@article{Ojiako:305410,
      recid = {305410},
      author = {Ojiako, Ifeanyi A. and Tarawali, G. and Okechukwu, R.U.  and Chianu, J.N.},
      title = {HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS AND MARKET PARTICIPATION  COMPETENCE OF SMALLHOLDER FARMERS SUPPLYING CASSAVA TO  STARCH PROCESSORS IN NIGERIA},
      journal = {International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation  and Technology (IJARIT)},
      address = {2016-12},
      number = {2355-2020-1611},
      year = {2016},
      abstract = {The 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.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/305410},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.305410},
}