Assessment of the Performance and Barriers to Small-Scale Fish Marketing in Dutsin-Ma Local Government Area, Katsina State, Nigeria
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2014
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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.