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Characterization of sheep fattening cooperatives in Ethiopia: Members’ satisfaction and women’s participation

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Title Characterization of sheep fattening cooperatives in Ethiopia: Members’ satisfaction and women’s participation
 
Creator Ephrem, N.
 
Subject small ruminants
sheep
animal feeding
gender
 
Description Cooperatives play crucial roles in economic and social development of both men and women. The study was conducted to determine the participation of sheep farmers in sheep fattening cooperatives (SFC) in four regional states of Ethiopia with a special focus on women. Variables studied included characteristics of members, length of membership (LM), extent of participation in decision making (EPDM), satisfaction of the level of management (SLM), interaction with cooperative officials (ICO), interaction with members (ICM), satisfaction level on interaction (SLI), members taken into consideration (MTC), annual revenue of the cooperative (ARC), share of meetings attended (SMA), Fifty four legally registered SFC were selected purposively based on their current status and their accessibility. Probability proportionate to size (PPS) technique was used to determine the number of producer members to be studied. A total of 314 members and 54 chairpersons of the cooperatives were interviewed using structured questionnaires. Descriptive statistics (mean, percentage and frequency) and econometric model (tobit and logit) were employed for data analysis using Statistical Analytic Software (SAS) ver. 9.2. Results showed that the majority (69.7%) of members in SFC were men. The SFC in this study showed no trend of increasing membership. Members (53.8) participated moderately in decision making, while 38% had a moderate level of satisfaction in the management. There were high levels of interaction as shown by proportions of producer members who interacted with officials (58.8%) and among themselves (60.4). The proportion of members who attended all cooperative meetings was 30.6%. There were no correlations between age of members and length of membership with other variables. EPDM was strongly correlated (P0.05) with ICO. From the result of this study, majority (68.9%) of respondent members have no intention of increasing the number of sheep per fattening cycle. Poor market linkage and information, feed, cash and space ranked 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th as factor that limit the number of fattening sheep per cycle. Internal factors were mentioned to have a strong influence on the future existence of SFC as compared to external factors. There was a significantly higher (P< 0.05) proportion of women membership in SFC initiated by NGOs and cooperatives that have women in the leadership positions. There was significantly lower (P
 
Date 2016
2017-02-23T09:10:18Z
2017-02-23T09:10:18Z
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier Ephrem, N. 2016. Characterization of sheep fattening cooperatives in Ethiopia: Members’ satisfaction and women’s participation. MSc thesis in Animal Production. Bahir Dar, Ethiopia: Bahir Dar University.
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/79986
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Bahir Dar University