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    A study of temporal price efficiency of food grain marketing in north eastern Nigeria

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    Date
    2006
    Author
    Nuhu, H.
    Amaza, P.
    Gaya, H.
    Type
    Journal Article
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    The study examined temporal aspect of marketing efficiency in urban marketing system for sorghum and cowpea in North-eastern Nigeria. The data for the study were obtained through the use of structured questionnaires, interview and market surveys on storage cost. Four markets (Maiduguri, Damaturu, Gombe and Yola) known for the marketing of Cereal grains and pulses were selected purposively for the study. Thirty questionnaire were distributed randomly to marketers in the selected markets. Secondary data coverd wholesale monthly price for 60 months. The analyse tool used was the temporal pricing model. Emperical findings indicates that most of the results were less than the cost of storing grains, except for cowpea where the average not seasonal increase was greater than expected price most of the time, at Gombe market for instance, in 2000, cowpea was 12% greater than the expected price and 35% in 2001. This seems to suggest that inflation, poor storage as well as lack of price information might have been the cause. Some suggestions are made for improving marketing performance.
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3058
    IITA Subjects
    Markets; Domestic Trade; Smallholder Farmers; Food Security; Livelihoods; Agribusiness; Nutrition; Value Chains; Handling, Transport, Storage And Protection Of Agricultural Products
    Agrovoc Terms
    Marketing; Temporal Efficiency; Food Grain; Price; Cowpeas; Storing Grains; Sorghum
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
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