Economics of guinea fowl marketing in maiadua lga, Katsina state Department:Agricultural Technology By: Realone83 Project ID: 7754 Rating: (5.0) votes: 1 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThe study was conducted in some selected markets of Maiadua Local Government Area of Katsina State to Analyze the Marketing of Guinea fowl. Data were collected using three sets of structured questionnaires one each for the producers, wholesalers and retailers. (20) Respondents were randomly selected for each of the wholesalers, retailers and producers making a total of 60 respondents as the sample size for the study. Data generated were analyzed using the descriptive statistics (frequency& Percentage) budgetary analysis (Measures of marketing margin, and profitability) and Gini Coefficient. Results showed that 45% of the guinea fowl marketers were between 1-10 years of age. It also showed that 93% of them were married with 39% of them having a family size of 16 and above. On the level of education, 45% had a Qur’anic education. A Gini coefficient of 0.5694 showed that marketing is competitive in a pure oligopolistic manner in the study area. Marketing profitability of 725 showed that the guinea fowl marketing is profitable in the study area. Marketing margin obtained for producers, wholesalers, and retailers gave the values of 575, 150 and 250 respectively. The result also showed that. 51.2% of them attributed their constraints to low Governmental assistance. It is recommended that the government should help to provide funds to the marketers, and cooperatives should also be formed by the Guinea fowl marketers to assist themselves....Preview Download Preview +Other Agricultural Technology project topics and materials you might be interested in»The role of tree planting in the control of desertification»Effect of different rates of poultry manure on growth and yield of Okra»Survey on the strategy for ensuring food security of cereal crops»Groundnut oil marketing in Rimi local government area of Katsina state»Economics of guinea fowl marketing in maiadua lga, Katsina state