Abstract
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.
Highlights
Co-operation as a way of life has been a tradition in finding the solution to the socio-economic problems of the people in the world in providing market access, credit, and information to producers [7]
Agricultural cooperatives were an integral part of the Ethiopian Growth and Transformation Plan I (GTP I) (2011–2015) and high priority to play a crucial role in strengthening the commercialization of smallholder agriculture in the second Growth and Transformation Plan II (GTP II) [3]
Selected explanatory variables were used to estimate the binary logistic regression model to analyze the factors affecting of MPC member participation decision in agricultural input marketing of multipurpose cooperatives to estimate the effects of the hypothesized explanatory variables on the probabilities of being participant or not participant in multipurpose cooperatives
Summary
Co-operation as a way of life has been a tradition in finding the solution to the socio-economic problems of the people in the world in providing market access, credit, and information to producers [7]. Ethiopian primary multipurpose cooperatives participate in the marketing of agricultural inputs and are involved in domestic marketing activities, financial transactions, and social capital development. They provide input services, create market opportunities, and help sell their members’ products. They can allow for the exploitation of economies of scale and economies of scope, both by increasing the size of production and reducing unitary costs and by addressing output commercialization and input purchases simultaneously [12]
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