IMPROVING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION THROUGH CO-OPERATIVE
(A CASE STUDY OF ENUGU NORTH LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA CO-OPERATIVE SOCEITIES)
By
MBEH MATTHEW CHIDIEBERE REG NO. CEM/N2003/025
Presented To
Department of
Cooperative Economic And Management
ABSTRACT
The research work on the topic â€�“Improving Agricultural Production Through Cooperative using Enugu North Local Government Area Cooperative as a case of study was carried out survey the programmes and policies constituted by government to mobilize peasant farmers into agricultural cooperative and functional ones more productive as a way of facilitating the attainment of self â€" sufficiency in agricultural productivity in the country.
The general constraints that affect the achievement of the objective in Enugu North Local Government Area was identified.
These include ill conceived and inefficient extension services. Inadequate farm storage facilities and organize marketing outlets, use of crude farming implements, complex land tenuse system non restriction of membership which might bring in people of characters whose membership may lead to the down fall of the society among others.
Finally, my special thanks goes to God Almighty for giving me the soul inspiration to carry out this work to my self I can say the host is yet to come. The academic struggle definitely continues.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
APPROVAL PAGE
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
ABSTRACT
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 INTRODUCTION
1.2 STATEMENT OF PROBLEMS
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
1.4 IMPORTANCE OF THE ST UDY
1.5 SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY
1.6 DEFINITION OF TERMS
CHAPTER TWO
2.1 LITERATURE REVIEW
2.2 DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURE
2.3 THE IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE
2.4 THE TYPES OF ORGANIZATIONAL FORMS OF AGRICULTURE
2.5 AFTER PRODUCTION (STORAGE, PROCESSING, FINANCING AND MARKETING COOPERATIVES
CHAPTER THREE
3.1 RESEARCH AND METHODOLOGY
3.2 POPULATION OF THE STUDY
3.3 SOURCES OF DATA
3.4 PRIMARY SOURCES
3.5 SECONDARY SOURCES
3.6 METHOD OF INVESTIGATION
3.7 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS
CHAPTER FOUR
4.1 DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS
CHAPTER FIVE
5.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS
5.2 RECOMMENDATIONS
5.3 CONCLUSION
APPENDIX
BIBLIOGRAPHY
QUESTIONNAIRE