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Empirical Analysis of African Eggplant (Solanum gilo) Marketing and Income Disparity among Traders in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria

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  • Onuwa, Godfrey C.

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African Eggplant is an indigenous tropical crop cultivated in Nigeria and agricultural marketing creates incentives accelerating promotion of further production and consumption of harvested produce. Therefore, this study analyzed African Eggplant marketing and income disparity among traders in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria. Primary data collected via multistage sampling from ninety five (95) respondents were analyzed using descriptive statistics, marketing margin and efficiency analysis, Ordinary Least Square regression and Gini Coefficient index. The results shows the mean age, years spent in school, household size, trading experience and quantity of bags sold were 37 years, 8 years, 7 people, 9 years and 8 bags per month, respectively. The estimated marketing margin and efficiency index was ₦1,250 and 0.36, respectively. The estimated coefficients of Ordinary Least Square regression (R2) was 0.773. Thus, the variables (marketing experience, cost price, quantity sold, and marketing cost) in the regression model accounted for 77% of the variation in the marketing margin of African Eggplant traders in the study area. The estimated Gini Coefficient was 0.59, which indicates a moderate level of income disparity (inequality) in the sales income of the respondents. Several marketing constraints were observed in the study area. Therefore, this study recommends improved credit access and market information dissemination, commodity cost subsidization, storage technology adoption, market infrastructure development and interventions, commodity price control and policy modification that regulates market activities.

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  • Onuwa, Godfrey C., 2024. "Empirical Analysis of African Eggplant (Solanum gilo) Marketing and Income Disparity among Traders in Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria," Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, vol. 24(1), March.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:polpwa:342484
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.342484
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