TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE …………………………….. I
APPROVAL PAGE …………………………… - ii
DEDICATION ……………………………… iii
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ……………………………… iv
ABSTRACT ……………………………… v
TABLE OF CONTENTS ……………………………… vi
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 INTRODUCTION ………………………………. 1
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY ……………… 3
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ……………… 4
1.3 PURPOSE /OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY ………. 5
1.4 SCOPE AND LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ….. 6
1.5 DEFINITION OF TERMS ………………………….. 7
REFERENCES …………………………………….. 10
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE …………… 11
2.1 DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURE …………… 12
2.2 IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE ……………. 12
2.3 AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES …. 13
2.4 TYPES OF ORGANISATIONAL FORMS OF AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVES AND HOW THEY IMPROVE AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ………………………. 17
2.5 SERVICES PROVIDED BY AGRICULTURAL CO-
OPERATIVES ………………………………. 22
REFERENCES ………………………………………… - 25
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY ………….. 27
3.1 SOURCES OF DATA COLLECTION……………………… 27
3.2 METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION ……………………… 28
3.3 RESEARCH POPULATION ………………………………. 30
3.4 SAMPLE SIZE …………………………………………… 30
3.5 METHOD OF DATA ANALYSIS ………………………….. 30
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSION AND
RECOMMENDATION ……………………………………… 32
4.1 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS …………………………………. 32
4.2 CONCLUSION ……………………………………….. 34
4.3 RECOMMENDATIONS ……………………………………. 36
BIBLIOGRAPHY ……………………………………………. 38
APPENDIX ……………………………………………. 39
