Study of rubber producer`s society of Thrissur district- sap analysis
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2004
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Department of Agricultural extension, College of Horticulture, Vellanikkara
Abstract
Rubber in Kerala is no longer a crop grown only in large plantations; it is
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now gaining importance as a homestead crop also. The Rubber Board have setup the
field level rubber growers' co-operative institution - the Rubber Producers' Society
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(RPS) for providing infrastructural and technological support services needed by the
small farmers. The present study entitled "A Study of Rubber Producer's Society of
Thrissur District - SAP analysis" was aimed to analyse the structural and functional
dimensions of RPS using Situation-Actor-Process (SAP) analysis, to analyse the shift
in role perceptions and role performance of RPS in the present scenario, to analyse the
managerial roles as employed by the RPS for the production and marketing of quality
rubber production and to analyse the constraints in the functioning of RPS. Data were
collected from a sample of 60 office bearers and 150 grower members identified at
random from ten well functioning and ten poor functioning RPS of Thrissur District.
The data on analysis revealed that majority of the RPS in Thrissur district were
observed to be in the category of average performance. The experience of the RPS,
membership strength, rate of growth in membership, extent of gender balance among
the participants, maintenance of accounts, service area of the RPS, services of
marketing, information and processing provided to the members, innovative
programmes taken up, formation of SHG and community biogas plant were observed
to be important contributing factors in the effectiveness of RPS. All the RPS were
claiming good linkage with Rubber Board through field officials. It was observed that
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RPS officials were giving least importance to the major expected roles of creating
awareness on grade based marketing, value addition, initiating Self Help Groups
(SHGs) for women enabling community processing activities and industries. Negative
correlation is found between the role expectation by the grower members about RPS
and role performance by the RPS. Majority of the RPS officials keep good attitude
towards the RPS. But a very low percentage of the grower members keep favourable
attitude as majority of them were with neutral attitude only towards RPS. The major
problems experienced by the office bearers in the implementation of RPS were - lack
of co-operation on the part of grower members, lack of interest on the part of grower
members, lack of working. capital, non adoption of new technologies etc while
problems experienced by the RPS grower members were lack of training and technical
knowledge, lack of physical facilities, lack of remunerative .prices, non co-operation
among members, poor leadership of the RPS office bearers, lack of timely assistance
and input supply, poor functioning and services of RPS, poor credit faci lities etc. The
lapse on the part of the RPS office bearers and growers as 'Actors' witli role clarity of
the situation are well pronounced here. The office bearers should be made aware of the
'goals' and vision of the RPS and the resultant role expectations and mission of the
various stakeholders of the situation. Capacity building among the office bearers for
effective leadership and management is of crucial importance. Efforts for initialization
of the RPS should be there through focus on status, industries and participatory
leadership.
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