ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL PATTERN OF GRAINS AND VEGETABLES RETAILING IN URBAN ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
ANALYSIS OF SPATIAL PATTERN OF GRAINS AND VEGETABLES RETAILING IN URBAN ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIA
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2015-09
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SHIAKA, Titilayo Mary
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Retailing distribution comprises the last stage in the marketing process before agricultural products reach the consumers. The features of the unevenness in the distribution is a great concern to geographers and other disciplines. Hence, the analysis of spatial pattern of grains and vegetables retailing in urban Zaria. In a broad sense, this study identified the location of retail outlets of grains and vegetables, characterized the pattern of growth and arrangement of this retail outlets, examine the factors responsible for the growth, analysis the challenges facing the retailer and provided solution to some of the challenges. The sampled markets are categories in to three as structured, semi structured and non structured and 360 copies of questionnaire were used to collect primary data together with interview. The study covers the period of thirty years (1980 - 2010). The study revealed eight selected markets with their year of establishment: Danmagaji Market (1983), Hayin-Dogo market (1986), Kofar-Doka market (1983), Kwangila market (1986), Pada Zaria City market (1993), SabonGari market (1918), Samaru market (1919) and Zaria City Main market (1837). The study also revealed the pattern of growth and arrangement in these selected market within the period under study. The nature of expansion is rapid among the structured market with exception of Zaria City Main market with low level of expansion together with semi structured and non structured market. The pattern and arrangement of retailers are clustered in Sabon-gari among the grains and vegetable retailers (Kasuwan Mata and Bayan gida Iya), dispersed pattern is traceable in all the market but common in Samaru Market. Unidirectional pattern is common in Hayin-Dogo and Kwangila Market. The result also revealed the factors responsible for the growth of both grains and vegetable as: good relationship with customer (15.35% and 24.4%), location of retail outlet (20.4% and 13.4%) and price (30.6% and 12.2%) respectively. However, factors that contributed to the growth of grains in addition with this factors are; population (25.5%) and government incentive (8.2%). For vegetables are freshness (31.7%) and perishability (18.5%). The study also examined the challenges facing the growth of retailing in the selected markets as shortage of land for expansion (31.1%), area prone to accident (7.7%) and inadequate trading fund (61.2%). On the other hand, vegetable has persihability (36.8%) and seasonality of the commodity (24.4%) in addition to the challenges faced by grain retailers. There are solutions proffered to this challenges, they are awareness and accessibilities to loan facilities ,involvement in corporative society, safety precaution and relocation of market to less accident prone area. In conclusion, the spatial pattern of growth of retailing in the sample market under study revealed that the nature of expansion is rapid among the structured markets and most are clustered. Semi structured and non structured markets are relative low and are mostly in unidirectional and dispersed. Based on the finding it is recommended that State and Local Government councils should assist in the construction of some of these markets, awareness and easy accessibility to loan facilities should be made available to the marketers by the Government to enable them support their businesses, marketers can and form a cooperatives society in order to help them boost their finances and there is need for safety precaution in order to reduce the rate of accident
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A THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREE IN GEOGRAPHY
DEPARTMENT OF GEOGRAPHY,
FACULTY OF SCIENCE,
AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, NIGERIA
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ANALYSIS,, SPATIAL PATTERN,, GRAINS,, VEGETABLES,, RETAILING,, URBAN ZARIA,, KADUNA STATE,, NIGERIA