CO-OPERATIVE ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND SUSTAINABILITY IN ANAMBRA STATE: CHALLANGES AND OPPORTUNITIES

Abstract

The study addresses the challenges and opportunities attributed to sustainable cooperative
entrepreneurship in Anambra State, Nigeria. The objectives are to investigate the economic challenges as
it affects the performance of cooperative entrepreneurship and economic impact on the growth of
cooperative entrepreneurship in Anambra State. The study is anchored on Stakeholders’ Theory. The study
adopted a descriptive survey research design in order to obtain relevant and adequate information from
respondents. The population of the study was drawn using simple random sampling from eight local
government areas, two each from the agricultural zones of the State and making up of four thousand two
hundred and thirty-eight (4,238), while the total sample was 353. Inferential statistics used was multiple
regression analysis. The result showed that cooperative entrepreneurship disruption (p= 0.000 < 0.05) and
challenges cooperative entrepreneurship (p= 0.000 < 0.05). The study concluded that cooperative
entrepreneurship disruption was a driver to entrepreneurial success and entrepreneurial innovation has
been a challenge among cooperative societies. The study recommended that cooperatives should strive for
larger performance in the face of adversity.