A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOME AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, THEIR DERIVATIVES AND IMPROTANCE IN MARKETING
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SOME AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, THEIR DERIVATIVES AND IMPROTANCE IN MARKETING
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2009-10
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MUHAMMAD, IDRIS ALIYU
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A comparative study of some agricultural products retailing, uses, users,
problems and prospects was conducted in Kaduna, Anchau, Zaria, Kachia and
Kafanchan. The agricultural products studied are ginger, Soya beans, cotton lint
& seeds and pepper chillies. It was discovered that the market is supplier
oriented, where demand is higher than the supply. This made competition
multi-dimensional amongst retailers. Beside being supplier oriented, the market
is also an import oriented market for ginger extracts.
The derivatives or product lines discovered in ginger and Soya Beans are yet to
receive the required patronage they deserve. Therefore, there is the ardent need
for more advertisement and sales promotion, since all those products are import
substitution products with great potentialities to exploit the ever-increasing
supply gap. This would identified more users whose needs are satisfied as a
result of the multiple use(s) discovered.
The break through in Research and Development have significantly reduces the
problems of these agricultural products, thereby increasing their prospects and
subsequently more uses and users are discovered. But a lot needs to be done in
the area of funding Research & Development in order to keep satisfying the
dynamic and innovative needs of customers, otherwise the future is very bleak
for the sub-sector
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MUHAMMAD IDRIS ALIYU
(MBA\A1)M I N\00688\93-94
A Thesis submitted to Postgraduate School, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Nigeria in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirement for the Award of the Degree
of Master of Business Administration (MBA).
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