THE ROLE OF FARMERS MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN THE ACCELERATION OF FOOD PRODUCTION (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED FARMERS MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN UMUAHIA NORTH LOCAL GOV

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this research work is to foster the Role of farmers multi-purpose co-operative societies in Umuahia North; more consciously as an instrument for achieving increased agricultural productivity. Government objective in agriculture is to attain self-sufficiency in food production and agricultural raw materials for the Agro-bused industries and to earn foreign exchange from exporting agriculture produce. The researcher, also discovered that agricultural cooperatives in Umuahia North are not growing rapidly as a result of the following:  Lack of technological innovation,  insufficient funds, insufficient agricultural inputs, insufficient management Committers and  Inability of the members to take expert advice. Furthermore, agricultural cooperatives have made substantial contributions to development of Nigeria economy. The areas where the contributions have been manifested include food and raw materials production and marketing of agriculture products. 

TABLE OF CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE         
APPROVAL PAGE       
DEDICATION         
ACKNOWLEDGMENT       
ABSTRACT        
TABLE OF CONTENT       
LIST OF TABLES.        

CHAPTER ONE
1.0. INTRODUCTION     
1.1. BACKGROUND OF STUDY    
1.2. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM    
1.3. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY     
1.4. RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS     
1.5. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY    
1.6. SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY  
1.7. DEFINITION OF THE STUDY     

CHAPTER TWO 
2.0. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE   
2.1. MEANING OF COOPERATIVE     
2.2. VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF COOPERATIVE 
2.3. NEEDS FOR AGRICULTURAL MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY      
2.4. AGRICULTURAL MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY         
2.5. PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY     
 REFERENCES       
    
CHAPTER THREE 
3.0. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY  
3.1. RESEARCH DESIGN      
3.2. AREA OF STUDY       
3.3. POPULATION OF STUDY     
3.4. SAMPLE SIZE       
3.5. SOURCES OF DATA     
3.6. METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION    

CHAPTER FOUR 
4.0. PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA         

CHAPTER FIVE 
5.0. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS     
5.1. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS   
5.2. CONCLUSIONS      
5.2. RECOMMENDATIONS    
 BIBLIOGRAPHY       
 APPENDIX A       
 APPENDIX B