THE IMPORTANCE OF IMPROVING AGRICULTURE PRODUCTION THROUGH CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES. (A CASE STUDY OF ANIOCHA L.G.A, ANAMBRA STATE.)

ABSTRACT
Agriculture is a science or practice of cultivating the land the keeping or breeding animal for food and for the promotion of the countries economy.

The importance of improving Agricultural production through Co-operative Society especially in Anambra State, is their source of earning food and money for their survival, both man and animal around.  It is also provision of  raw materials for the Agro-based Industries, which helps in the production facilities programmes.
Co-operative society is the coming together of different people in order to achieve a common goals and objectives of the society.  They teamed up in Anambra State to cultivate and supply masses with food and also to feed themselves with their families.

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
2.0REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE   ……………           11
2.1    DEFINITION OF AGRICULTURE           ……………            12
2.2    IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE       …………….            12
2.3    AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES   ….            13
2.4TYPES OF ORGANISATIONAL FORMS OF AGRICUL-
TURAL CO-OPERATIVES AND HOW THEY IMPROVE
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ……………………….       17

2.5SERVICES 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