THE ROLE OF FARMERS MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN THE ACCELERATION OF FOOD PRODUCTION (A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED FARMERS MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN UMUAHIA NORTH LOCAL GOV

ABSTRACT
The purpose of this research work is to foster the Role of farmers multi-purpose co-operative societies in Umuahia North; more consciously as an instrument for achieving increased agricultural productivity. Government objective in agriculture is to attain self-sufficiency in food production and agricultural raw materials for the Agro-bused industries and to earn foreign exchange from exporting agriculture produce. The researcher, also discovered that agricultural cooperatives in Umuahia North are not growing rapidly as a result of the following:  Lack of technological innovation,  insufficient funds, insufficient agricultural inputs, insufficient management Committers and  Inability of the members to take expert advice. Furthermore, agricultural cooperatives have made substantial contributions to development of Nigeria economy. The areas where the contributions have been manifested include food and raw materials production and marketing of agriculture products. 
TABLE OF CONTENTS TITLE PAGE          APPROVAL PAGE        DEDICATION          ACKNOWLEDGMENT        ABSTRACT         TABLE OF CONTENT        LIST OF TABLES.        
CHAPTER ONE 1.0. INTRODUCTION      1.1. BACKGROUND OF STUDY     1.2. STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM     1.3. OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY      1.4. RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS      1.5. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY     1.6. SCOPE AND LIMITATION OF THE STUDY   1.7. DEFINITION OF THE STUDY     
CHAPTER TWO  2.0. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE    2.1. MEANING OF COOPERATIVE      2.2. VALUES AND PRINCIPLES OF COOPERATIVE  2.3. NEEDS FOR AGRICULTURAL MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY       2.4. AGRICULTURAL MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY          2.5. PROBLEMS OF AGRICULTURAL MULTI-PURPOSE COOPERATIVE SOCIETY       REFERENCES             CHAPTER THREE  3.0. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY   3.1. RESEARCH DESIGN       3.2. AREA OF STUDY        3.3. POPULATION OF STUDY      3.4. SAMPLE SIZE        3.5. SOURCES OF DATA      3.6. METHOD OF DATA COLLECTION    
CHAPTER FOUR  4.0. PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA         
CHAPTER FIVE  5.0. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS      5.1. SUMMARY OF FINDINGS    5.2. CONCLUSIONS       5.2. RECOMMENDATIONS      BIBLIOGRAPHY         APPENDIX A         APPENDIX B