ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF RICE PROCESSING AMONG WOMEN IN DUTSIN-MA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KATSINA STATE
Abstract
ABSTRACT
The study examine the Economic Analysis of rice processing to women as a means of livelihood in Dutsin-ma local Government Area, Katsina State. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select the farmers to be interview for the study. Ninety respondents were interviewed. Simple descriptive statistics, Gross margin analysis and multiple regression analysis were used in analyzing the data collected. Majority (87%) of the respondents were less than 50 years of age, with 43% being between 30 to 39 years and a mean age of 35.9 years. Majority (54.4%) of the respondents were married. The mean household size of the respondents was 5.6, averaging approximately 6 persons in a household. All the respondents had atleast one form of formal education, with 41.1% and 46.7% having secondary and tertiary education respectively. The average year of experience in rice processing was 13years. The rice processing activities usually carried out were Rice Cleaning and parboiling (72.2%), Husking/milling (43.3%), Polishing (48.9%). Sorting (56.7%), Grading (54.4%), Packaging (58.9%),Storage (66.7%) and Marketing (60%). Majority (64.4%) of the women rice processors practice both local and modernized method of rice processing. the gross margin was 236,664.17 naira and the return on investment was 0.85%. the factors influencing the profitability of rice processing were Level of education (P
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