Factors Affecting Smallholder Farmers Participation in Sesame Seed Marketing in Doma Local Government Area, Nasarawa State

Abstract

The study analyzed the factors affecting Smallholder Farmers’ Participation in Sesame Seed marketing in Doma LGA, Nasarawa State Nigeria. A total of 100 respondents were randomly sampled. Data analysis was performed using quantitative methodologies. The findings showed that multiple factors affect the marketing participation of smallholder sesame seed farmers, factors include the total produce of sesame seed, price of sesame seed, membership of farmer organization, road conditions, and access to market information. Also, the socio-demographic variables such as sex, age, and educational attainment affect farmers’ participation in the sesame seed market in Doma Local Government Area. Hypotheses testing particularly used the Pearson’s r correlation approach to deduce the outcome. Five policy recommendations were enumerated including improving market management, encouraging innovation, strengthening dialogue, building business sector capacity, and improving infrastructure and management.