INFLUENCE OF STAKEHOLDER PARTICIPATION ON THE PERFORMANCE OF DAIRY COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES PROJECTS IN NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA
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In Kenya, Vision 2030 recognizes the importance of the agricultural sector as being among the core areas that will boost the economy to the next level. One of the sub-sections is Dairy farming, which is part of agricultural production. To increase the dairy farmers’ market access, dairy cooperative societies were formed by farmers. However, the project performance of the cooperative societies has been wanting. For instance, there have been low profitability levels, a decrease in the quantity and quality of dairy feeds, poor provision of service delivery and poor market infrastructure. This study focused on the influence of stakeholder participation on the performance of the dairy cooperative society projects in Nakuru County, Kenya. The study was anchored on stakeholders’ theory. The study used both descriptive and explanatory designs. The descriptive and explanatory research techniques were adopted, and then a census was used to pick all 17 dairy cooperative societies’ projects, which formed the study’s target population. A total of 119 respondents represented a sample size who were obtained by employing a simple sampling procedure. The selected respondents included 1 project manager and 6 team members per project. The study relied on primary data. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were both used to analyze the data and depicted by the use of figures and tables. The results showed that stakeholder participation had a strong and significant relationship with performance (P<0.05). The study concluded that organizations should focus on encouraging stakeholder participation in order to improve performance. This study was beneficial to dairy cooperative managers, stakeholders, scholars, and academicians.
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