July 2016 Vol. 4 No.7

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Original Research Article

Determination of Socio-economic Characteristics of Sugarcane Marketers in Ganye and Jada Local Government Areas of Adamawa State, Nigeria

¹Joel L., ^*2Girei A. A., ³Jongur A. A. U. and ³Umaru S.

¹College of Agriculture, P.M.B 25, Ganye, Adamawa State, Nigeria
²Department of Agricultural, Economics and Extension, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria
³Department of Agricultural, Economics and Extension, Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria

*Corresponding Author’s Emial; agirejo@gmail.com

Accepted May 25, 2015

Abstract

This study basically determined the socio-economic characteristics of sugarcane marketers in Ganye and Jada Local Government Areas of Adamawa State, Nigeria. The investigation the socio-economic variables in agriculture is very important as it helps the pattern of activities to be carried out based on the revelations of the social and economic variables of the respondents. Data was collected using structured questionnaires that were administered on 100 sugarcane marketers that were randomly selected. Descriptive statistics which include frequency, mean and percentages were used for the analysis. The result reveals that 68% of the respondents were married99% of the marketers were male with86% of them as non-educated. The result also shows that the average of the respondents was 33 years. The study also unveils that poor infrastructure, weak capital base, poor transportation system, weak membership of cooperative organization were some of the concerns observed which if addressed will improve the marketers social and cultural situation of the marketers and will help in improving their wellbeing.

Keywords: Characteristics, Determination, Marketers, Socio-Economic, Sugarcane