FARMERS EMPOWERMENT THROUGH AGRICULTURAL COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN SOUTH GUJARAT

U.D. BIRARI¹*, K.A. KHUNT^2
1Post Graduate Institute of Agri-Business Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat, India
²Retd Principal and Dean, Post Graduate Institute of Agri-Business Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362001, Gujarat, India
* Corresponding Author : uday4491@gmail.com

Received : 11-02-2022     Accepted : 27-02-2022     Published : 28-02-2022
Volume : 14     Issue : 2       Pages : 11134 - 11136
Int J Agr Sci 14.2 (2022):11134-11136

Keywords : Farmers empowerment, Agricultural cooperatives societies¸ Correlation, Regression
Academic Editor : Jothiprakash Gitanjali, Apriyanto Mulono, Dr Rahul Bhosale, B. Senturk
Conflict of Interest : None declared
Acknowledgements/Funding : Authors are thankful to the Post Graduate Institute of Agri-Business Management, Junagadh Agricultural University, Junagadh, 362 001, Gujarat. The authors are also thankful to the cooperatives member farmers who were visited during the study for their appreciable response and also thankful to the all-cooperatives societies for its cooperation by providing the necessary information to fulfil the research purpose
Author Contribution : All authors equally contributed

The study is confined to South Gujarat region of Gujarat state. The primary data regarding farmers' empowerment of cooperative member farmers and staff members were collected from 125 farmers. The correlation and regression were used to analyzed farmers' empowerment. The majority of farmers had a medium level of social empowerment, cultural empowerment, phycological empowerment, political empowerment and technological empowerment. There is scope for the empowerment of member farmers through cooperative activities in the South Gujarat region

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