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Functions of agricultural cooperative societies

 Buy farmer’s produce at reasonable price

 Extend loans to farmers to buy tools, pesticides, etc

 They offer advisory services to farmers

 They find markets and market farmer’s produce

 Lobby for better policies from government

 Bargain for better prices in the market for their farmers.

Examples of co-operative societies which used to exist.

1. Bugishu Co-operative Society
2. West – Mengo cooperative society

3. East – Mengo Cooperative society

4. Busoga Growers Co-operative Society

Farm records

These are written information about the activities on the

farm.

Importance of records

1. They help to know your expenditure

2. They help to know the profit and loss the farmer is making

after selling his produce

3. They help the farmer to make an informed decision on

where to invest more money

4. They help in proper future planning

5. They are required by potential funders of the farm
6. They help tax collector to compute a reasonable tax to be

paid by farmer.