Costs and Returns of Sweet Melon Marketing in Bauchi and Gombe States, Nigeria

Mohammed, S. Y.; Murtala, N.; Jibril, S. A.; S., None Mohammed,

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“…Household size is an important socioeconomic variable that determine the availability of family labour supply (Iheke et al, 2008). According to Mohammed et al (2013) in their study on economic analysis of cattle marketing in Gombe Metropolis, Nigeria reported that, householders are those individuals that are eating from the same pot and their consumption unit is equal to their production unit. Table 4 shows that, the mean household size of the farmers was 7.00 people.…”

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Analysis of Socio-Economic Characteristics and Post-Harvest Loss Storage Facilities Used by Vegetable Crops Value Chain Actors in Adamawa State, Nigeria

Sani, M. H.,

Kadau, R.,

Sani, R. M.

et al. 2023

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The study was carried out on analysis of socio-economic characteristics and post-harvest loss storage facilities used by vegetable crops value chain actors in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling procedure was used to select 526 respondents (210 farmers, 89 wholesalers, 128 retailers and 99 processors). Data were collected using structured questionnaire and analysed using descriptive statistics. The results showed that majority (96.70%) of the vegetable tomato, pepper and okra farmers were female, about 98% were male wholesalers,76.60% were male retailers and at processors level, majority (78.80%) were male. The marital status showed that, 90.50% of the farmers were married, for the wholesalers, 97.80% were married, for the retailers about 90% were married and at processors level, 86.90% were married. The results also, revealed that, 66.70% of the farmers were into farming as their major occupation. Similarly, 33.70% of the wholesalers were engaged in marketing of different types of vegetable crops as their occupation and 52.30% of the retailers were into marketing of different crops. Mean age of farmers was 40.20 years with minimum age of 19.00 years and maximum age of 68.00 years with a standard deviation of 9.90. For the wholesalers’, the mean age was 44.50 years, the maximum and minimum years were 73.00 years and 22.00 years, respectively, within a standard deviation was 10.25. The minimum household size is 1.00 and maximum is 22.00 persons with a standard deviation is 4.26. Similarly, for the wholesalers, the result shows that the household size was 8 persons with a minimum of 1 and maximum of 32 persons with standard deviation of 57.00. The minimum farming experience was 2.00 years and the maximum was 49.00 years with standard deviation of 7.29. Also, for the wholesalers, the result shows that, the mean marketing experience was 14.00 years with minimum of 3.00 years, maximum of 37.00 years and standard deviation of 8.12. The result revealed that, for the farmers, the mean annual income was ₦240,811.90 with the minimum annual income of ₦7,500 and maximum annual income of ₦1,100,000, with standard deviation of 217,09 .87. Also, for the wholesalers, the result shows that the mean annual income was ₦ 99,213.48 with minimum annual income of ₦20,000, and maximum annual income of ₦4,000,000 with standard deviation of 145,909.79. The findings showed that 72.86% of the farmers used open field (or open place) to store their harvested vegetable crops usually under tree shades temporarily before taken it to the market for sale. The mean distance that will take farmers to sell their vegetable crops was 16.89 km with standard deviation of 0.34 and range of 2.00. The study concluded that it takes a minimum of 1.00 day and a maximum of 2.00 days with the mean of 1.32 day for the retailers to sell their vegetable crops immediately when they purchased to consumers. It was recommended for provision of sustainable good storage facilities to the actors in the post-harvest chain by the government and stakeholders.

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Analysis of Socio-Economic Characteristics and Post-Harvest Loss Storage Facilities Used by Vegetable Crops Value Chain Actors in Adamawa State, Nigeria

Sani, M. H.,

Kadau, R.,

Sani, R. M.

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Groundnut (Arachis hypogea) Haulm marketing and constraints in selected Northern States, Nigeria

Ahmed¹,

Egwuma²,

Siewe³

et al. 2021

J. Dryland Agric.

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This study examined the dynamics of groundnut haulm marketing in northern Nigeria states of Bauchi, Jigawa, Kano, Katsina and Kebbi. Using a market survey in each state, data were collected from 101 haulm sellers using chance sampling with the aid of a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics to describe the profile of the sellers, seasonality in quantity traded, price and revenue; marketing margin to determine marketing profits; and Chi-square to highlight the importance of the marketing constraints. The result shows the mean age of sellers was 51 years, 99% were males and 79% were literate. Revenue obtained from sale of haulm exhibited significant variations across locations and from season to season. The average revenue was lowest at N71,983/ha in October-December and highest at N135,382/ha in July-September. The major constraints that significantly affected haulm sellers were lack of adequate capital, lack of storage facility, high cost of transportation, lack of shades, high taxation and uncertainty in the market. With the positive marketing margin from the trade, mass cultivation of the high haulm yield varieties and that relevant government and marketing agencies should tackle the important constraints in their states for improved haulm marketing were recommended.

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Costs and Returns of Sweet Melon Marketing in Bauchi and Gombe States, Nigeria

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Analysis of Socio-Economic Characteristics and Post-Harvest Loss Storage Facilities Used by Vegetable Crops Value Chain Actors in Adamawa State, Nigeria

Analysis of Socio-Economic Characteristics and Post-Harvest Loss Storage Facilities Used by Vegetable Crops Value Chain Actors in Adamawa State, Nigeria

Groundnut (Arachis hypogea) Haulm marketing and constraints in selected Northern States, Nigeria

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