Household characteristics and market participation competence of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.contributor.affiliationAfrican Development Bank
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.crpIntegrated Systems for the Humid Tropics
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.coverage.countryNigeria
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2NG
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWestern Africa
cg.howPublishedFormally Published
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3329/ijarit.v6i2.31704
cg.issn2224-0616
cg.issue2
cg.journalInternational Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology
cg.reviewStatusPeer Review
cg.subject.iitaCASSAVA
cg.subject.iitaMARKETS
cg.subject.iitaSMALLHOLDER FARMERS
cg.volume6
dc.contributor.authorOjiako, I.A.
dc.contributor.authorTarawali, G.
dc.contributor.authorOkechukwu, R.U.
dc.contributor.authorChianu, Jonas N.
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-14T10:14:07Zen
dc.date.available2017-12-14T10:14:07Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/89748
dc.titleHousehold characteristics and market participation competence of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeriaen
dcterms.abstractThe household head characteristics of smallholder cassava farmers supplying raw materials to the major commercial starch processors in Nigeria were examined alongside their market participation categories. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 96 farmers working in clusters in the eight cassava producing states. Data were analyzed using a combination of descriptive and inferential statistics, including the use of independent sample t-test technique to compare farmer's characteristics for the farmers' market participation categories. Results revealed that majority of the farmers were farming for subsistence with only 19.80% selling up to 50% of their farm produce as against 80.20% who sold less. Average mean values were found to be higher for the high market participants compared with the low participants for the age, farming experiences, education, farm size, gender, marital status, household size, training, season of harvesting and fertilizer use, but lower for use of credit, improved cassava variety, harvesting method, farming time devotion, and road access. Only farm size, gender and harvesting season at p<0.01 level and training at p<0.05 level were found to be statistically significant in distinguishing the high and low market participation categories. Policies and programmes aimed at promoting market participation among cassava farmers in Nigeria should be more impactful if directed at these significant factors.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.audienceScientists
dcterms.available2016-12-31
dcterms.bibliographicCitationOjiako, I.A., Tarawali, G., Okechukwu, R.U. & Chianu, J.N. (2017). Household characteristics and market participation competence of smallholder farmers supplying cassava to starch processors in Nigeria. International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation and Technology, 6(2), 42-56.en
dcterms.extent42-56
dcterms.issued2017
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.subjectcassavaen
dcterms.subjectparticipationen
dcterms.subjectstarchen
dcterms.subjecttrainingen
dcterms.subjectsmallholdersen
dcterms.subjecthousehold characteristicsen
dcterms.subjectmarket participationen
dcterms.subjectstarch processorsen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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