Abstract:
This study evaluated the impact of Cooperatives based local Seed business to
enhance Farmers’ livelihood ’the case of Chercher Oda Bultum Farmers’
cooperatives union.. This study provides empirical evidence of impact of haricot
bean seed production cooperatives in the area. The study employed explanatory
and descriptive research design used as an attempt to connect ideas and understand
cause and effect on dependent and independent variables from both primary and
secondary data by using binary logistic regression model. Based on Taro Yemane
(1973) research sample size calculation population were considered in which 154
from cooperative members were proportional stratified both Descriptive
statistics and Binary Logistic regression model were applied for data analysis. The
result was showed that haricot bean seed producing cooperatives member
household have a better access to cultivated land, access to seed, access to fertilizer,
access to credit, access to insurance and access to information than non -accessed
in the study area. In the second Stage binary logistic regression result indicates at
households (Cox &Snell R
2 = 0.609, suggests that 60.9% of the variation in the
dependent variable was explained by the logistic regression model. Chi-square
=144.745, P<000, with df 7, Naglkerke R
2
value was 0.844 which means the
independent variables entered in the model explained 84.4% of variance dependent
variable, or indicated a highly relationship between prediction and predictors. The
Wald statistics value of access to Credit that is 10.442 was the highest statically
significance at the 0.1% (P=0.001) The implication of this finding the farmers who
have access credit more likely improve farmers’ livelihood compared to those
which no access to credit. Access to information was the second predictors of the
independent variables which a Wald statistics 7.669, (B) value 64.081,
(P=0.006).This shows that access to information is the second most important
factors influencing positively to farmers’ livelihood. From the study the researcher
concluded that 62% the impact assessment of this study was positive and
statistically significant impact of haricot bean seed production cooperatives
on farmers’ livelihood. Therefore, the government and other non -government like
ISSD, Chercher Oda Bultum Farmers’ cooperative unions should provide more
support to expand haricot bean producing Cooperatives in order to increase
production and farmers’ livelihood.
