ASSESSMENT OF SOURCES OF INFORMATION AND CONSTRAINTS ASSOCIATED WITH GROUNDNUT PRODUCTION AND POST-HARVEST VALUEADDITION AMONG FARMERS IN GOMBE STATE.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.56892/bima.v6i02.370Keywords:
Assessment, Information, Constraints, Groundnut, Value-addition.Abstract
The study was conducted to assess sources of information and constraints associated with
groundnut production and post-harvest value-addition among farmers in Gombe State, Nigeria.
Multistage, purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to select a sample size
of 159 respondents. Data collected using a structured questionnaire were analyzed. Descriptive
and inferential statistical tools like frequency, percentages and logistic regression were used for
analysis. The result showed that 43.4% of the respondents had Grade 11/ Secondary education
About 43% had household size of 5 -10 persons and 34.6% had farming experience of 6 -10
years. About 71% of the respondents had annual income of less than ₦100,000 from sales of
groundnut and its products per annum. Result on skills acquired on value-addition of groundnut
production and processing shows that 30.2% of the respondents acquired skills on toasting
peanut. Result on products obtained from processing groundnut shows that 61.6% obtained oil
as their product. The study concludes that if farmers’ level of education and experience are
increase there will be increase in value-addition. Based on the findings, it is recommended that
skills on groundnut value –chain should be taught to the farmers by the extension agents and
government agencies.
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