THE ROLE OF GINGER PRODUCTION IN THE RURAL ECONOMY OF J ABA AND KACHIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE
THE ROLE OF GINGER PRODUCTION IN THE RURAL ECONOMY OF J ABA AND KACHIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE
| dc.contributor.author | NOAH, WENDOCK, BETHOLI | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-07-21T10:46:18Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-07-21T10:46:18Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1993-03 | |
| dc.description | A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE (M.SC.) IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA MARCH, 1993 | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | This study is on the role of ginger production in the r u r a l economy of Jaba and Kachia Local Government Areas of Kaduna S t a t e . It t r i e s to examine the processes of production and marketing of ginger in r e l a t i on to i t s r o l e on the producers' income and people of the immediate surrounding. After t r a c i n g the processes of production and marketing of the crop from producers through intermediaries to the exporters and/or consumers, the study uses i n f e r e n t i a l methods to analyse the r o l e of the crop in the economy of the people. I t demonstrated t h a t income is highly dependent on the f i e l d s of p e o p l e ' s investment. And that c e r t a i n forces, it would seem, combined to prevent the farmers from making meaningful p r o f i t from the gradual p r i c e increase for the crop. A working hypothesis was b a s i c a l ly formulated to t e s t the v a l i d i t y of these a s s e r t i o n s . The main question being 'Who is a c t u a l l y benefiting from the present high p r i c e s of ginger i n p a r t i c u l a r and a g r i c u l t u r a l p r i c e s in g e n e r a l ? '. The empirical r e s u l t of the study shows t h a t ginger production in the study area has been increasing quite remarkably. The study a l so shows that there has been f l u c t u a t i o n in the p r i c e s of the crop, but the amplitude of f l u c t u a t i o n being more during season of scarcity and l e s s during season of h a r v e s t . Thus, orderly marketing through procurement, buffer stocking, and public d i s t r i b u t i o n , deserve serious consideration. The study a l s o shows t h a t although the p r i c e s received for the ginger produced have increased over the years, where farming operations are costed, p r i c e s paid by the farmers for farm i n p u t s have increased much more. Moreover, the marketing intermediaries make excess profit at the expense of the producers. As a result, ginger farmers within the study area were actually not benefiting from the recent high prices for the crop. The contribution of ginger to the income of the producers could only be seen from the fact that most of its farming operations were carried out at those times the farmers were less engaged in the farming operations of other crops. The unfavourable price parities, if continued for long, may prove as a disincentive for the producer - discouraging further increase in ginger production. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5170 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | ROLE, | en_US |
| dc.subject | GINGER, | en_US |
| dc.subject | PRODUCTION, | en_US |
| dc.subject | RURAL, | en_US |
| dc.subject | ECONOMY, | en_US |
| dc.subject | JABA AND KACHIA | en_US |
| dc.subject | LOCAL, | en_US |
| dc.subject | GOVERNMENT, | en_US |
| dc.subject | AREAS, | en_US |
| dc.subject | KADUNA STATE. | en_US |
| dc.title | THE ROLE OF GINGER PRODUCTION IN THE RURAL ECONOMY OF J ABA AND KACHIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF KADUNA STATE | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |