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A Proposal on Entrepreneurial Alertness and Sustainable Growth of Garri Processing Enterprises in Benue

A Proposal on Entrepreneurial Alertness and Sustainable Growth of Garri Processing Enterprises in Benue

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A Proposal on Entrepreneurial Alertness and Sustainable Growth of Garri Processing Enterprises in Benue

Objectives of study

The overall objective of this study is to assess the economics of โ€œgarriโ€ production in Ekiti State, Nigeria. To achieve this overall objective, the study considered the following specific objectives,

  1. To examine the socio economic characteristics of โ€œgarriโ€ producers in Ekiti State.
  2. To determine costs, returns and profit by categories of โ€œgarriโ€ producers in the study area.
  3. To identify the factors influencing gari production in thestudy area.
  4. To examine the resource-use efficiency for โ€œgarriโ€ producing enterprises in the state.
  5. To identify the problems militating against โ€œgarriโ€ production in the study area.

Literatureย Review

Cassavaย Productionย inย Nigeria

Cassavaย (Manihotย spp)ย is one of the majorย Root crops in Nigeria.ย Cassava producesย bulky storage roots with a heavy concentration of carbohydrate of about 80% (Coursey,ย 1973).ย Itย is aboutย the only cropย whose production cutsย across allย ecologicalย zonesย (Ersado,ย etย al.,ย 2004).ย Cassavaย wasย introducedย inย Nigeriaย by returneeย slavesย fromย America. It performs so well in the country that Nigeria has become the world largestย producer having overtaken Brazil andย Thailandย (FAO, 2006). Since 1990, Food andย Agriculture Organization has consistently affirmed that Nigeria has been witnessing aย steadyย increaseย inย theย levelย ofย cassavaย productionย bothย locallyย andย internationallyย (FAO,ย 2008).ย Bomaย (2004)ย emphasizedย thatย governmentย shouldย comeย upย withย favorableย policiesย thatย will encourageย Nigeriansย toย goย intoย cassavaย productionย andย assist in overall pricing of the product so as to make it worth the labourย putย into itsย production.

Importanceย ofย Cassava

Cassava, just like yam, is a root and tuber crop.ย It has underground roots which can beย consumed by man and livestock animals after processing.ย It has other advantages overย yam, in that it can grow in relatively poor soil and in low rainfall area.ย The root is alsoย rich in carbohydrates.ย It is propagatedย by stemย cuttings which are plantedย from Marchย toย September (Sasore,ย 2005).ย In spite of the fact that there are about 8000 plantย speciesย ofย cassavaย ofย whichย aboutย 300ย haveย beenย domesticatedย forย useย inย foodย byย man,ย weย in the tropics decided to adopt the most toxic of cassava as our staple food crop due toย tradition.ย Because of our tradition of eating starchy roots and tubers of various kinds, itย has been necessary toย eat even the toxic ones, particularly during the hungry seasonย (Bruijn, 1973).ย Gari is the most popular of the cassava products and the sequentialย processingย takesย placeย fromย oneย toย sevenย daysย (Sanni,ย 1994).

Theย importanceย ofย cassavaย inย theย foodย basketย ofย manyย familiesย inย Africaย hasย significantly increased due to several factors.ย Some of these factors include decliningย purchasing power, poor yield of other crops due to depletion of soil nutrients (FAO,ย 2006).ย Cassava appears to be the major staple food that matches population growth.ย Itย hasย untappedย geneticย potentialsย whichย canย beย exploitedย throughย adoptionย ofย newย improved processing technologies. ย ย Cassavaย with potential supplementsย can substituteย for coarse grains in livestock feeds and partly meet the rapidly rising demand for feedย grainsย inย developingย countriesย (Sanni,ย 1994).ย Cassavaย hasย marketย potentialsย inย pharmaceutical wood, textile andย paperย industries.ย Itย has been reportedย that cassavaย rootย mealย canย replaceย maizeย completelyย inย theย dietย ofย pullets,ย cockerelsย andย pigsย (Nestle,ย 1973).

 

METHODOLOGY

Research Design

The researcher will use quantitative research design because it enables the researcher to extract the information from primary data sources. It also helped to describe, examine and conduct a statistical analysis to test the opinion and develop the conclusion of the research (Beryman & Bell, 2003).

Sampling Techniques

The multi-stage sampling procedure will be used because of the heterogeneous nature of the study area. Data mainly from primary sources will be collected fromย Four Localย Governmentย Areas whichย will be purposivelyย selected out ofย theย sixteen Local Governmentย Areasย (LGAs) in Benue state.ย In the second stage, five towns/villages will be randomly selected without replacement from each LGA. The final stage will involve random sampling of five producers from each village /town making total of 100 commercial gari producing enterprises. The use of primary data will be employed for this study. Data will be collectedย through the use of interview schedule consisting of open and closeโ€“ended questions, which elicited required data from the target respondents. Data collected from the processors include quantity of gari produced (kg), quantity of cassava tubers (kg), quantity of fuel for transportation (litres), man-hours of labour for peeling and frying, price, cost and revenue involved in gari production and constraints to gari . Data will be also collected on the socioโ€“ economic variables such as years of schooling, farming experience, age, household size and number of extension contact.

REFERENCES

  • Agbamuย J.Uย andย Waziriย R.P(2006):Marketingย ofย Cassavaย By-product,ย Gari,ย inย Deltaย State and the Implication for Agricultural Development. Proceedings of the 21stย Annual Conference of Farm Management Association of Nigeria pp.205-211.
  • Chukwujiย C.O.,ย O.ย E.ย Inoniย andย P.ย C.ย Ikeย (2007):ย Determinantsย ofย technicalย efficiencyย inย gari processing in Delta State Nigeria. Journal of Central European Agriculture. Vol. 8 No. 3 pp327-336
  • Ekweย K.Cย andย C.Cย Ekweย (2005):ย Gariย Processingย andย Marketingย Enterprisesย asย Sustainable Livelihoods among Rural Households in South Eastern, Nigeria. Proceedings of the 19thย annual conference ofย Farm management Associationย of Nigeria,held at Delta State University, Asaba Campus, 18-20 October, pp.139- 144.
  • Foodย andย Agricultureย Organisationย (2004a):ย Onlineย Statisticalย Database.ย Rome,ย Italy: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Web Site http://www.fao.org/
  • Foodย andย Agricultureย Organisationย (2004b):ย โ€œAย Cassavaย Industrialย Revolutionย inย Nigeriaโ€
  • FAOย Corporateย Documentย Repository.ย http://www.fao.org
  • Internationalย Instituteย forย Tropicalย Agriculture, (2005):ย โ€œIntegratedย Cassavaย Projectโ€ย by
  • IITAย inย collaborationย withย Federalย Ministryย ofย Agricultureย andย Rural Developmentย (FMA&RD), and the Federal Government ofย Nigeria. [email protected].
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