Get premium membership and access revision papers with marking schemes, video lessons and live classes.

Processing. Please wait.

Types of co-operatives in Kenya and functions of producer co-operatives

Answer Text:
TYPES OF CO-OPERATIVES SOCIETIES IN KENYA.
(a) Producer co-operatives.
(b) Consumer co-operatives.
(c) Savings and Credit co-operative societies (SACCO’s).
(a) PRODUCER CO-OPERATIVES.
- This is an association of producers who have come together to improve the production and marketing of their products.
Functions of producer co-operatives.
(i) Obtaining better prices for their members products.
(ii) Providing better storage facilities for their products.
(iii) Providing better and reliable transport means for moving the products from the sources to the market and building feeder roads.
(iv) Providing loans to members.
(v) Providing services of grading, packing and processing to the members.
(vi) Providing farm inputs e.g. fertilizers, seeds, insecticides e.t.c on credit to members.
(i) Educating and advising members on better methods of farming through seminars, field trips, films and demonstration.