Factors Affecting on Success of Dairy Farmer’s Cooperatives in Kouhdasht Township

Abstract

The main purpose of this study was to investigate factors affecting on success of dairy farmers cooperatives in Kouhdasht Township, Iran. Statistical population was 600 members of the cooperatives dairy farmers in Kouhdasht Township, that 234 person were selected as a sample by using Krejcie and Morgan Table and with cluster sampling. The research instrument was researcher made questionnaire that was validated and confirmed by a panel of faculty members at Tarbiat Modares University, Department of agricultural extension and education and its reliability was gained using the Cronbach's alpha test. The reliability score was confirmed higher than 0.76 for all parts of the questionnaire. A factor analysis was used for measuring the success of dairy farmer’s cooperatives. The results showed the most important factors influencing the success of dairy farmers cooperative included five components; Knowledge- motivational, Supportive, Economic capabilities, communication and Educational Factors, The amount of cumulative variance explained by the five factors was 55.84.

Keywords

• dairy farmer’s cooperatives
• success of cooperatives
• people participation
• kouhdasht township