AN APPRAISAL OF THE ROLE OF BANKS IN FINANCING F AGRICULTURAL CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY IN ENUGU-STATE. (A CASE STUDY OF THE N.A.C.R.D.B. LTD)
.PREFACE
Banks are established to take profit. Are these profits made at the expense of their customers? Or is it as a result of the services provided by those banker?.
It is the aim of this research work to find out the role of banks in financing of agricultural co-operative in Enugu State (A case study of the N.A.C.R.B.LTD). farmers satisfaction is what these banks attains to achieve. This research work has four chapters:. Chapter one contains a general discussion on the background of the study, the statement of the problem, objectives of the study, the significance of the and went further to analyze the scope and limitation of the study and finally the definition of terms.
Chapter two is on the review of the related literature which contains the following: the meaning of co-operative societies, Agricultural purchasing and marketing co-operative societies, Role of banks in financing Agricultural co-operative. The Agricultural credit guarantee scheme, securities acceptable for bank lending and the problems of small-scale farmers in raising Agricultural finance.
Chapter three deals with the research design and methododlogy which discussed generally the following: sources of data, sampling procedure, method of investigation, analysis of data and completed questionnaires.
Finally, the summary of findings, recommendation and conclusions made by the researcher are all in chapter four.
If banks would put the recommendations made by or in the study to use, they will not only satisfied farmers with services offered, but a continuous in profit made, thereby making the problems of the farmers a thing of the past.
TABLE OF CONTENT
CHAPTER ONE
Introduction 1
CHAPTER TWO
Review Of Related Literature 10
Co-operative society 16
CHAPTER THREE
Research Design and Methodology 23
Questionnaires 26
CHAPTER FOUR
Findings, Recommendation and Conclusion 45
Interview Questions 55
Bibliography and References 59
LIST OF TABLES
TABLE 2: Number of societies with their membership and activities (question 1 &2)
TABLE 3: Sources of finance and percentages
TABLE 4: Financial assistance from the government and their percentages (Question 6&7)
TABLE 5: Loans from N.A.C.R.D.B. LIMITED Percentages (question 8)
TABLE 6 : Response for and against N.A.C.R.D.B. LTD. Loans scheme through C.F.A. Ltd (question 16)
TABLE 7: Response that their loan helped co-operative societies (question 5) for bank officials
TABLE 8: Testing of hypothesis using chi-square formula on inadequate finance.
TABLE 9: Farmers multi-purpose co-operative society if fully equipped could be an efficient means of increasing agricultural production in Enugu-State (Nigeria).
CHAPTER ONE
1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE STUDY
Agriculture is a very important sector in Nigeria economy. Apart from contributing substantially to the gross domestic product and being the most greatest employer of labour of which over 75% of the population are fully involved, it is an important sources of: Food supply, Raw materials, Government revenue, and foreign exchange earner. The growth of agricultural production declined drastically in that, it was becoming increasingly difficult to feed the teaming population from the emergence of oil (petroleum) as a major source of foreign exchange earner in the early seventies, hence the evolution of the operation feed the Nation Programme
(O.F.N. P).
With the high dependence on oil, agriculture becomes a neglected sector until the early eighties when hunger was seriously felt as a result of sharp decline in food production.
To worsen the situation over the high dependence on oil, the price of oil dropped in the World Market. It has then and thereafter that Nigerians seemed to realize that revival of the agricultural sector is the only solution t the Nation’s problems. As a result of this, the government initiated progrrammes to assist in the development of agricultural with a view t attaining self sufficiency in food production and decreasing the high reliance on oil. Such prgrammes included the operation feed the Nation (O.F.N), the Green Revolution and the boast given t the Nigerian Export Promotion Council (N.E.P.C).
Small-scale farmers do
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