Effect of Federal Grants on Agricultural Cooperatives in Enugu State, Nigeria

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• July 9, 2023
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ABSTRACT

The study examined the effect of federal grants on agricultural cooperatives in Enugu state, Nigeria. Specifically, the study adopts federal grants as the independent variable of both agricultural inputs, agro-processing/marketing, and financing agricultural cooperative that serve as dependent variables. A survey research design. The study adopts primary source of data. The data were collected using a well-structure questionnaire. The data were analysed using Chi-Square, frequency tables and simple percentages. The result revealed that federal grant has contributed to agricultural input, federal grant has positive significance effect on agro-processing/marketing and federal grant do contribute in the financing of agricultural cooperative. We concluded that federal grant is a means to support the agricultural cooperatives in Nigeria in general. We recommended all tiers of government (federal, state and local) and many other private and NGO’s organizations should involve in using grants to contribute in the agricultural inputs to support agricultural cooperatives in Enugu, Nigeria.

Keywords: Agricultural Cooperatives; Federal Grant; NGO’s Organization; Enugu and Nigeria

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Ogbodo, A. J. Ugwa, N. & Igwe, A. O.

FULL PDF  |  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8118219