Effect of Agricultural Cooperative Membership on Farmers’ Income and Poverty in Delta State, Nigeria (original) (raw)

Open Science Repository Agriculture, 2012

Abstract

The study examined the effect of membership in agricultural cooperatives on farmers' income and poverty status in the Delta South senatorial district. Data on membership of agricultural cooperatives, farm income and poverty status were obtained from a total of randomly selected 244 respondent,s comprising 122 farmers' cooperators and 122 non-cooperators, utilizing interview schedule and analyzed using frequency counts, percentages and means. Farm budgeting, Foster, Greer and Thorbecke model of poverty and t-test were also evaluated. Multipurpose cooperatives attracted the highest number of members than credit and thrift and fishery cooperatives. Farmers' cooperators and non-cooperators were generally low income earners. The mean annual net income, incidence, depth and severity of poverty of farmers' cooperators and non-cooperators together provide sufficient evidence that membership in agricultural cooperatives could serve as a way for improving farmers' income and well-being. It is therefore recommended that the activities of cooperatives be improved upon and repositioned as an agent of change in the study area.

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