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The Contribution Of Agriculture Cooperative Societies To Food Production
[A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN ENUGU NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, ENUGU STATE]
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1.3 OBJECTIVE OF STUDY
In food production the study is aimed all
examining the role of Agriculture Co-operative food production so as to
benefit members and the society as a whole. The purposes of this study
are:
i. To identify the factor that can cause low food production in agriculture co-operative in (Enugu) North.
ii. To investigate whether problem identified are associated with the agriculture co-operative society.
iii.
To investigate the farms of supports and incentives provided by the
government to the agriculture co-operatives if there are any.
iv. To find out the ways and methods that can be used in solving the problems of low food productivity.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTIONS
To achieve the purpose or objectives of this study the following research questions were formulated.
i. What are the causes of the low food production among agriculture co-operative in Enugu North Local Government Area?
ii.
To what extent are the problem identified applied or associated with
the agriculture co-operative societies being studied?
iii. Do agricultural co-operative receive incentives from the government?
iv. What form does the incentives from government take?
v. What are the ways/methods that can afford possible solutions to the problems of low food production?
1.5 SIGNIFICANCE OF STUDY
The
findings of this research work will enable the society to know what to
do in order to improve or enhance the economic activities of the
society. This research work will equally help the Federal government
whose set objective is to use co-operative in rural development and
increasing the production capacity of the country.
The producer of
agricultural products will also benefit because their effective
production will be assured through the effective and efficient
management of the agricultural co-operatives in food production and
there will be an increase in food supply and production in the country
thereby leading to a fall in price of goods. When this is achieved, the
consumers and the general public will benefit.
When there is an
efficient and effective management of agricultural produce in food
production, the co-operative societies especially the rural based ones,
it will help in development recommendations of this research work will
also be of great benefit to other co-operative societies in the country
as it well served as reference material from them.
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