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This article examines the effect of quality attributes on price of gari, a major staple processed from cassava roots in Nigeria. The effect of quality on prices is estimated under the hedonic function by means of logit model. Two hundred key informants were interviewed in 94 rural markets visited...


Ezedinma, C.Nkang, N.[The effect of quality on gari prices in Nigeria: a hedonic analysis]The effect of quality on gari prices in Nigeria: a hedonic analysis

Cassava is a dominant component in crop mixtures in South-Eastern Nigeria. It is a preferred food security crop among smallholder farmers, because it can tolerate drought, low soil fertility and its production requires minimum external inputs. Various constraints have been shown to affect the wid...


Udensi, U.E.Tarawali, G.Favour, E.U.Asumugha, G.N.Ezedinma, C.Okoye, B.C.Okarter, C.Ilona, P.Okechukwu, R.U.Dixon, A.[Adoption of selected improved cassava varieties among smallholder farmers in SouthEastern Nigeria]Adoption of selected improved cassava varieties among smallholder farmers in SouthEastern Nigeria

An advanced time series econometric technique was used to study the interaction between the prices of fermented flour, a popular cassava-based food product also called lafun, in typical urban-demand and ruralsupply markets in Nigeria. The price data cover 95 weeks from week 37 of 2004 to week 28 ...


Ojiako, I.Ezedinma, C.Asumugha, G.N.Okechukwu, R.U.[Spatial integration and price transmission in selected cassava products markets in Nigeria: a case of gari]Spatial integration and price transmission in selected cassava products markets in Nigeria: a case of gari

An advanced time series econometric technique was used to study the interaction between the prices of fermented flour, a popular cassava-based food product also called lafun, in typical urban-demand and ruralsupply markets in Nigeria. The price data cover 95 weeks from week 37 of 2004 to week 28 ...


Ojiako, I.A.Tarawali, G.Ezedinma, C.Okechukwu, R.U.[Spatial integration and price transmission in selected rural and urban markets for cassava fresh roots in Nigeria]Spatial integration and price transmission in selected rural and urban markets for cassava fresh roots in Nigeria

Understanding the resource allocation and use efficiency is essential considering the supportive role of agriculture in the advancement of other productive sectors of the economy. Technical efficiency and its determinants were investigated among smallholder cassava-farming and decision-taking uni...


Ojiako, I.A.Tarawali, G.Okechukwu, R.U.Chianu, J.Ezedinma, C.Edet, M.[Efficiency and its determinants among smallholder farming units supplying cassava to commercial starch processors in Nigeria: data envelopment analysis approach]Efficiency and its determinants among smallholder farming units supplying cassava to commercial starch processors in Nigeria: data envelopment analysis approach

An analysis was conducted of the productivity of smallholder farmers enrolled into an out-growers’ scheme to supply cassava to commercial starch processors under the Nestlé-IITA cassava starch value chain project. Under the project, improved cassava varieties–cloned to be high-yielding, early mat...


Ojiako, I.A.Tarawali, G.Okechukwu, R.U.Chianu, J.Ezedinma, C.Edet, M.[Profitability of cassava production: comparing the actual and potential returns on investment among smallholders in southern Nigeria]Profitability of cassava production: comparing the actual and potential returns on investment among smallholders in southern Nigeria

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