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Cassava Processing And Marketing Option For Sustainable Agricultural Development
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In summary agricultural processing and
marketing have problems associated with them which include:
- Poor storage of the processed products which leads to its rottenness.
- Low level of food processing because of lack of processing machines.
- Poor market information system.
- Low market demand of value-added products by the consumers.
- Limited purchasing power of consumers.
- Stiff competition between the firms, in terms of location, quality of food and prices.
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Increasing costs of marketing functions irregular power supply which
push the firm to source of alternative (generator) and this increases
transaction cost.
1.3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
Objectives of study
show the direction of research and what the study intends to achieve,
hence Eze and Agbo (2005, p.26) believe that once they are achieved, the
research problem will be showed. Consequently the research sets out to
achieve the following goals:
1. To evaluate the cassava processing
and marketing options for sustainable agricultural development in
Nigeria and Enugu state in particular.
2. To examine the extent to which cassava processing and marketing has impacted on economic growth of Enugu state.
3.
To evaluate the problems associated with cassava production and
marketing in Enugu state Udi local Government Area in particular.
4. To examine the role of cassava processing and marketing in Agricultural development in Enugu state.
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION
The following research questions served as road-maps that directed this research work:
1. Is cassava processing and marketing the only option for sustainable development in Nigeria and Enugu state in particular?
2. To what extent has cassava processing and marking impacted on the economic growth of Enugu state and Nigeria at large?
3.
Is there any problem associated with cassava production and marketing
in Enugu state Udi local Government Area in particular.
4. Does cassava processing and marking have any role to play in Agricultural development of Enugu state?
1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS
From the research questions, the following hypotheses were formulated:
H0: Cassava processing and marketing is the only option for sustainable development in Nigeria and Enugu state in particular.
H1:
Cassava processing and marketing are not the only option for
sustainable agricultural development in Nigeria and Enugu state in
particular.
H0: Cassava processing and marking has a significant impact on the economic growth of Enugu state and Nigeria at large.
H1: Cassava processing and marking has no impact on the economic growth of Enugu state and Nigeria at large.
H0: There are problems associated with cassava production and marketing in Enugu state Udi local Government Area in particular.
H1:
There are no problems associated with cassava production and marketing
in Enugu state Udi local Government Area in particular.
Ho: Cassava processing and marketing have a significant role to play in Agricultural development of Enugu state.
H1: Cassava processing and marketing have no role to play in Agricultural development of Enugu state.
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