Problems and Prospects of Pineapple Production in Enugu State, Nigeria

Iwuchukwu, Juliana Chinasa; Nwobodo, Cynthia Ebere; Udoye, Charles Ekene

doi:10.4314/jae.v21i1.14

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“…The problem of lack of fund to increase pineapple business scale is understandable because only a negligible proportion (5.8) of the respondents accessed bank loans while the majority sourced their capital from personal savings as shown in Table 3. This result is in agreement with that of Iwuchukwu, Nwobodo and Udoye (2017) that provision of effective micro-credit facilities, incentives and subsidies are some of the strategies for improving pineapple production.…”

Section: Sources Of Pineapple Marking Fundsupporting

confidence: 92%

“…Figure 1 shows that the most serious problems encountered by pineapple marketers in the study area were high transportation cost (40.4) and lack of fund to increase business scale 30.8%. This result on lack of fund to increase business scale agrees with Iwuchukwu, Nwobodo and Udoye (2017) that the crop has a ready market and good production prospect but requires production improvement. Investigation on the respondent's mode of transportation shows that the majority of them (65.4%) use commercial buses as their means of pineapple haulage, 19.2% used wheel barrow while 15.4% use commercial motor cycle and tri-cycle.…”

Section: Sources Of Pineapple Marketedsupporting

confidence: 77%

“…4 million MT and ranks 7 th position in the world (Iwuchukwu Nwobodo and Udoye, 2017). The crop is therefore produced, marketed, consumed and considerable amount of income generated from it by many farm families in Nigeria (Iwuchukwu Nwobodo and Udoye, 2017). The crop can be grown from the suckers or its fruits' crowns during the seasons or off-seasons (Olayinka, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The crop can be grown from the suckers or its fruits' crowns during the seasons or off-seasons (Olayinka, 2013). Pineapple is a delicious fruit that has fine flavour, highly nutritive and a good source of vitamin A, B, B6, C, Copper, 15% sugar, and dietary fibre (Iwuchukwu Nwobodo and Udoye, 2017).…”

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“…The leave is used as feed to farm animals and can yield fibre which may be used for paper production (Olayinka, 2013). Pineapple is observed to be one of the leading commercial fruits in international market (Iwuchukwu Nwobodo and Udoye, 2017). In Southeast Nigeria, the crop's business or economic opportunities seems not adequately utilized by entrepreneurs, unemployed and traders.…”

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Economics of pineapple marketing in Anambra State, Nigeria

Enibe¹,

Eze²,

Ugwuoke³

2018

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The study analysed the economics of pineapple marketing for entrepreneurial utilization in Anambra State Nigeria. Data for the study were collected from 104 respondents which comprised of 40 retailers and 64 wholesalers randomly sampled from eight markets of the study area (4 markets from each of the two cities). The markets are Main market, Ose, Ochanja and bridge-head market areas were selected from Onitsha commercial city while Eke, Nkwo Amaenyi, Aroma junction and Nnamdi Azikwe University(UNIZIK) temporary site market areas were chosen from Awka Capital city. The markets were purposively selected because they are where higher concentration of middlemen in pineapple business are commonly found in the cities. Descriptive statistics and gross margin analysis were used in data analysis. The study inter alia revealed that the majority (62%) of pineapple consumed in the study area were sourced by the middlemen from outside Anambra State, showing that the state is not selfsufficient in the crop's production. Respective return on investment made by the wholesalers and retailers were (0.23 and 0.32) indicating that the trade on the crop is profitable. It was further revealed that high transportation cost and lack of fund to increase business scale were the main constraints of the pineapple traders. The study concluded that investment opportunities exist on the crop's market, production and processing and therefore recommends that the potential traders and entrepreneurs should exploit the crop's business potentials.

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Section: Sources Of Pineapple Marking Fundsupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Sources Of Pineapple Marketedsupporting

confidence: 77%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Economics of pineapple marketing in Anambra State, Nigeria

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2018

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Financial profitability and value chain analysis of pineapple in Tangail, Bangladesh

2022

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This study was undertaken to estimate the financial profitability and assess the value chain of pineapple in Madhupur upazila of Tangail, Bangladesh. A total of 100 stakeholders were interviewed randomly using a structured questionnaire to collect primary data. A combination of descriptive, mathematical, and statistical techniques was used to analyze the data. The study depicts that 76.7% farmers used Giant Kew variety for pineapple production. Profitability analysis shows that pineapple production was profitable in the study area. The study reveals that the total value added by the stakeholders to a piece of pineapple was Tk. 38. Among the market actors, wholesalers added the highest value of Tk. 13 per piece (34.2% of total value addition). The study also identified six significant factors, namely, income, farming experience, credit access, market price, labor availability, and lower production of paddy having positive influence on farmers' decision to adopt pineapple production. The study found higher price of inputs, lack of preservation and processing facilities, and lack of operating capital as the major problems for production, value addition, and marketing of pineapple, respectively. The study recommended to ensure reasonable price of the inputs along with better infrastructure, transportation, and processing facilities to overcome the problems. Furthermore, monitoring facilities of government and non‐government organizations should be increased to improve quality of pineapple.

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