Influence of Process Plan on Agricultural Cooperative Societies Performance in Kenya
Javan Ngeywo *
Kisii University, P.O.Box 6434, Eldoret, 30100, Kenya.
Caroline Ayuma
University of Eldoret, P.O.Box 1125, Eldoret 30100, Kenya.
Edmund Were
Kisii University, P.O.Box 6434, Eldoret, 30100, Kenya.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Process plan implementation plays a key role in the organizational performance especially the coffee cooperative societies. Coffee cooperative societies enable the pooling of resources towards betterment of livelihood of rural folk particularly the farmers. The study was carried out in order to establish the level of contribution of process plan towards the performance of agricultural cooperatives specifically the coffee cooperative societies in Trans Nzoia County, Kenya. The study utilized structured questionnaire administered to 346 coffee farmers. The respondents were arrived at using purposive and simple random sampling techniques. Data were analysed using Spearman’s correlation coefficient together with regression. It was established that process plan had positive statistical significance on the organizational performance (P < 0.05), hence community development practitioners and agricultural extension officers should enhance utilization of process plan in the agricultural cooperative societies.
Keywords: Rural development, agriculture, production, performance