Assessment of market participation among sorghum farmers in Asa and Moro Local Government Areas of Kwara State
Loading...
Date
2025
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Journal of Agriculture and Environment
Abstract
This study assessed market participation among sorghum farmers in Asa and
Moro LGAs of Kwara State. A three-stage sampling technique was used to
select 120 sorghum farmers in the study area. The study made use of primary
data collected through of structured interview schedule and analyzed using
descriptive analysis, Household Commercialization Index (HCI) and ordered
logistic regression model. Result revealed that sorghum enterprise was
dominated by men, accounting for 89.17% of the sampled respondents. About
91% of the respondents were married and with a mean age of 47years. The
respondents were mostly small-scale farmers cultivating 2.4 hectares of land
on average, and their experience in farming was on average of approximately
22 years. The market participation level among the sorghum farmers was high
with average HCI value of 81.70%. Result of logistic regression analysis
revealed that farmers’ high level of market participation was positively and
significantly influenced by farmers’ age (β = 0.768, p≤0.05), farming
experience (β = 0.126, p≤0.05), and marketing experience (β = 0.635, p≤0.01),
quantity of sorghum produced (β = 1.243, p≤0.01), farm size (β = 1.339,
p≤0.01), and unit selling price (β = 0.357, p≤0.01). Only transport cost (β = -
0.281 p≤0.05) and market distance (β =-1.73 p≤0.1) had negative and
significant effect on farmers’ level of market participation. It is recommended
that policies to sustain the high level of market participation recorded for this
study should be encouraged by the stakeholders.