Cooperative form of business is an instrument of change with the task of making the poor productive. The development of dairy cooperatives in Ethiopia indicates that there is a need to focus interventions more coherently addressing both technological gaps and marketing problems. The present study investigates the difference in performance of cooperatives in the study area and major factors influencing performance.
The objectives of the study were: 1)to compare the performance of selected dairy cooperatives in Enderta, Alamata and Astbi Womberta woredas of Tigray. 2) To assess the determinants of performance among the dairy cooperatives. 3) To identify the constraints with respect to quality feed and breed and finally to suggest suitable strategies to improve the productivity and marketing capabilities in the selected woredas.
The researcher used focus group discussion, report from government offices as secondary data and enumerator administered interview schedule for data collection. The study areas Alamata, Enderta and Atsbi were selected because of the existence of dairy cooperatives with good potential and a felt need to study their performance. All cooperatives except one were included in the study and a random sample of 120 respondents was selected based on the probability proportionate to size. The data was analyzed using SPSS version 13.0and statistical tools such as descriptive statistics and regression. The results are presented as frequencies, percentages, chi-square and financial ratios. The large majority of the respondents were married female farmers in the productive age group of 15-35 years with the maximum education attended being primary school.
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Mekelle university, Ethiopia, southern Tigray