mainly for the interest of the members.
Entry
and exist must be voluntary, no one can be forced to come either into
the association or out of it. The entry and the exit are voluntary in
other words a free will.
In the research opinion, co-operative
society is defined as a fusion of individuals voluntarily with the same
business or trade incentives carryout business activities for the
interest of the members.
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ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This study is carried out to find the problems of cooperative in the marketing of agricultural food products in Enugu zone of Enugu State.The study became necessary because of the recent increases in the price of food crop in the country. Because of time lapses, a survey sample was used to study the entire population covering Oji-River, Udi, Enugu North, Enugu South, Awgu and Ezeagu local government areas of the state.Direct sampling methods was used in administering the questionnaire. The data ... Continue reading---
