Mr. LASISI JACOB AMINU
Publication Title COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF COST AND RETURN ON THE MARKETING OF BIO-FORTIFIED VITAMIN-A GARRI AND ORDINARY GARRI IN SOUTHWESTERN, NIGERIA.
Publication Type journal
Publisher INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & BIOTECHNOLOGY
Publication Authors Aminu Jacob LASISI
Year Published 2022-11-02
Abstract Garri is a fermented and roasted granular product from cassava which is a major stable food for both rural and urban dwellers. Garri is found to be a national food with urban market presence. Despite the important of garri to national food, there have been lack of information on its profitability to the producers. How productive is the marketing of Bio-fortified Vitamin A- Garry as compared to the ordinary Garry in the region under study? The study therefore seek to examine the socioeconomic characteristics and costs and returns on the marketing of bio fortified vitamin A garri and ordinary garri in Oyo state. One hundred (100) garri marketers were drawn using multistage sampling technique involving a list of garri marketers collected from International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan and snow ball technique from eighteen locations across seven local government areas in Oyo state. The analytical tools used were descriptive statistics and gross margin analysis. The result shows that the productive ages of the respondents was found to be 53.0% for ages between 25-45years; about 85% processors and marketers were found to be female; the gross margin was found to be N680,508.00 while profit was found to be N540,803.00 and N8.54 per kilogram for white garri. The profit for bio-fortified Vitamin A garri was found to be N762, 374.00 and N23.95 per kilogram. The result also found that garri marketers operates in small scale. It is therefore concluded that females dominate the processing and marketing of garri industry, that Pro-Vitamin-A garri and ordinary garri marketing is profitable and can be used to increase the socio-economic status of garri marketers in the examined region.
Publication Title COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE FACTORS AFFECTING THE MARKETING OF BIO-FORTIFIED VITAMIN-A GARRI AND ORDINARY WHITE GARRI IN OYO STATE, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA
Publication Type conferenceproceeding
Publisher Proceedings of the 2nd international Conference on Institutional Leadership and Capacity Building in Africa ICILCB2020 (pp. 260-272).
Publication Authors Aminu Jacob LASISI
Year Published 2022-09-29
Abstract Garri is one of the most popular cassava food in many West African countries. Due to its convenience and multiplicity of use, garri is gradually gaining a foothold in the international food market. However, garri marketing has been characterized by various constraints in least developed countries (LDCs), especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study therefore examined the socioeconomic characteristics of garri marketers and factors affecting the marketing margin of marketers of bio-fortified vitamin A garri and ordinary garri in Oyo state. One hundred (100) garri marketers were drawn using multistage sampling technique involving a list of garri marketers collected from International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA) Ibadan and snow ball technics from eighteen locations across seven local government areas in Oyo state. The data collected were on the socioeconomic characteristics of the respondents, the cost and returns on the factors affecting the garri processing and marketing in the study region using structured questionnaire which were the instruments used for data collection. The result revealed that transportation cost, purchasing cost, processing and marketing experience of the marketer, and the age of the marketers, the years of formal education acquired and the marketing cost affects the marketing of both the ordinary and the bio-fortified garri.
Publication Title DEMAND TREND FOR GENETICALLY MODIFIED VITAMIN A CASSAVA PRODUCTS IN SOUTH-WESTERN NIGERIA
Publication Type journal
Publisher International Journal of Health Research and Physical Studies
Publication Authors Aminu Jacob LASISI, Khadijat Oyiza SHUAIBU
Year Published 2024-04-30
Abstract There is an increasing concern about the prevailing impact of micronutrient deficiencies, which pose serious public health issues, particularly in the world’s developing nations. Given the importance of staple foods in the diets of these nations, genetically modified food becomes imperative for reducing the burden of micronutrient deficiencies. The study utilized primary data collected through a household survey in six communities of two Local Government Areas (LGA) within Oyo state. The sampling involved a multi-stage sampling process to investigate the consumption patterns of genetically modified vitamin A cassava products in South-Western Nigeria. The study's conclusions showed that households eat garri (85.8%), lafun (59.2%), and fufu (30.8%) as cassava products. However, non- genetically modified vitamin A cassava products (62.5%) are consumed at a higher rate than genetically modified vitamin A cassava products (37.5%). The costs of both genetically modified vitamin A cassava products and non- genetically modified vitamin A cassava products, as well as household education level and income, were found to be major determinants of demand for the three cassava products, according to the results of the LA-AIDS model. The genetically modified garri, lafun, and fufu's expenditure elasticity indicated they are both common and upscale foods. The demand for these products was shown to be price elastic based on their own-price elasticity, however their cross-price elasticity in comparison to non-bio-fortified cassava products suggested that the genetically modified vitamin A cassava goods were replacements. It was recommended that governments put plans in place to increase demand from consumers for genetically modified vitamin A cassava products, as doing so will enhance food and nutrition security and open up prospects for earning revenue.