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ERIC ED354405: Farmers' Cooperatives in Nigeria: A Vehicle for Mutual Help and Education.

Data for a study of learning within farmers' cooperatives were collected by interviewing members of 25 such cooperatives in Imo State of Nigeria. Information was also gathered from a literature review and interviews with Nigerian government officials who worked closely with cooperatives. Three types of cooperative associations were identified: those where members own and operate communal farms as a group, cooperative societies that facilitate the business of members who remain independent farmers, and a mixture of these two, where a cooperative society operates communal farms and members opera…