ASSESSMENT OF RURAL MARKET PARTICIPATION AMONG FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN KWARA STATE

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dc.contributor.authorMuhammad-Lawal, A.
dc.contributor.authorIbrahim, H.K.
dc.contributor.authorOloyede, W.O.
dc.contributor.authorAbdulraheem, M.O.
dc.date.accessioned2019-06-21T10:14:24Z
dc.date.available2019-06-21T10:14:24Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractFarming households participate in the rural markets to commercialize their farm produce. Rural market participation thus, improves welfare of the rural poor through the exchange of agricultural based goods for money. Inadequate knowledge about the factors affecting the decision whether or not farmer engages in rural market and the lack of information about the intensity of non-participation of farmers in rural markets may hinder effective planning for welfare of farming households. The study therefore determined the level of market participation among rural farming households, the determinants of decision to market participation among farming households and the factor affecting the intensity of nonparticipation of farmers in rural markets. Three-stage sampling technique was used for the study where 160 farming households were randomly selected across selected eight rural communities. Data were collected through personal interview using structured questionnaires. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics and double hurdle model. The results of the study revealed that 58% of the respondents were in rural markets with less than 30% of farm produce. This implies that, more than halve of respondents are involved in selling small quantity of farm produce at rural market. The decision to participate in the markets is determined by educational status (p<0.01), access to credit (p<0.01), market information access (p<0.05), commodities prices (p<0.05) and market surplus (p<0.01).The study further revealed that educational status, access to credit, market information access, commodities prices and market surplus reduced the intensity of non-participation in rural markets by 69%, 100%, 2.2%,0.09% and 0.04 % among the rural households respectively. On the other hand, household size increased the intensity of non-participation in rural markets by 3% among the households.The study concluded that access to credit, market information and education can significantly increase the extent of market participation among poor farmers while households size would hamper the participation. Therefore, the study recommended that, farmers should be educated on the importance of commercializing more farm produce through rural market participation. Also, farmer should be encouraged to form cooperative to ease access to credit and market information. Besides, there is the need for awareness on the significance of family planning to improve market participation among farmers.en_US
dc.identifier.issn2465-7417
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/2282
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Marketing, University of Ilorin, Nigeriaen_US
dc.subjectFarmersen_US
dc.subjectMarket surplusen_US
dc.subjectHousehold sizeen_US
dc.subjectWelfare and Double hurdle modelen_US
dc.titleASSESSMENT OF RURAL MARKET PARTICIPATION AMONG FARMING HOUSEHOLDS IN KWARA STATEen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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