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    Assessment of the Performance and Barriers to Small-Scale Fish Marketing in Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area, Katsina State, Nigeria
    (2014) Tiri,G.D; Oshoke J; Nabinta, T.R; Olatinwo L.K
    The importance of fishery products and its marketing has always been an important discourse among scholars due to its contribution to gross national product and per capital income of fishermen and marketers in nations with fishing capabilities. In Nigeria, however, given increasing demand for fish, there seems to be a potentially strong market for the product. The study seems to quantify the determinants of factors influencing the performance of small-scale fish marketing in Dutsinma local government of Katsina State. Kendalls coefficient of concordance was used to test the agreement between ranked constraints of small-scale fish marketing in relation to performance. A sample size of (50) Fish marketers were drawn by a simple random technique from a registered population of(102) for two months and a structured questionnaire was used to elicit their responses from the Market. Data was analysed using statistical packaged for social sciences (SPSS). Results of the analysis indicated that age of marketers (p<0.01), years of formal education (p<0.01), annual cost incurred (p<0.01), membership of cooperative society (p<0.01) initial capital invested (p<0.01 are the most influential determinants of small scale fish marketing. The Kendalls coefficient of concordance indicates that there is 78% agreement between the respondents in the ranking of constraints in relation to performance, poor access to credit facilities, poor market infrastructures and poor record keeping habit are the most important constraints faced by small fish marketers. Based on the results we recommend a flexible and favourable policy geared toward helping young entrepreneurs through improved market infrastructures.