Leadership Effectiveness among Farmers’ Self-Help Groups in Central Agricultural Zone of Delta State, Nigeria and Its Implication for Improved Agricultural Extension Service

Ofuoku, Albert Ukaro

doi:10.9734/ajaees/2013/2869

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“…Membership's lack of commitment is attributed to irregular attendance to meetings and irregular payment of subscription and irregular refund of loans. This is congruent with the findings of Ofuoku and Agbamu (2013), who found that leadership of many self-help groups in Delta State was not effective. Attributes like this can also upset cohesiveness of group.…”

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Rural women farmers’ assessment of credit oriented self-help groups in Delta State, Nigeria

Ofuoku

Albert

2014

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This study was conducted to analyze the perception of the rural woman about credit oriented self-help group in Delta State, Nigeria. A sample size of 110 respondents was used for the study and data were collected from them with the use of structured interview schedule and questionnaires. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and linear regression equation model as the lead equation. It was revealed that the women farmers subscribed to self-help groups in order to be able to have access to credit (mean = 3.78), information (mean = 3.55), extension services (mean = 3.45). The respondents were satisfied with their respective self-help groups. However, they had some challenges such as inadequate access to extension services (mean = 3.55) and lack of commitment by the leaders (mean = 3.22) and members (mean = 3.19). Educational level and frequency of extension contact of the respondents were found to influence their perception on self-help groups at 5% level of significance. It is recommended that governmental and non-governmental organizations, and university agricultural extension departments should carry out a campaign on workshops for these groups on commitment and extension agencies should diversify their focus to include selfhelp groups and activities.

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Rural women farmers’ assessment of credit oriented self-help groups in Delta State, Nigeria

Ofuoku

Albert

2014

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“…The discouraging stance of spouses was not considered a strong constraint with aggregate score of 587 and ranking 8 th . The constraints perceived as most mitigating are similar to those identified by Ofuoku and Agbamu (2010) where poor leadership interventions and wrong attitude of members were fingered to be jeopardizing the effectiveness of farming self-help groups in central agricultural zone of Delta state.…”

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1This study was carried out to elicit the attitude and perception of rural women in Kaduna State, Nigeria, towards the formation and membership of self-help groups (SHGs). Multistage random sampling was adopted and a total of 176 respondents from two (2) local government areas were interviewed using a pre-tested structured questionnaire. Two sets of questions based on a 5-point Likert-type scale were used to generate primary data. The respondents expressed over whelming positive attitude to the formation and membership of SHGs as indicated by the aggregate and mean scores which ranged from 607 to 719 and 345 to 4.08 respectively. Age (r = 0.310, P<0.05) and educational levels (r = -0.341, P<0.01) significantly influenced membership of SHGs while man tal status and family size did not. Recommendations are proffered with a view to sensitizing the womenfolk and enhancing their pro-active involvement in SHGs in their localities.

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“…Farmers want to satisfy needs that they cannot simply satisfy except via subscribing to such a farmer group; the group provides facilities that are only accessed through being a member of a FG (Ofuoku & Agbamu, 2013). Satisfaction with the FG influences farmer participation while satisfaction could create strong social capital in the community and encourage members to help others (Ngaruko & Lwezaula, 2013).…”

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“…Wahyuni (2003) declared that a group that was built based on the will of farmers in the community may face problems, such as the FG's board of directors being unable to lead. On the other hand, the FG leader is needed to sustain the FG by providing adequate access to credit, adequate access to cheap inputs, regulating group meetings, providing regular information about group meeting, direct marketing of products, organization of product price discrimination (Ofuoku & Agbamu, 2013), and taking risks for the sake of the FG (Yunasaf, 2007). Moreover, a farmers' forum, which was held in Rome, Italy in 2010, highlighted the importance of leadership roles in farmer organization; leaders are important in order to reach goals of reducing poverty in developing countries (IFAD, 2010).…”

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A Comparison of the Function of Leader-Member Exchange in Two Neighboring Farmer Groups in a Sandy Land Area in Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia

Raya¹

2014

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Marginal land, unfertile soil, and an extreme climate are typical of a sandy land area. However, a group of farmers near the Indian Ocean of the Yogyakarta Province in Indonesia has successfully cultivated chili in such an area since 1985 using a new farming system. Two pioneering farmer groups in this sandy land area brought economic change to the farmers in this region by providing the technology of chili farming and collective marketing. This study aims to investigate the differences in the function of leader-member exchange in the farmer groups and its role in sustaining the farmer groups. This study focuses on the role of transformational leadership in functioning leader-member exchange, which is able to promote group satisfaction and commitment in order to improve group member behavior and group performance. We conclude that two different approaches sustain the performance of farmer groups. Farmer groups that have an official regular group meeting and groups that have transformational leadership by means of a leader-member exchange showed affected group performance. Otherwise, the performance of a farmer group that lacks a group meeting is built by members' individual motives, which are observed as an aggregation of group member behavior. Meanwhile, leader-member exchange affects commitment and becomes an importance aspect that influences group performance in both groups.

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Leadership Effectiveness among Farmers’ Self-Help Groups in Central Agricultural Zone of Delta State, Nigeria and Its Implication for Improved Agricultural Extension Service

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Rural women farmers’ assessment of credit oriented self-help groups in Delta State, Nigeria

Rural women farmers’ assessment of credit oriented self-help groups in Delta State, Nigeria

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A Comparison of the Function of Leader-Member Exchange in Two Neighboring Farmer Groups in a Sandy Land Area in Yogyakarta Province, Indonesia

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