| Title: | Structural Analysis Of Soybean Marketing In Niger State, Nigeria |
| Author(s): | Abdullahi A. S., Abu G. A. & Ezihe J. A. C. |
| Abstract: | The study is a structural analysis of soybean marketing in Niger State, Nigeria. Purposive multistage and simple random sampling techniques were used to select 388 soybean marketers categorized into producer marketers, marketer retailers and marketer wholesalers. Data was collected with the aid of a structured questionnaire. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used for data analysis. The socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents revealed mean ages of 42.47 years for the producer marketers, 43.32 years for marketer retailers and 47.29 years for marketer wholesalers. Respondents were mostly married with 89.31% among the producer marketers, 89.92% among the marketer retailers and 97.7% among the marketer wholesalers. The average household size of the categories of marketers was found to be 12 persons per household. The categories of marketers were literate with cumulatively, 69.4% of producer marketers, 57.54% of marketer retailers and 76.38% of marketer wholesalers attended either primary, secondary or tertiary form of western education. The Gini-Coefficient estimates of 0.132, 0.184 and 0.345 for the producer marketers, marketer retailers and marketer wholesalers respectively, implied inequitable distribution of sales income and high level of market competition among the marketers. The Lorenz curve revealed high market concentration for the categories of marketers. The study recommended that the government through the extension agents and Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) in the state should collaborate and organize marketing trainings for the categories of marketers to improve their information base about marketing and pricing which subsequently, will translate into increased soybean marketing efficiency. |
| Keywords: | Soybean, marketer’s category, sales, Gini-coefficient, Lorenz curve |
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