This document discusses a study on the financial viability and value chain analysis of agro-processing industries run by women in Oyo State, Nigeria. It finds that the maximum value added was 103% in fruit and vegetable processing, with cassava mills adding around 34%. Most processing industries had high current ratios but lower quick ratios, indicating unsold inventory. Overall, the financial ratios were favorable for most processors. However, there was undercapacity utilization across industries due to lack of raw materials and issues with marketing. The break-even output was low, causing many industries to operate at a loss with low capacity utilization.
Marketing of Agricultural Products, a Panacea for Economic Growth and Sustain...ijtsrd
There is an urgent need for the revitalization of the Nigerian Agricultural sector especially now the economic situation of the economy is nothing to write home about. The Agricultural sector of Nigeria was neglected for years owing to the discovery of crude oil in the 70s. Crude oil exportation gradually replaced Agricultural products exportation until Nigeria became a mono product exporting nation. The current fall in oil prices have led to the recent clamor for the diversification of the economy through agricultural export performance. Serveral policies have been implemented by the government both in state and federal levels in order to boost the agricultural sector but no significant change has been achieved. This indicates that the sector is faced with challenges which must be identified and nipped in the bud for the sector to flourish. Marketing of Agricultural products has been identified by various researchers globally and in Nigeria as the major problems of the Agricultural sector. Various scholars have discovered that if the right marketing practices is not put in place in the Agricultural sector of an economy, the sector would not flourish. Therefore the thrust of this conceptual study was to identify the problems associated with the marketing of Agricultural products with a view to proffering recommendations of the best marketing practices to adopt in order to boost the Agricultural sector of the economy for economic growth and sustainable development. Nwuba, Chibike Onyije "Marketing of Agricultural Products, a Panacea for Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-2 , February 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38503.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/marketing/38503/marketing-of-agricultural-products-a-panacea-for-economic-growth-and-sustainable-development-in-nigeria/nwuba-chibike-onyije
This study sets to assess the effect of government intervention on economic development adopting Songhai Development Initiative Farm in Rivers State of Nigeria as a case study. It adopted the survey design with the instruments of personal observations, interviews and questionnaires to collect the required data. The data has internal consistency of 0.87, test-retest reliability of 0.85 (p < 0.001), split-half reliability of 0.82 (p < 0.001). The mean of 3 points was chosen as a cut off point for accepting or rejecting each of the items in the Likert’s scale. The Chi-square was also used to test the hypothesis. All items have mean (X ̅) that are higher than the cut-off mark and this is supported by low standard deviation for all the items which depicts a low variation of the observations from the mean. With the calculated Chi-square greater than the table value (i.e 30.34957 > 21.026) in absolute term, the study concludes that there is a significant relationship between Songhai Development Initiative Farm and the economic development. It, therefore, recommended that such and similar government direct involvements in the agricultural and other sectors should be encouraged for optimum benefits in output, job creation, income, social welfare and technological advancement.
Marketing of Agricultural Products, a Panacea for Economic Growth and Sustain...ijtsrd
There is an urgent need for the revitalization of the Nigerian Agricultural sector especially now the economic situation of the economy is nothing to write home about. The Agricultural sector of Nigeria was neglected for years owing to the discovery of crude oil in the 70s. Crude oil exportation gradually replaced Agricultural products exportation until Nigeria became a mono product exporting nation. The current fall in oil prices have led to the recent clamor for the diversification of the economy through agricultural export performance. Serveral policies have been implemented by the government both in state and federal levels in order to boost the agricultural sector but no significant change has been achieved. This indicates that the sector is faced with challenges which must be identified and nipped in the bud for the sector to flourish. Marketing of Agricultural products has been identified by various researchers globally and in Nigeria as the major problems of the Agricultural sector. Various scholars have discovered that if the right marketing practices is not put in place in the Agricultural sector of an economy, the sector would not flourish. Therefore the thrust of this conceptual study was to identify the problems associated with the marketing of Agricultural products with a view to proffering recommendations of the best marketing practices to adopt in order to boost the Agricultural sector of the economy for economic growth and sustainable development. Nwuba, Chibike Onyije "Marketing of Agricultural Products, a Panacea for Economic Growth and Sustainable Development in Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-2 , February 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38503.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/marketing/38503/marketing-of-agricultural-products-a-panacea-for-economic-growth-and-sustainable-development-in-nigeria/nwuba-chibike-onyije
This study sets to assess the effect of government intervention on economic development adopting Songhai Development Initiative Farm in Rivers State of Nigeria as a case study. It adopted the survey design with the instruments of personal observations, interviews and questionnaires to collect the required data. The data has internal consistency of 0.87, test-retest reliability of 0.85 (p < 0.001), split-half reliability of 0.82 (p < 0.001). The mean of 3 points was chosen as a cut off point for accepting or rejecting each of the items in the Likert’s scale. The Chi-square was also used to test the hypothesis. All items have mean (X ̅) that are higher than the cut-off mark and this is supported by low standard deviation for all the items which depicts a low variation of the observations from the mean. With the calculated Chi-square greater than the table value (i.e 30.34957 > 21.026) in absolute term, the study concludes that there is a significant relationship between Songhai Development Initiative Farm and the economic development. It, therefore, recommended that such and similar government direct involvements in the agricultural and other sectors should be encouraged for optimum benefits in output, job creation, income, social welfare and technological advancement.
Determinants of Business Performance in the Nigerian Manufacturing Sectorijtsrd
This study examines the determinants of business performance in the Nigerias manufacturing sector. The study was necessitated by the perceived declining performance of the Nigeria manufacturing sector. Secondary data covering the period 1980 2018 were sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The model's estimates were estimated via multiple econometric model of the ordinary least square to ascertain the effect of macroeconomic variable Financial intermediation, Infrastructure, Market size, Exchange rate, Interest rate and Inflation rate on the business performance in the Nigerias manufacturing sector. From the result of the OLS, it was observed that financial intermediation, infrastructure and market size have a positive impact on manufacturing sector while exchange rate, interest rate and inflation rate have a negative impact on manufacturing sector in Nigeria. From the regression analysis, the results also show that all the variables conform to the a priori expectation of the study. With the exception of infrastructure and inflation rate, all other variables are statically significant which indicates that financial intermediation, market size, exchange rate, interest rate are good determinants of business performance in the Nigerian manufacturing sector. The study recommends that the energy sector needs to be overhauled especially the EEDC to supply just the sufficient energy to drive the economy. Painstaking and well coordinated macro economic policies with special references to the price level and exchange rate regime need to be put in place to ameliorate the business sector among others. Nwakoby, Nkiru Peace Ph.D | Dibua, Emmanuel Chijioke PhD | Ezeanolue Uju Scholastica ""Determinants of Business Performance in the Nigerian Manufacturing Sector"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-3 , April 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23141.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/operations-management/23141/determinants-of-business-performance-in-the-nigerian-manufacturing-sector/nwakoby-nkiru-peace-phd
Role of agriculture in economic development of the ssaMulenge Peter
Sub-Saharan countries include the 48 independent countries that lie south of the Sahara desert, excluding South Africa, because its agriculture system reflects that of developed countries.
Macroeconomic Variables and Manufacturing Sector Output in Nigeriaijtsrd
Management of macroencomic variables has been noted as instrumental to a well performing manufacturing sector. This study thus examined the effect of macroencomic variables on the manufacturing sector in Nigeria within a liberalised economic era of 1986 to 2018. The Autoregressive Distributive Lag model was employed for data analysis. The results revealed that macroeconomic variables has 93 significant short run policy effect but no significant long run effects on manufacturing sector output in Nigeria. The endogenous dynamics of manufacturing sector previous year outputs exerted a significance influence on the macroeconomic variables long run relationship effect on current year. The explanatory variables suggested that money supply M2 , interest rate INTR and credit to private sector CPS exerted positive effects on manufacturing sector output at short term trends. The study thus posits that macroeconomic variables have varying levels of effects on the manufacturing sectors of Nigerian economy. The monetary authority should employ the monetary policy stance in a pattern that increases money supply in order to boost investment in manufacturing sector which would eventual bring about improved output to Nigeria. Dr. Loretta Anayo Ozuah "Macroeconomic Variables and Manufacturing Sector Output in Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-2 , February 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38420.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/accounting-and-finance/38420/macroeconomic-variables-and-manufacturing-sector-output-in-nigeria/dr-loretta-anayo-ozuah
Unlockin investment and finance wbg final project edxStellaOkeke1
final project for World Bank Group open course on edx.
This project aim to make every one interested aware of the huge benefit and potential of using agriculture as a means of impact investment. and unlocking opportunities in a developing economy.
Recently, IMF said that India will grew at 7.5% overtaking China as the fastest growing economy in 2015-16 due to recent policy initiatives made by government of India.But the prospects could change depending on the implementation of the reforms of the new Modi government.
as part of the IFPRI-Egypt Seminar Series- funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project called “Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity” (EIBC) that is implemented by IFPRI.
Rethinking agricultural development,the caribbeanDebbie-Ann Hall
This paper traces the evolution of agricultural development thinking and reviews agricultural development strategies in the Caribbean from colonial period to the present.
as part of the IFPRI-Egypt Seminar Series- funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project called “Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity” (EIBC) that is implemented by IFPRI.
Prof. V. Okoruwa's presentation given the the Africa Agriculture Week.
The role of agriculture in an economy is a major factor in determining the economy‟s state of development (Hazell and Diano, 2005). Most African countries are mainly agrarian since agriculture contributes immensely to their economies. Agriculture‟s contribution to GDP in the Africa is between 30% and 40% on the average. The sector accounts for almost 60% of total export earnings in the continent, provides the dominant occupation for about 65% of Africa‟s population and has been growing on the average at about 3.3% each year since 2000 (IFPRI, 2009). Despite this impressive contribution of agriculture to Africa‟s economy, the sector remains largely under-developed. Most farmers are still at the subsistence level and small scale, having less than 2ha of land. The level of technology is also low, production remains weather-dependent and consequently, farmers‟ incomes are low. Poor market access, weak infrastructure and limited ability to influence government policy also characterize the sector (Quartey et al, 2012). Majority of Africa's agricultural population live in rural areas and the rural population comprises over 60% of the entire population. Further, over 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are youths under the age of 30 years and about 65% of this number, work in subsistence agriculture. Rural agricultural workers are among the poorest in Africa with poverty rate averaged at about 50% (UN/ECA, 2010).
Agriculture has the potential to serve as a strong
The Impact of Agricultural and Industrial Sectors on Economic Development in ...iosrjce
This study aimed at investigating the impact of the agricultural and industrial sector on the overall
economic development of the Nigeria using secondary data from 1981 – 2012. A multiple regression approach
was used for the estimation. To determine the stability of the time series data used in the study, Augmented
Dickey–Fuller (ADF) and Philips–Perron (pp) unit root tests were adopted. The empirical results show
cointegration relations among Real GDP per capita (RGDPP), Agricultural contribution to RGDPP (ARG),
Industrial contribution to RGDPP (IND), Interest rate (INT) and Inflation rate (IFL) in the period under
investigation. Agricultural and industrial contributions to RGDPP are significant variables explaining
economic development in Nigeria. The overall result of the analysis indicates that these sectors have significant
positive effect on economic development of Nigeria both in the short-run and in the long-run. This research
therefore suggest that there is need for government and the private investors to focus their attention on these
sectors to boost the economy of the nation and efforts must be made to diversified the economy and focus should
be shifted away from export of crude oil only and more effort should be concentrated on agricultural and
industrial development. This would translate to meaningful development in these sectors which will trickle down
to create employment opportunities, enhance productivity and increase agricultural production for exports.
Determinants of Business Performance in the Nigerian Manufacturing Sectorijtsrd
This study examines the determinants of business performance in the Nigerias manufacturing sector. The study was necessitated by the perceived declining performance of the Nigeria manufacturing sector. Secondary data covering the period 1980 2018 were sourced from the Central Bank of Nigeria. The model's estimates were estimated via multiple econometric model of the ordinary least square to ascertain the effect of macroeconomic variable Financial intermediation, Infrastructure, Market size, Exchange rate, Interest rate and Inflation rate on the business performance in the Nigerias manufacturing sector. From the result of the OLS, it was observed that financial intermediation, infrastructure and market size have a positive impact on manufacturing sector while exchange rate, interest rate and inflation rate have a negative impact on manufacturing sector in Nigeria. From the regression analysis, the results also show that all the variables conform to the a priori expectation of the study. With the exception of infrastructure and inflation rate, all other variables are statically significant which indicates that financial intermediation, market size, exchange rate, interest rate are good determinants of business performance in the Nigerian manufacturing sector. The study recommends that the energy sector needs to be overhauled especially the EEDC to supply just the sufficient energy to drive the economy. Painstaking and well coordinated macro economic policies with special references to the price level and exchange rate regime need to be put in place to ameliorate the business sector among others. Nwakoby, Nkiru Peace Ph.D | Dibua, Emmanuel Chijioke PhD | Ezeanolue Uju Scholastica ""Determinants of Business Performance in the Nigerian Manufacturing Sector"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-3 , April 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23141.pdf
Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/operations-management/23141/determinants-of-business-performance-in-the-nigerian-manufacturing-sector/nwakoby-nkiru-peace-phd
Role of agriculture in economic development of the ssaMulenge Peter
Sub-Saharan countries include the 48 independent countries that lie south of the Sahara desert, excluding South Africa, because its agriculture system reflects that of developed countries.
Macroeconomic Variables and Manufacturing Sector Output in Nigeriaijtsrd
Management of macroencomic variables has been noted as instrumental to a well performing manufacturing sector. This study thus examined the effect of macroencomic variables on the manufacturing sector in Nigeria within a liberalised economic era of 1986 to 2018. The Autoregressive Distributive Lag model was employed for data analysis. The results revealed that macroeconomic variables has 93 significant short run policy effect but no significant long run effects on manufacturing sector output in Nigeria. The endogenous dynamics of manufacturing sector previous year outputs exerted a significance influence on the macroeconomic variables long run relationship effect on current year. The explanatory variables suggested that money supply M2 , interest rate INTR and credit to private sector CPS exerted positive effects on manufacturing sector output at short term trends. The study thus posits that macroeconomic variables have varying levels of effects on the manufacturing sectors of Nigerian economy. The monetary authority should employ the monetary policy stance in a pattern that increases money supply in order to boost investment in manufacturing sector which would eventual bring about improved output to Nigeria. Dr. Loretta Anayo Ozuah "Macroeconomic Variables and Manufacturing Sector Output in Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-2 , February 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd38420.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/accounting-and-finance/38420/macroeconomic-variables-and-manufacturing-sector-output-in-nigeria/dr-loretta-anayo-ozuah
Unlockin investment and finance wbg final project edxStellaOkeke1
final project for World Bank Group open course on edx.
This project aim to make every one interested aware of the huge benefit and potential of using agriculture as a means of impact investment. and unlocking opportunities in a developing economy.
Recently, IMF said that India will grew at 7.5% overtaking China as the fastest growing economy in 2015-16 due to recent policy initiatives made by government of India.But the prospects could change depending on the implementation of the reforms of the new Modi government.
as part of the IFPRI-Egypt Seminar Series- funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project called “Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity” (EIBC) that is implemented by IFPRI.
Rethinking agricultural development,the caribbeanDebbie-Ann Hall
This paper traces the evolution of agricultural development thinking and reviews agricultural development strategies in the Caribbean from colonial period to the present.
as part of the IFPRI-Egypt Seminar Series- funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project called “Evaluating Impact and Building Capacity” (EIBC) that is implemented by IFPRI.
Prof. V. Okoruwa's presentation given the the Africa Agriculture Week.
The role of agriculture in an economy is a major factor in determining the economy‟s state of development (Hazell and Diano, 2005). Most African countries are mainly agrarian since agriculture contributes immensely to their economies. Agriculture‟s contribution to GDP in the Africa is between 30% and 40% on the average. The sector accounts for almost 60% of total export earnings in the continent, provides the dominant occupation for about 65% of Africa‟s population and has been growing on the average at about 3.3% each year since 2000 (IFPRI, 2009). Despite this impressive contribution of agriculture to Africa‟s economy, the sector remains largely under-developed. Most farmers are still at the subsistence level and small scale, having less than 2ha of land. The level of technology is also low, production remains weather-dependent and consequently, farmers‟ incomes are low. Poor market access, weak infrastructure and limited ability to influence government policy also characterize the sector (Quartey et al, 2012). Majority of Africa's agricultural population live in rural areas and the rural population comprises over 60% of the entire population. Further, over 600 million people in sub-Saharan Africa are youths under the age of 30 years and about 65% of this number, work in subsistence agriculture. Rural agricultural workers are among the poorest in Africa with poverty rate averaged at about 50% (UN/ECA, 2010).
Agriculture has the potential to serve as a strong
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This study aimed at investigating the impact of the agricultural and industrial sector on the overall
economic development of the Nigeria using secondary data from 1981 – 2012. A multiple regression approach
was used for the estimation. To determine the stability of the time series data used in the study, Augmented
Dickey–Fuller (ADF) and Philips–Perron (pp) unit root tests were adopted. The empirical results show
cointegration relations among Real GDP per capita (RGDPP), Agricultural contribution to RGDPP (ARG),
Industrial contribution to RGDPP (IND), Interest rate (INT) and Inflation rate (IFL) in the period under
investigation. Agricultural and industrial contributions to RGDPP are significant variables explaining
economic development in Nigeria. The overall result of the analysis indicates that these sectors have significant
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Challenges and Prospects of Agribusiness in Nigeria The Missing Linkijtsrd
For about three decades, the Nigerian government had initiated many policies and programs aimed at restoring the agricultural sector to its prominent position in the economy. However, various efforts to encourage investment and export diversification in the agricultural sector have not yielded favorable results. Great potential for investments and export diversification to generate higher economic growth remained untapped, as a result of challenges in the agricultural sector which have to be nipped in the bud. Therefore, this study identified these challenges and made recommendations to be implemented to remove these limitations in order to accelerate the achievement of economic growth and sustainable development in the country. The identified challenges or limitations consist of marketing problems, infrastructure deficiencies and unstable input and output prices. Measures to lift restrictions must include improvements in downstream commodity activities, environmental management, increased financing and efficiency in agricultural spending. The government should wake up and invest in infrastructure, and such investment must ensure infrastructure development in both urban and rural areas. Dr. Chibike Onyije Nwuba | Chukwunonso Chukwudi Okoli "Challenges and Prospects of Agribusiness in Nigeria: The Missing Link" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-6 | Issue-5 , August 2022, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd50510.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/management/marketing/50510/challenges-and-prospects-of-agribusiness-in-nigeria-the-missing-link/dr-chibike-onyije-nwuba
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This study dwelt on Effects of Agricultural Extension Services on the Performance of Members of Women Agricultural Cooperatives in Southeast Nigeria. Nigerian agricultural system has not been living up to expectation, despite the wide range of programmes, policies and approaches that have been formulated for its enhancement and sustenance. Multistage random sampling technique was adopted to select 399 respondents of the women agricultural cooperative members. Primary data was sourced through the use of structured questionnaire. Data collected were analyzed with both descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of SPSS version 23 and strata 14 software. The descriptive statistics used include frequency distribution table, simple percentages, weighted mean and mean threshold of five point likert scale measure while inferential statistics used include regression, and ANOVA, which were used for the test of hypotheses formulated. The result of hypothesis one revealed that the socioeconomic characteristics of the members of the women agricultural cooperative have significant influence on the use of extension services with Age 2.07 ,level of education 3.39 ,main occupation 2.46 and income 3.25.Hypotheses 2 and 3 also revealed that the level of use of agricultural extension services have significant effect on the women's income and output performance indices with F statistics value of 107.42 ,72.11 and r 0.4622,0.3658 respectively. It is recommended that women farmers need education and training for better understanding of extension services and programmes which will provide assistance to them, for improved agricultural production. Women agricultural cooperative members need training on financial inclusion that they can use all available sources of credit for enhancement of agricultural activities and this will boost food security in the Southeast and Nigeria in general. Okafor I. P. | Umebali E. E "Effects of Agricultural Extension Services on the Performance of Members of Women Agricultural Cooperatives in South East, Nigeria" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-4 | Issue-1 , December 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd29544.pdfPaper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/engineering/agricultural-engineering/29544/effects-of-agricultural-extension-services-on-the-performance-of-members-of-women-agricultural-cooperatives-in-south-east-nigeria/okafor-i-p
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Determinants of Income Inequality Among Cooperative Farmers in Anambra Stateijtsrd
This study examines determinants of income inequality among cooperative farmers in Anambra State. The study, modeled variables like farmers efficiency, technology, market proximity, credit obtained, farm size, soil fertility, crop type, input supply and agric extension services using descriptive and inferential statistics. The population of this study was made up of 298 members of selected cooperative societies in Anambra State and a sample of 171 was determined for the study using Taro Yamane formula. A structured questionnaire was administered to 171 respondents but only 115 responded to the questionnaire. The data collected using the questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Findings revealed that apart from market proximity which was not significant, all other factors farmers' efficiency, technology, credit obtained, farm size, soil fertility, crop type, input supply and agric extension services contributed significantly to the farmers' income. This study therefore recommends that The government should carry out a public enlightenment campaign on the potentials of agricultural cooperatives as sustainable approach for reducing income inequality through synergy and emphasis should be placed more on cooperative education as requirement for growth and development since most of the people in the target areas has low educational background. The agricultural cooperative subsector should be adequately financed to help improve the farmers' income and also reduce income inequality. Agricultural technology transfer through extension services should be encouraged to help create awareness and increase adoption of better ways farming so as to increase the farmers' income and reduce income inequality among others. Anigbogu, Theresa Ukamaka | Uzondu, Chikodiri Scholastica ""Determinants of Income Inequality Among Cooperative Farmers in Anambra State"" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-3 | Issue-3 , April 2019, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd23149.pdf
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Implication of financial viability and value chain analysis of agro processing industries for development women experience in oyo state, nigeria
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Implication of Financial Viability and Value Chain Analysis of
Agro-Processing Industries for Development: Women Experience
in Oyo State, Nigeria
Olagunju, F.I.
* E-mail of the corresponding author: olagfunk@yahoo.com
Abstract
The dynamic role of Small and Medium scale Enterprises (SMEs) in developing countries has been highly
emphasised. These enterprises have been identified as the means through which the rapid industrialization and
other developmental goals of these countries can be realised. This paper therefore explores the structure and extent
of value addition by women in different agro-processing units in Oyo State, Nigeria. It has also examined the
financial viability of agro-processing industries in the state. A multistage random sampling method was used to
select a sample of 160 agro-processing units of different types from each selected local government areas through
proportional allocation method. The data were analysed using descriptive (narratives), such include measures of
profitability, use of percentages, tables and mean. The break-even analysis has shown enough leverage for
processing units to stay in the business even at low capacity utilization. The extent of value addition has been about
34 per cent in the cassava mill sector. The maximum value addition has been observed in fruits/vegetable
processing (103 per cent), followed by cashew based units. The financial viability ratios computed from financial
accounts have revealed high current ratio but lower quick ratio (acid test) in most of the processing industries,
showing that many industries have substantial unsold inventories. However, financial ratios have been found
favourable for most of the processing units. There was under capacity utilization in almost all types of
processing industries in the state. It was mainly due to lack of adequate supplies of raw material as well as
bottlenecks in market penetration and marketing strategies to woo the consumers. It is revealed that break-even
output is very low hence most of the agro industries in the state were running into loss due to low capacity
utilization.
Keywords: Financial viability, Value Chain, Value Addition, Women, Oyo State
1. Introduction
The dynamic role of SMEs in developing countries as engines through which the growth objectives of
developing countries can be achieved has long been recognised. It is estimated that SMEs employ 22% of the adult
population in developing countries (Daniels & Ngwira, 1993; Robson & Gallagher, 1993). In both developed and
emerging economies, promoting a favourable environment for the development of small and medium scale
enterprises (SMEs) is seen as critical. SMEs are a primary driver for job creation and GDP growth. They greatly
contribute to economic diversification and social stability and also play an important role for private sector
development (Knight, 1998).
Increase in volume of production, the optimal use of agricultural resources, the creation of a stable food
market, the achievement of greater level of productivity, increase the competitiveness of agricultural products and
implementation of integrated agricultural and rural development are some of the strategic objectives of the
development. Small and medium sized enterprises in agribusiness have an important role in the realization of these
goals. Favorable natural conditions as well as tradition in the production and processing of agricultural products, a
relatively favorable geographic position, qualified and relatively cheap workforce, good transport infrastructure,
as well as a relatively unpolluted environment, are just some of the stimulating factors for the development of
small and medium sized enterprises in Nigeria.
In the last decade or two there has been a resurgence of interest in “value-added” agriculture, driven by
consumer characteristics and the desire of farmers to capture a larger share of the consumer dollar. As interest in
on-farm processing (and ‘value-added’ activities more generally) has grown, governments at the national and
regional levels have determined that there are benefits to supporting various types of ‘value-added’ agricultural
activities. The main motivations of governments are enhancing or stabilizing farm-household incomes, creating
rural employment and economic development, and maintaining land in agricultural (or open) use (Streeter and
Bills, 2003).
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The relative importance of SMEs in advanced and developing countries has led and would continue to
lead to a reconsideration of the role of SMEs in the economy of nations. The development of many countries is
often measured by such indices as the level of industrialization, modernization, urbanization, gainful and
meaningful employment for all those who are able and willing to work, income per capital, equitable distribution
of income, and the welfare and quality of life enjoyed by the citizenry. There are various multiplier effects of
agro-processing industry such as spread of industrialization in rural areas leading to more livelihood options to
teeming millions, nutritional supplements, stable prices of agricultural commodities and many other effects due to
backward and forward linkages. The economic prosperity of rural farmers in particular was achievable only with
an effective integration and synergy between agriculture and agro-based industries (Tripathi, 2006).
Nigeria’s agricultural sector is made up of many subsectors, including crops (staple and industrial), livestock,
fisheries and forestry subsectors. Each of these subsectors interacts with the rest of the economy through backward
and forward linkages. These linkages add value in both the agricultural sector and other sectors of the economy.
The value addition in agriculture derives from the value chain which encompasses all activities involving
agricultural input and production, processing, storage, marketing and distribution, household and industrial
consumption and export. All along the chain many problems and constraints persist. Agricultural input constraints
include those relating to availability and quality of supply (e.g. land, seeds, fertilizer etc.). Production problems
include those related to scarcity and high cost of inputs, technical production problems (low yield, pest and
diseases problems) and unstable agro-climatic conditions that aggravate farmers’ production risks. Others
include socio-economic problems (low level literacy, pervading poverty and aging farming population).
Processing and storage problems include those of poor technology, high wastage, inadequate infrastructure (energy)
and poor quality of primary products. Marketing and distribution constraints include those of poor infrastructure
(access roads), inadequate market information, lack of quality control and safety standards and weak market
linkages. The key problem of exports is mainly the un-competitiveness of many commodities in the international
market (high cost of production and poor quality control). Consumption problems relate to household poverty, low
industrial capacity utilization and inadequate quality control and safety standards. Common to all nodes of the
value chain are financial constraints which include poor financial intermediation and high interest rates.
But, it is disheartening to note that despite large and diversified agricultural base, commercial processing in
Nigeria is quite low (Aremu and Adeyemi, 2011). As such, agricultural development may not go very far unless
there is development of agro-based industries not only to take up surplus labour force from agriculture but also to
provide a solid technical base to modernize agriculture. Added to this, SMEs in Nigeria suffer from very poor inter
and intra-sectoral linkages, and as a result lose benefits synonymous with economies of large-scale production.
Hence the weak inter industry relationship badly affects to weaken the value chain thereof low value addition.
Therefore, development of agriculture and agro-based industries should go hand in hand. This is perhaps the most
critical factor that planners and policy makers have ignored in the past and that is why the burden of workforce
down the ladder in primary sector has not diminished. This clearly shows lopsided development wherein changes
in sectoral output composition have not led to the proportionate changes in structure and occupation of workforce.
Consequently, the disparity between per worker income in agricultural vis-à-vis non-agricultural sector has
widened over the years. Therefore, rapid growth of agro-processing industry close to agricultural production
centres can bring about the desirable shift in employment structure without moving people from rural to urban
areas (Aremu, 2004).
There is need to promote small-scale industries in other to Improve their efficiency and quality by
upgrading skills, better product design, more efficient use of materials and improve marketing organizations.
These are areas where state assistance can make a significant positive contribution towards development of
agro-processing. In this backdrop, it was considered pertinent to examine the performance of agro-processing
industries in Oyo State, where the Government provided loanable fund to promote industrial development in the
state. In the hindsight of promotional packages and incentives given by the local and state governments, the
agro-processing sector has started making discernible progress. The specific objectives of the study were:
(i) To study the structure, capital investment and extent of value addition in various types/sizes of agro-processing
units in Oyo State and
(ii) To examine the financial efficiency/viability of different categories of commodity specific agro processing
units in the state.
2. Value chain: Concept and Issues
The value chain concept is introduced by Michael Porter in his book. The value chain can break down
the activity of the company into a sequence of elementary operations and identify potential sources of competitive
advantage. According to Adetonah et al (2010), the value is the amount that customers are willing to pay for the
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product that is offered. The value chain is a concept which can be simply described as the entire range of activities
required to bring a product from the initial input-supply stage, through various phases of production, to its final
market destination. The production stages entail a combination of physical transformation and the participation of
various producers and services, and the chain includes the product’s disposal after use. As opposed to the
traditional exclusive focus on production, the concept stresses the importance of value addition at each stage,
thereby treating production as just one of several value-adding components of the chain. It resulted from different
activities performed by suppliers, the firm and distribution networks. According to Giertz, et al (2008), the value
chain includes all activities undertaken by transforming raw materials into semi-finished or finished goods for sale
or consumption. Value Chain describes all the activities required to bring a product or service from conception
through production stages (involving a succession of physical and uses of various services), distribution to final
consumers and its destruction after use. The overall performance of the value chain can be enhanced both by
strengthening each link and by strengthening the connections between the links
In reality, value chains tend to be more complex, to involve numerous interlinked activities and industries
with multiple types of firms operating in different regions of one country or in different countries around the globe.
For instance, agro-food value chains encompass activities that take place at the farm as well as in rural settlements
and urban areas. They require input supplies (seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, etc.), agricultural machinery, irrigation
equipment and manufacturing facilities, and continue with handling, storage, processing, packaging and
distribution activities. Other elements, such as power generation, logistics, etc., which form the chain environment,
are also important factors affecting the performance of value chains.
Value chain analysis is a useful analytical tool that helps understand overall trends of industrial
reorganization and identify change agents and leverage points for policy and technical interventions. It is
increasingly used by donors and development assistance agencies, including UNIDO, to better target their support
and investments in various areas such as trade capacity, enterprise competitiveness, income distribution and equity
among value chain participants. Value chain analysis is the process of breaking a chain into its constituent parts in
order to better understand its structure and functioning. The analysis consists of identifying chain actors at each
stage and discerning their functions and relationships; determining the chain governance, or leadership, to
facilitate chain formation and strengthening; and identifying value adding activities in the chain and assigning
costs and added value to each of those activities. The flows of goods, information and finance through the various
stages of the chain are evaluated in order to detect problems or identify opportunities to improve the contribution
of specific actors and the overall performance of the chain.
In many parts of the world, agriculture continues to play a central role in economic development and to be
a key contributor to poverty reduction. However, agriculture alone will not be sufficient to address the poverty and
inequality that are so pervasive in today’s world. It is becoming increasingly crucial for policy makers to focus
immediate attention on agro-industries. Such industries, established along efficient value chains, can
increase significantly the rate and scope of industrial growth. Agro-industrial products offer much better prospects
of growth than primary commodities. In addition, the marked trend to break down production processes into
specific tasks opens up new opportunities for developing countries to specialize and take a more profitable part in
global trade provided they meet increasingly stringent market requirements. (UNIDO, 2009).
3. Data and Methodology
The study was carried out in Oyo State, located in the Southwest geopolitical zone of Nigeria. The State
lies between longitude 2.5o
E and 5° E and latitude 7o
N and 19o
N of the equator and covers an area of
approximately 26,500 km2
. The state has a total population of 5.6 million going by provisional figures of the
National Population Commission (2008). It has a land area of 27,140,000sq.km. The State enjoys a tropical humid
climate with two climatic seasons, the rainy season that prevails from April to October and the dry season that lasts
from November to March. The Southern part of the State is dominated by the tropical rainforest while the guinea
savannah belt dominates the remaining parts (Agboola, 1979). The settlement patterns show that so many people
of different Nigeria ethnic background reside in Oyo state. However Nigerians with Yoruba ethnic background
constitutes the majority of the population living in Oyo state. There are also non Nigerians who live in Oyo state.
Tropical rainforest exist in the southern part of the state while the guinea savannah predominates in the northern
part (OYSADEP, 2007) which makes it possible for different cropping patterns like mono cropping, mixed
cropping and intercropping.
In Oyo state, there are numerous small and medium sizes of agro-processing units for processing of fruits,
vegetables, cereals, oilseeds, animal products, herbal/medicinal oils/products and a variety of ancillary agricultural
commodities. Within the State however, there are five sub-ethnic groups with distinct dialect peculiarities, they are:
Ibadans, Ibarapas, Oyos, Oke-Oguns and Ogbomosos. Two stage sampling design was followed to select the
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processing units. In the first stage of sampling, two local government areas each from the groups were randomly
selected. The local government areas selected are: Lagelu-Iyana ofa , Ibadan north-Agodi, Atiba- Ofa Mefa,
Afijio- Jobele, Atisbo –Tede, Saki West- Saki, Ibarapa East-Eruwa, Olorunsogo- Igbeti, Ogbomoso North –
kinnira and Ogo Oluwa – Ajawa. The complete list of agro processing units in the study area were obtained from
the state ministry of commerce and industry, local government areas and federal Ministry of commerce and
industry. These units were grouped into different categories on the basis of commodity specific agro-processing
as: cereals-based (flour mills, rice mills, bakery), fruits and vegetables-based, oilseeds-based, cashew based,
cassava and poultry processing units.
In the second stage of sampling, a sample of 160 agro-processing units of different types for women was
selected randomly from each selected local government areas through proportional allocation method (Table 1).
The primary data on different aspects of agro processing were collected from the selected processing units through
survey method for the year 2010-11. The primary data comprised information on size, type, location, installed
capacity and utilization, capital investments, labour employment, sources of raw material and supply mechanism,
cost of processing, value addition, marketing of processed products, quality aspects, sales turnover, financial
accounts, profits, equity position and general constraints. Different sets of data were classified and tabulated for
carrying out detailed analysis. Tabular analysis was extensively used in the study to workout ratios, averages, and
indices to derive different parameters of performance of agro-processing sector.
Results And Discussions
Socio-Economic Characteristics of Agro-processors
Table 2 shows the age distribution of the agro-processors. Majority of the respondents (54.3%) were
within the age range of 30 – 39 years while 20.8% were even younger. A total of 88.1% of the respondents were
thus aged below 50 years. The mean age was 38.6 years. This indicates that most of the processors were young and
in their prime age in terms of productivity. Hence, given the necessary resources, these sets of respondents have
high potentials to attain a high level of productivity. The relatively young age of the respondents should, all things
being equal have positive impacts on enterprise size, earnings, the ability to take risks and adopt modern
innovations within the context of a familiar and clearly understood technological terrain.
All the respondents were female. Women were always involved performing such tasks as washing,
sorting, roasting, peeling, sieving and frying the products as the case may be. This confirms the view that
processing is predominantly a female enterprise in Nigeria and indeed, most African societies (Ajayi, 1995;
Olagunju, et, al., 2012). This can thus be interpreted that agricultural research and extension as well as policy
efforts aimed at enhancing food processing in Nigeria should be tailored to meet the needs and constraints of
women. These constraints will include the ability of women to call on investment funds required to purchase new
technology and the compatibility of the technology to women’s physiological conditions. This is particularly
important if post harvest food losses must be minimized through adding value to the food crops especially at the
farm gate level (Oluwasola, 2010).
Only 7.5% of the processor had a family size of between 1 and 5. About 65% of the respondents had a
family size of between 6 and 10 while the remaining had more than 10. The average family size in the study area
was 9.4, which compares with similar findings from other studies conducted in the Southwestern region of Nigeria
(Olagunju and Sanusi, 2010). The large family size is typical of most rural farming communities in Nigeria where
household labour is the most dependable source of farm labour.
About 17.5% of the respondents did not go to school at all, 60.0% had only primary education, 20%
completed secondary education while 2.5% attended tertiary institutions. Clearly, the level of education among
respondents was very low. In traditional societies as typified by rural areas, the education of the female gender is
not a major family priority and this was clearly manifested in the study area. This has serious implications for the
development of small-scale farm based enterprises in the rural areas. The low level of education among the
respondents could have serious implications on their ability to access information, use new technological
innovations and even access or procure credit from formal financial institutions. The tendency is to operate the
processing business using traditional methods as was done in the study area. Hence, while attempts need to be
made to access the processors to modern machines to enhance their output, it should be done within the context of
familiar, clearly understood and tested technological environment. In other words, locally fabricated technology
will serve a better purpose than imported exotic ones as a result of their scale of operation and level of education.
Eight (5%) respondents were new entrants in the processing business as they had spent only between 1 and 5 years
while 63.8% had been in the business for between 6 and 10 years. The others have been involved in cassava
processing for more than 10 years. The mean experience of processors was 7.8 years. The experience of the
processors in various fields is sufficient for a thorough understanding of the technical procedures of doing the
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business profitably. The main source of take-off capital for the business for 72.7% of the respondents was personal
savings although some of them invested these savings in an inherited enterprise or combined it with gifts from
family and friends. About 64% got credit from formal institutions. The Small and Medium Industries Equity
Investment Scheme was established to energize the Nigerian economy by channeling funds from banks to the
small and medium industries.
Status of Agro- Processing Sector in Oyo State
The Small scale enterprises in Oyo State fall into categories such as “organized” and unorganized”
enterprises. The organized groups have registered offices and have paid workers, whilst the unorganized ones are
mainly made up of artisans. Most of these enterprises are largely made up of family groups and individual artisans.
The activities in the small scale enterprise sector range from agro processing, pottery and ceramics to
manufacturing of spare parts and electronic assembly.
The small scale industry is acknowledged to have huge potential for employment generation and wealth
creation in any economy. Yet in Nigeria, the sector has stagnated and remained relatively small in terms of its
contribution to GDP or to gainful employment. Activity mix in the sector is also quite limited – dominated by
import dependent processes and factors. The agro-processing development in Oyo State has been quite slow just as
other state in the country. In view of this, Interest in the development of SMEs and their contribution in the
development process continue to be in the forefront of policy debates in the developing countries hence, the state
government had extended some fiscal reliefs to its citizens in other to promote industrial development in general
and agro-processing in particular. To reap the benefits of fiscal incentives and to promote industrial development,
the state government has established Ministry of Industry, Applied Science and Technology about 7 years ago. It
was created on the 24th of August, 2005 with staff strength of 90 for the promotion of technology driven SMEs for
rapid industrialization and technological transformation and to harness the available raw materials and mineral
resources of the state.
The classification of agro-processing units has been depicted in Table 3. It is observed that most of the
processing units were cereal-based, followed by cassava mill, livestock-based, cashew and oilseed-based. There
were only 25 registered fruits and vegetable based processing units. This clearly shows the slow expansion of fruit
and vegetable processing industry, despite the fact Oyo state is one of the leading producers of fruits and off-season
vegetables in the country. This therefore disproves our assertion and hypothesis that processing industries
expanded nearer to the potential source/ supply of raw material. The cassava mill can be said to be highly favoured
since UNIDO (United Nations Industrial Development Organization) has on going projects in Oyo State, where it
is helping to develop a cassava processing plant mainly focusing on the major problem in cassava processing
which is drying - to develop a cassava flash drier and this has been a project in partnership with the Japanese
government. It is also working at improving the quality of Nigerian products so that they can compete favourably
in the international market.
Investment Pattern
The total capital investment under different types of agro-processing units has been depicted in Table 4.
The total capital investment was highest in case of livestock (N 42.1m) followed by flour mills (N22.1m) followed
by rice mill and fruit/ vegetable processing (N18.1m). The share of land and building structures was substantial in
all the units that accounted for about 72, 78 and 74 per cent in case of cassava mill and rice mill, and in Oil seed
based units respectively. There is a different story in the case of livestock based, cashew based and fruit/ vegetable
units with just about 40, 31 and 53 % respectively.
Installed Capacity, Utilization and Break-even Production under Different Agro-processing units in Oyo
State
The processor’s response based on installed capacity and break-even analysis are presented in table 5.
The table shows that the processors have not benefited in terms of timely availability of raw materials (72.7%),
very few (12.9) only benefitted from timely availability of raw materials required for processing. The results
further showed that inadequate supply of raw material was the major factor for low capacity utilization. The result
was similar to what was obtained in Himachal Pradesh (Sharma et al., 2010) For instance some of the processing
units find it difficult to run the units from local supplies and were forced to purchase raw material from other states
at higher prices. In essence, there was under capacity utilization in almost all types of processing industries in the
state. It was mainly due to lack of adequate supplies of raw material as well as bottlenecks in market penetration
and marketing strategies to woo the consumers. Most of the processors agreed that the break-even output is very
low (66.3%) hence most of the agro industries in the state were running into loss due to low capacity utilization.
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Processing and Value Addition
For farmers, value-added has a particular importance in that it offers a strategy for transforming an
unprofitable enterprise into a profitable one. In fact, there are very few items that a small farmer can produce and
sell profitably at the first level (that is, on the open wholesale market). Therefore, a value-added strategy is critical
to the long-term survival of most small farms in Oyo state. Many producers will look for ways to be economically
viable through voluntary, incentive-based solutions. Producers’ greatest opportunities may lie in activities that add
value to their products and move their point of first sale downstream toward consumers. Adding value to bulk
raw commodities is one way for producers to keep a larger share of the margins associated with further processing
and market development. Progressive producers respond to market developments, determine what factors will
drive the future of their industry, and use these results to their advantage by adapting to change. The extent of value
addition was found to vary from industry to industry and product to product, depending upon the nature/ brand of
raw materials, technology, packaging requirement and extent & magnitude of selling and distribution expenses
involved. It was discovered that better training on management and technical aspects should be provided with
market information and infrastructure so that they could scale-up their production and become competitive in the
market.
The extent of value addition under different types of processing industries was estimated and is shown in
Table 6. It can be observed that Vegetable/ Fruit based (processing) used the total inputs worth N35,758 632
and produced processed output value totaling to N 72740712 resulting in the net value addition of over 100 per
cent over input cost. The flour mill, on the other hand, enhanced value by about 28 per cent. In the case of rice mill,
46 per cent value addition was made with rice milling. The value addition was quite high in cashew based (72%),
oil seed based (56%) and moderately low in cassava processing (34%).
Financial Viability Ratios
The prepared broad indicators based on the revealed data by the sampled firms can be shown on Table 7.
The liquidity position of the agro-processing industries was examined by computing current ratio and quick (acid
test) ratio. The financial viability ratios computed from financial accounts revealed high current ratio but lower
quick ratio (acid test) in most of the processing industries, showing that many industries had substantial unsold
inventories rather than receivable cash holdings. The inventory turnover ratio was very low in fruits/vegetable
processing units as well as cashew units as these units had to pile up stocks of raw material due to seasonal
availability of fruits and vegetable commodities.
Many business problems can be traced back to inventory but certainly not all. The firm could be holding
obsolete inventory and not selling inventory fast enough. With regard to accounts receivable, the firm's collection
period could be too long and credit accounts may be on the books too long. Fixed assets, such as plant and
equipment, could be sitting idle instead of being used to their full capacity. All of these issues could lower the total
asset turnover ratio. The debt to equity, sales turnover and profitability ratios were quite favourable in the case of
small processing units. The solvency, operating and cost of goods sold ratios with respect to sales were also
favourable. The return on total assets and total capital for average unit came out to be 26 per cent and 42 per cent,
respectively. To sum up, the financial viability indicators revealed differential pattern of performance of
processing units.
The linkages of agro processing industries with suppliers of inputs (raw material) and prospective output
selling markets hold the key for development of this sector. Backward (supply of material) and forward (product
sale) linkages are of paramount importance for the expansion and growth of agro-processing units. The availability
of bulk quantity and good quality of raw materials from agriculture and reasonable demand of processed products
from prospective buyers/markets determine the progress of processing sector.
Overall, the agro-processing units showed satisfactory performance on account of liquidity, profitability,
investment as well as leverage. There appears to be more prospects for small scale processing units. Different
financial ratios though differed, did testify this finding quite convincingly.
3. Conclusions
The agro processing industries face variety of constraints. Factor availability and cost are the most common
constraints. Access to finance remains a dominant constraint to small scale enterprises in the state. Other
constraints faced by the sector include: lack of access to appropriate technology; the existence of laws, regulations
and rules that impede the development
of the sector; weak institutional capacity and lack of management skills and training. In an attempt to enable the
sector perform its role effectively; a number of technical and financial support institutions were put in place by the
Oyo State government. These ranged from government institutions, parastatals, private institutions and
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non-governmental organizations.
The relatively young age of the respondents should, all things being equal have positive impacts on enterprise
size, earnings, the ability to take risks and adopt modern innovations within the context of a familiar and clearly
understood technological terrain.
The low level of education among the respondents could have serious implications on their ability to
access information, use new technological innovations and even access or procure credit from formal financial
institutions. The tendency is to operate the processing business using traditional methods as was done in the study
area. Hence, while attempts need to be made to access the processors to modern machines to enhance their output,
it should be done within the context of familiar, clearly understood and tested technological environment. In other
words, locally fabricated technology will serve a better purpose than imported exotic ones as a result of their scale
of operation and level of education.
There was under capacity utilization in almost all types of processing industries in the state. It was mainly
due to lack of adequate supplies of raw material as well as bottlenecks in market penetration and marketing
strategies to woo the consumers. Most of the processors agreed that the break-even output is very low hence most
of the agro industries in the state were running into loss due to low capacity utilization.
In modern value chains, men are concentrated in higher status, more remunerative contract farming since they
generally control household land and labour, while women predominate as wage labourers in agro-industries.
Women workers are generally segregated in certain nodes of the chain (e.g. processing and packaging) that
require relatively unskilled labour, reflecting cultural stereotypes on gender roles and abilities. Rural infrastructure
weaknesses (roads, transport, water, electricity, sanitation) disproportionately increase the burden of women’s
unpaid domestic and caring tasks, reducing the time they can devote to paid work outside the home.
4. Policy Implications
• There should be more policy thrust and emphasis on developing industrial areas in raw material producing
regions to strengthen backward linkages with the producers, particularly with fruits and vegetable growers.
Registration of new units should be made keeping in view the potential and their financial viability, ensuring
optimum size/ number of processing units.
• There should be a necessity for cost-effective and adequate supply of raw material by strengthening direct
linkages through suitable contract farming models safeguarding the interests of farmers.
• Liberal credit policy to modernize small-scale processing units to enable them (women) to compete with
organized industries and effective R&D support to the agro-processing sector in enterprise
development/management and marketing/exports is very essential. This will afford them more access to
funds for business development.
• Improvement in basic infrastructure like developing railway links, metallic roads, cool chains, adequate/
uninterrupted power supply, disposal of sewage/ industrial effluents, housing, control of traffic congestion,
etc.
• Strengthening of database on agro-processing industries through regular surveys and creation of separate
State Department of Agro Processing Industries to plan and monitor agro-processing industries and to
provide policy input to the government on a continuous basis.
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Table 1: Type of Sample Agro-processing Units in Oyo State
Processing units mpled Number
Vegetable/ Fruit based 10
Oil seed based 13
Cereal based 41
flour mill 20
Cassava mill 38
Livestock Based 22
Cashew based 16
Total
160
Source: Local Government Areas: Various Records, 2011
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Table 2: Socio-economic Characteristics of women Agro-processors
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Table 3: Commodity-wise Classification of Agro-processing Units in Oyo State
Processing units Number Per cent
Vegetable/ Fruit based 25 6.5
Oil seed based 32 8.0
Cereal based 102 26.5
Flour mill 46 12
Cassava mill 91 24
Livestock Based 50 13
Cashew based 38 10
Total 384 100
Source: LGA’s; Ministry of Commerce and Industry, Oyo State.
Table 4: Capital Investment under Different Types of Agro-processing Units in Oyo State
Table 5: Distribution of Agro-processing Units by Installed Capacity and Break-even Analysis
Table 6: Extent of Value Addition in Different Agro-processing Industries in Oyo State
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Table 7: Financial Viability Ratios of Different Agro-processing Units in Oyo State