The Impact of Cooperative Membership on Fish Farm Households’ Income: The Case of Ghana

The emergence of agricultural cooperatives is extensively viewed as a necessary institutional arrangement that can help farmers in developing countries overcome the constraints impede them from improving sustainable production and acquiring new marketing opportunities. Therefore, this study examines determinants cooperative membership its impact on fish farm household income, using data collected two regions Ghana. An endogenous switching regression (ESR) model utilized to address potential sample selection bias issue. results show heads’ decisions join are affected by their access credit, off-farm work, education level, peer influence. Cooperative increase both income 28.54% 34.75%, respectively. Moreover, we different groups households’ impacts heterogeneous. Our findings highlight importance patronization provide implications improve welfare.