₦airaland Forum

In order to setup a successful agricultural cooperative, it is necessary to have an element of commonality, this is ensures a unity of purpose, thinking, regular interaction and harmonious relationship among members.

Various steps are involved in setting up an Agricultural co-operative:

STEP1

Identify the Objectives
Determine the name and location of proposed co-operative.
Equipment’s (Land, Building, Properties)
Financial Arrangements
Human Capital
Identify interested Members / Invite them to the meeting
Present the concept

In this stage a few farmers realize the objectives of the group and draw up a blue print of the objectives to be achieved by the group.

Details of potential stakeholders, collaborators, models to be adopted, and business environments are formulated. The co-operative could be any of four types, and could also be two or more types:

Machine Pool: Allows for provision and easy access of machinery for farmers such as tractors, bulldozers etc. It can be obtained as a loan at subsidized amounts.

Farming Pool: This type of cooperative serves as a medium for its members to jointly own a farm land, in other to combine their farming resources to generate a larger output, also the output will be consistent as most off takers want steady supply for their inventory or production plant. They can collectively own the business while proceeds would go into a central purse and profit will be divided among members based on his/her own contribution periodically.

Manufacturing / Marketing Cooperatives: This type of agricultural co-operative serves as a platform for its members to access the market, acting as a middle man for purchase of items such as fertilizers, farm tools and also helps in sell of farm produce.

Credit Union: Financial institutions reserves high credit ratings for successful and large scale farmers, leaving small scale farmers with little or no access to credit and loans. This type of co-operative bridges the gap providing credit, funds and loans for its members.



STEP2

Design a business plan
Selection of Steering Committee
Draw up Constitution

The objectives of the co-operative can now be enlarged to form a cogent business plan, this involve detailed procedures on how the objectives of the society is to be achieved.

A good Agricultural co-operative business plan should answer the following Questions:

Who makes what decisions?
How are decisions made and communicated?
What committees and co-ordinators would be needed?
What responsibilities and decisions would be delegated to whom?
What Legal form would the co-operative take?
How would property be managed and income distributed?

A steering committee of its founding and most experienced members can now be constituted, as it is expected they would guide in developing a viable constitution which contains rules and procedures to be followed in achieving the organizations aim and objectives.


STEP 3

Select Leadership and Management Board
Staffing
Job descriptions

The board of directors and management team provide leadership and inspiration. They should be trusted entrepreneurs with proven skills in business management and human relations.

They can be selected by a means of vote from the members of the co-operative to allow for accountability.

The co-operative can now go ahead to staff the offices with low level staffs, each having a pre-determined job description. Congruence between the goals of the individuals and the organization must be high and performance that exceed expectations needs to be recognized and rewarded.




STEP 4

Registering the Co-operative
Capitalization

Registration of the co-operative would require documents which includes:

A certificate of a copy of resolution of the first meeting of the group with the Province Co-operative Officer (PCO)
Feasibility Study Report
Four copies of the constitution (Proposed by-laws) of the Co-operative
Letter of intent (to join the society) from prospective members

The co-operative would be required to pay a fee usually about N10,000 (Ten thousand Naira) and after 2-3 months would be issued with a license which expires after three years. Before which the co-operative would be given a certificate of registration which can be cancelled if only there is a breach of law by the group.

According to Nigeria Civil Laws, the co-operative society must have the following

At least 20 members
Board members should be twenty one years (21) and above
A member must be atleast eighteen years (18) of age
Every member must have an occupation relevant to primary society
A member must be capable of paying fees and buying shares.

Capitalization:

With the co-operative registered, members and executive can set about sourcing for funds and capital. While concept and human motivation are key ingredients of a successful business, these ideas cannot be implemented without adequate capital.

Potential source of income for the co-operative can vary, but are most often limited to include the members, preferred shareholders, suppliers, employers, retained earnings, bank loans, and government grants e.t.c

With a good accounting system in place like ProbityBooks Accounting Software the co-operative can minimize losses and block leakages of funds.

Budget and Financial Control Systems for Agricultural Co-operative.

The co-operative society after registration can set about designing its budget and financial control frame work. This is for serving various purposes such as:

Set measurable targets or performance standards for the organization
Provide a basis for financial control and management decision making
Providing financial arguments to raise capital which can be utilized as a support for co-operative members

Every co-operative whether established for profit or not for profit requires some return on investment. In other to achieve these targets, the co-operative is expected to keep a system that allows it to keep a track of financial transactions within the organization.

I recommend ProbityCoop, it’s a cooperative management software and can be bundled with ProbityFarms which is farm management software.

These two software can be deployed separately to manage the cooperative and farm activities of deployed together in the cloud on premise to manage both entities in one place.




http://probityfarms.com/forum/farmers-cooperative/how-to-start-a-farmers-cooperative-in-nigeria

Lily4star:
Disaster, cos I didn't watch a single CL match cos we wasn't playing, if it's not a Man U match be rest assured I ain't watching, I hope we do

Lol. I am a Man city fan, and my hatred for Sixchester and their boring style of play is on another level. But even I wouldn't like it if y'all didn't qualify. I believe English teams need to put a strong showing for the next CL, and it would help the cause if 5 teams are in the mix.
Whatever happens, it would be a shame for you not to watch CL matches, its CL for crying out loud.. lol, and if it makes you feel better, there is an advert of Heineken beer featuring Mourinho before each CL games, so I would say you guys are well represented in the CL

Lily4star:
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I hope we do

Poor little darlings. I hate to think of what would happen if/when y'all don't win Europa..

Pweedycutie:
Op ya friend cudnt decode dtx his bae had a rough day/mood swings..
using mh self as an example I love to be left alone during doz moments. ..He shud try and talk to her nd get to know her better than jumping into conclusions

hell yh. bad mood days.
Erm Brown colour I think

vanida6:
That pix self

Vanida. I thought you new here. you finding trouble (friends) already

Happy Easter.

missdashin:
what experience?

OP was probably sleep walking

Alondrah:
Don't you think you are beginning to cry more than the bereaved? What cane BTW?
You think you can control anyone here? It baffles me how delusional nairalanders can be .

Me and Alesandese go way back.
Of course you wouldn't know that..... Funny how shortsighted nairalanders can be

Alondrah:
Awwwwww !

Alesandese why did you allow jakandeola to be banned, when you have typed WORSTER things?

Take heart Op.

No carry her come here. na cane she go chop.. going to get my fren banned ova shiit

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TheGoodJoe:
Delph was never the player I will say must make the Manchester City starting eleven. He played games for City and was never in the term of what I will say Brilliant. What we saw against Chelsea was absolutely brilliant. Now I can not wait to see him play again for City.

“We’ve gone through the first year with this manager and we have learned a lot. I certainly look at football a lot differently now." - Fabian Delph after Chelsea game.

I hope we see him today. very robust and mobile in midfield

Divay22:
Abeg am hungry and when am hungry I'm not happy

check under the bed. You might find another misplaced leather bag with cash.. lolx
Take of u hon. don't like you not happy

[quote author=funmisticqueen post=55376928][/quote]If it was all about the sex, why would I give a hoot about a girl just breaking up or shiit. If there are exceptions it would be because I choose to consider it or I didn't play my game as well as I was supposed to. Btw nothing feels as good as a nice rebound sex

Divay22:
Give your life to Christ..

Come lemme pray for you

.. Oya, lemme kneel in front of you, place your hands on my head. Close your eyes and start praying.......


What can you imagine me doing?



P.S who needs prayers now.

funmisticqueen:
it is wrong to do whatever you like with people. That is where i draw the line. i have said my own, has there ever been an instance when you noticed she was not in the mood and you stopped.

The guy is right. Persistence and skill are big turn on where a woman is concerned. in fact if she wasn't in the mood as you indicated the mere fact you were able to put her innit would have her drooling over. Works everytime

Divay22:
Yes o...I'll do number 2 Are you game

Of course darling I feel like ripping things off anyway

Divay22:
I can only play online o Love to jump upandan, because very soon i won't be able to again

Let's play together. hope u won't do me any of the above stuffs

jakandeola:
na small pikin

Yh yh. everyone knows she's a useless tramp. She says worse to others and gets away with it.. Take heart bro

Good ol Fuckery

She would have a tight defence. you l have to maximize your chances. let's hope you get a penalty or two. I'm rooting for you tho, experience counts

na over alesandese u con chop ban

Bumbae1:
Happy new month

This is a month for taking "our thing" to the next level, abi wt u think?

Bumbae1

Op i would just drop comments to your messages and her replies.

Your first msg.
You should hv spiced it up abit. "so oya tell me who were u on call with? That babalawo son from your village abi.." i mean a little bit of humour would make a lady do anything for you.

Her reply
u probably caught her off guard. add that plus she might have had a stress ful day and you not helping matters. thats a kinda ok reply.

Second msg
You sounded like a school headmaster with this.

Her reply
She tried putting you in your place as you were clearly making attempts to be domineering.

Third msg
why the Bleep would you call her guilty. You sound scared, if you ve bin playing your games well you wouldn't be bothered about this.
"shey i would complain ni" U knw you would. and infact you already complaining without bin sure.

Her reply
Straight up!

Fourth msg
if you not bin possesive already i wonder what you doing

Her reply
She ignored your statement about bin possesive cuz she knows are and doesnt wanna start another argument

Fifth Reply
"and the call was long" how did you know it was long. girls make long calls, relax.. it could have bin a thousand and one reasons

Her reply
"so if it was a guy nko".. definitely was not a guy. and you just bleeped up. Bae is tired hence the "leave me alone".

Analysis: you gotta work on your game bro.

maybe she had to lie to the pastor for a reason. if i were in your shoes i would have brought it up with her.
Friends gtta look out for each other eh

OP obviously just finished reading 50 shades of grey.
Something tells me you get high on bin physically abused, you know it and you lying to yourself by saying it shows love or affection. I would assume you had some issues growing up which has helped to fill this dark fantasy. The truth tho is no guy who truly loves you would hurt you or stand seeing you hurt, especially not physically.. it goes against everything love stands for.
You are a rational thinking human being why would i wanna hurt you to pass a message. If you lucky enough to find the kind of abusive relationship you want, get out of it as quick as you can.
Pain and rough treatment produce endorphins, and endorphins produce euphoria. These things also
increase the intensity of the overall experience. So just see your preference for machosim as a kinda drug or weed, the pleasure is only temporary, dont go mistaking your dark fanatasies for love. Trust me, i have abit of experience on this.

My 2 cents

DisGuy:
Na wa o

some few weeks in Kano this graduate that never left his village in the east was telling us all how people get killed for smoking or talking to muslim women

Glad you stayed the course and gained enough experience for your future endeavours

Good luck

lol. thats bull crap. i have dated quite a few muslim and hausa girls and im still alive atleast.
The thing about kano is there are boundaries, if you live amongst the locals you are expeced to be morally sound. but you can also live outside of kano metropolis in places like sabon gari and act how you like

megareal:
I wasn't wrong. This is the best you can write. You just did it again. Thanks for proving me right.

lol. Take it easy on him

solasolasola:
Guy, I'm not here to fight with anyone. I created a thread based on how I felt. I didn't abuse you! If you do not share my opinion, you can show you don't without being bitter about it. Thank you for coming!

You think i am abusing you? oya sorry no vex.

hope this thread goes fp tho

u try sef wey u explain to am properly. years from now when he learn sense he go go open thread for Dating and Meet Up section.

"Searching for ANY available girl"

OP, when you find a girl (without a university degree) that would love you despite bin dimwitted (obviously) please break up with her. Infact dont date any girl with anything less than 2 Phds. rubbish!