Factors Affecting the performance of Primary Coffee Producing Cooperatives : A Case of Bensa Woreda, Sidama National Regional State, Ethiopi

Abstract

The study mainly focused on examine factors affecting the performance of primary coffee producing cooperatives: in a Case of Bensa Woreda, Sidama Region.The study was condacte the perobelems of primary coffee perforemance in study area. The study was serving as a benchmark for future researchers. The scope of this study was took place as per schedules set by the school of management from September 2023 to March 2024.The limitations were with in specific kebeles and some respondents were not willingness to reply the research questionary . The conceptual framework of the study was included by summarizing different literature .In studied area have 22 rural and 2 urban kebeles out of which only four kebeles were selecte memberes of cooperative faremeres /2500/ purposely for this study.The selected included :- Bombe, Alo ,Mokonisa and Shantawene. 208 sample size was selected from the study population by randame sampling techuique through Cochran formula 2014 . Researcher was used primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected through a questonnaire from 202 primary coffee producers by employing a simple random sampling technique . Interviews were also conducted with cooperative officials and executives of the selected public cooperatives in Bensa woreda respondents. Qualitative and quantitative research approaches were employed. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics methods were employed to analyze the data. This study provided between the dependent variable ( the performance of Primary Coffee Producing Cooperatives ) and independent variables (Prices, Role of chain actor, Access of market facilities, Market information and Infrastructure problem). The correlation analysis result show, all of the independent variables were positively and strongly correlated with the dependent variable (the performance of Primary Coffee Producing Cooperatives ). The regression analysis result shows all of the independent variables were a positively significant effect on the dependent variable.Based on the finding of the study recommended that government to maintain good inferasturactuer by facilitating the road /transportation ,telephone and electric power for primary coffee producers to increase production, to improv communication channel in order to increase coffee productivity