Joana Oladejo

Broschiertes Buch

Transactions Costs and Supply Response of Maize Farmers in Nigeria

Transactions Costs and Agricultural Households' Supply Response in South-Western States of Nigeria

Beschreibung

This research looked into the relationship between transactions costs and agricultural household supply response with a focus on maize farmers in Oyo and Osun States of Nigeria. The research specifically analyzed the quantity of maize supplied by respondents and factors determining such quantity. Multistage random sampling technique was employed to sample four hundred maize producing farmers for the study. A structured interview schedule was used to collect primary data from the respondents. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and estimation of Cobb-Douglas regression model. Costs and returns analysis, as well as the Chow s F-test, were also used. Nine independent variables were estimated to determine their level of relationship with the quantity of maize supplied. The independent variables were price of maize (X1), area of land cultivated to maize (X2), Negotiation Cost (X3), Agents fee (X4), Harvesting cost (X5), Assemblage cost (X6), Storage cost (X7), Transportation cost (X8) and Transactions land rent (X9). Data analysis showed that significant relationships exist between transactions costs and agricultural household supply response in the study area.

Autor

Dr.Oladejo is a senior lecturer in Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Nigeria. She is an Agricultural Economist with special interest in area of Agricultural Marketing. She has to her credit 40 published articles in reputable local and international journals. She is married to Dr.Emmanuel Oladejo and blessed with Esther, Emmanuel and Isaac.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 148
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783659212697
• ISBN-10: 3659212695
• Artikelnr.: 36500104