Effects of Marketing Extension Services on the Control of Postharvest Losses of Root and Tuber Crop Produce in Abia State Nigeria

Nwafor, Solomon Chimela; Wegh, F.S.; Ikwuba, A. A.; Jacob, Adegbola Adetayo

doi:10.9734/ajaees/2019/45483

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“…This calls for an organized marketing extension services in the area. This result is consistent with findings of [19] that reduction in the volume of postharvest losses of root and tuber crop production is dependent on the agricultural marketing extension services available to farmers in the study area.…”

Section: Level Of Postharvest Losses Of Yam In North-east Zone Of Bensupporting

confidence: 92%

“…This is an indication that there are no readily available markets and that farmers are not linked to buyers. This confirms the assertions of [19] that farmers are in need of market linkages. The high level of losses during marketing could also be for the fact that farmers find difficult to carry their produce home at the close of the day, instead they chose to dispose it at any price or better still abandon them in the market place in other not to spend another money carrying them home.…”

Section: Level Of Postharvest Losses Of Yam In North-east Zone Of Bensupporting

confidence: 88%

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Analysis of Post-harvest Losses of Yam in North-East Zone of Benue State, Nigeria

Solomon

Idu

Ugbem

et al. 2019

AJAEES

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The study analyzed the post-harvest losses of yam in North-East Zone of Benue state, Nigeria. It ascertained the level of postharvest losses of yam, identified the factors precipitating postharvest losses of yam identified the strategies adopted by yam farmers for reduction of postharvest losses of yam in North-East Zone of Benue State, Nigeria. The study consisted of a total sample size of two hundred and four (204) yam farmers drawn from three local government areas of North-East Zone of Benue state. The result identified pest attack, storage method, temperature, disease and infection, poor transportation, theft, underdeveloped market and exposure of yam to sunlight as factors precipitating post-harvest losses in the area. It also shows the result of the assessment of yam farmers in the study area regarding the level of losses they experience at various stages of yam postharvest activities. The value of the coefficient of multiple determinants (R2), is 0808, which implies that about 80.8% of the postharvest losses of yam in the study area is explained by the explanatory variables included in the model. The F-statistic of the lead equation is significant at 1% (28.122). Coefficients of pest attack disease and infections of yam, poor transportation facility, poor handling method used, excessive exposure of yam to sunlight, were positively related to postharvest losses of yam in the study area at 1% level of significant. Coefficient of storage method, temperature of the area and theft of yam in the study area were positive and significant to postharvest losses of yam at 5% level of significant. Given that, the computed F- value (28.122), was significantly higher than the tabulated F-value (9.33), at 1% level of significance, and (3.11) at 5% level of significance; the null hypothesis was therefore rejected and the alternative hypothesis was accepted. The study recommends provision of yam flour processing factory, which will provide a ready yam market that will reduce postharvest losses of yams and also increase the economic value of yams in the area.

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Section: Level Of Postharvest Losses Of Yam In North-east Zone Of Bensupporting

confidence: 92%

Section: Level Of Postharvest Losses Of Yam In North-east Zone Of Bensupporting

confidence: 88%

Analysis of Post-harvest Losses of Yam in North-East Zone of Benue State, Nigeria

Solomon

Idu

Ugbem

et al. 2019

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Kuth Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch.: A critically endangered medicinal plant from Himalaya

Rathore

Debnath

Kumar

2021

Journal of Applied Research on Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

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Effects of Marketing Extension Services on the Control of Postharvest Losses of Root and Tuber Crop Produce in Abia State Nigeria

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Analysis of Post-harvest Losses of Yam in North-East Zone of Benue State, Nigeria

Analysis of Post-harvest Losses of Yam in North-East Zone of Benue State, Nigeria

Kuth Saussurea costus (Falc.) Lipsch.: A critically endangered medicinal plant from Himalaya

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