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Participation of Members and the Development of Dairy Cooperatives in Kiambu County
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Thisstudy sought to examine the effect of the adoption of technologyon the development of Dairy Cooperatives; evaluate the effect of financial accesson the development of cooperatives;find out how managerial skills affectthe development of Dairy Cooperatives in Kiambu County and; determine how the participation of members affect the development of Dairy Cooperatives in Kiambu County. Groundedon theSocial Capital and Resource-Based Theory, this study adoptedthe descriptive research design. In this study, the target population was59,635registered Dairy Cooperative members while the sample size was398respondents who werepicked via stratified random sampling.Data collection involvedquestionnaires that contained5-point scale Likert-type statements. Descriptive and inferential statisticswerecarried out. In this case, tests such as central tendency (mean), frequencies, percentages,and standard deviationin addition to Pearson correlation wereutilized. The findings show that membership participation had a statistically significant influenceon the development of dairy cooperatives(r=.398, p<0.001). These findings leadto the conclusionthat increased member subscriptions affected the success of Cooperatives projects. Increasing members’ participation would increase their buy-inof the development projects of the dairy cooperatives; augmenting their sustainability. This would go on to enhance their development. The study recommends that member participation should be strengthened and embedded in all management processes of the dairy cooperatives to enhance their support of projects.
