Multipurpose Cooperative Member Participation in Agricultural Input Marketing and Its Associated Factors: Kersa District, Jimma Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Rusha Begna Wakweya

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Multipurpose Cooperative Member Participation in Agricultural Input Marketing and Its Associated Factors: Kersa District, Jimma Zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia

Rusha Begna Wakweya

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Multipurpose cooperatives are often seen as key institutional intervention in enhancing farmers’ access to markets, as one form of institution that fulfill exchange and co-ordination functions in an economy. This study Presented multipurpose cooperatives member participation in agricultural input marketing and associated factors at kersa woreda, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia. Two-stage sampling procedures were used in this study. Primary data were collected through key informant interview, focus group discussions and personal observations while secondary data were collected through review of related literatures and different reports. Binary logit model was used to analyze quantitative data. Twelve independent variables were hypothesized and five of them positively influencing agricultural input marketing of multipurpose cooperative member’s participation. The result showed that 66.36% of cooperative members were participants in agricultural input marketing where as 33.64% were non-participants. The binary logit model result showed that age, education, landholding, change in standard of living due to joining of cooperative, membership in other cooperatives other than Multipurpose Cooperatives has influence agricultural input marketing of multipurpose cooperative member positively and significantly while the other two variables determined negatively and significantly. In conclusion, multipurpose cooperative members who are nearer to their office tend to more participate in marketing activity of agricultural input marketing than those who are far from their office. Therefore, the government has to facilitate road accessibility and District Cooperative promotion Agency has to give attention to address and support those who have no proximity to their office.

Published in	Economics (Volume 10, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.eco.20211002.11
Page(s)	40-45
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Multipurpose Cooperative, Input Marketing, Participation, Ethiopia

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