QUESTIONNAIRE
Department of Agric-Business,
College of Management Sciences,
Joseph Sarwan Tarka University,
P M B 2373
Makurdi,
Benue State,
Nigeria.
Date-------------------REQUEST TO COMPLETE QUESTIONNAIRE
I am a final year student of the above named institution carrying out a research on “Economic
Analysis of Yam Marketing in Okpokwu Local Government Area, Benue State Nigeria” in
partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of B.Sc. degree in Agricultural Marketing
and Cooperatives.
You have been randomly selected as one of the respondents. Please sir, your assistance is highly
needed in the completion of this questionnaire to enable me achieve the objectives of this study
and any information supplied in this regard would be used purely for academic purpose.
………..………………………….
Yours faithfully,
EJEMBI GENMARY
Researcher
SECTION A
General Information about the Respondents
Instruction: Please tick (√) the appropriate option and fill in the gap provided
1.
Name of the market …………………………………………
2.
Sex: Male ( ) Female ( )
3.
Marital Status: Married ( ) Single ( ) Divorced ( ) Widowed ( )
4.
What is the size of your household? 1-5 ( ) 6-10 ( ) 11-15 ( ) 16-20 ( ) 21-25
5.
Age: 20-40 ( ) 41-49 ( ) 50-60 ( ) 61-69 ( )
6.
Level of Education: No formal education ( ) Primary ( ) Secondary ( ) Tertiary ( ) Adult
education ( )
7.
What is your main occupation? Trading ( ) Farming ( ) Nursing ( ) Artisan ( ) Civil Servant
8.
How long have you been in the business of marketing yam? 1-10 ( ) 11-20 ( ) 21-30 ( )3140 ( )
9.
What is your household annual income? 10,000 ( ) 15,000 ( ) 20,000 ( ) 25,000 ( )
10. The quality of yam you trade in the market is of which? High quality ( ) Low quality ( )
11. What is your off-farm income? 5,000 ( ) 10,000 ( ) 15,000 ( ) 20,000 ( )
12. How much is your start-up capital for this yam business? 100,000 ( ) 150,000 ( ) 200,000 (
) 300,000
SECTION B
Varieties of Yam Marketed
13. What are the varieties of yam you trade in the market? Local Varieties ( ) or Improved
Varieties ( )
14. What are the specific varieties of yam you trade in the market? White Yam (Dioscorea
rotundata) ( ) Water Yam (Dioscorea alata) ( ) Yellow Yam (Dioscorea cayenesis) ( )
Lesser Yam (Dioscorea esculenta) ( )
SECTION C
Cost and Returns of Yam Marketing
15. Which of the following sizes do you often use in the marketing of yam produce in this
area? A tuber ( ) 20kg ( ) 35kg ( ) 50kg ( )
16. How many quantities of yams sold per market day? 100 tubers ( ) 150 tubers ( ) 200
tubers
17. How many quantities of yam can fill 20kg (bag)? ……………..
18. How many quantities of yam can fill 35kg (bag)? ……………..
19. How many quantities of yam can fill 50kg (bag)? ……………..
20. One tuber of yam in Okpokwu LGA can be sold for: N200.00 ( ) N250.00 ( ) N300.00 ( )
N350.00 ( ) N400.00 ( ) N450.00
21. What is the average cost of purchase for the following sizes of yams in your area?
a. One tuber of yam: N20.00 ( ) N25.00 ( ) N 30.00 ( ) N35.00 ( ) N40.00 ( )
N45.00 ( ) N50.00
b. 20kg of yams: N ( )1000.00 N ( ) N1,500.00 ( ) N 2000.00 ( ) N2,500.00 ( )
N3000.00
c. 35kg of yams: N3,500.00 ( ) N4,000.00 ( ) N4,500.00 ( ) N5,000.00 ( ) N5,500.00
d. 50kg of yams: N6,000.00 ( ) N6,500.00 ( ) N7,000.00 ( ) N7,500.00 ( ) N8,000.00
22. How much do you spend on transportation of yams annually? N1,000.00 – N20,000.00 ( )
N21,000.00 – N40.000.00 ( ) N41,000.00 – N60.000.00 ( ) N61, 000.00 – N80.000.00 ( )
N81, 000.00 – N100, 000.00
23. What is your average yearly income? N10,000.00 – N20,000.00 (
N40.000.00
) N21,000.00 –
N41,000.00 – N60.000.00 ( ) N61, 000.00 – N80.000.00 ( ) N81, 000.00
– N100, 000.00
24. What is the average cost of market space for the following sizes of yams in your area?
a. One tuber of yam: N1.00 ( ) N2.00 ( ) N 3.00 ( ) N4.00 ( ) N5.00 ( ) N6.00 ( )
N7.00
b. 20kg of yams: N ( )10.00 N ( ) N15.00 ( ) N 20.00 ( ) N25.00 ( ) N30.00
c. 35kg of yams: N35.00 ( ) N40.00 ( ) N45.00 ( ) N50.00 ( ) N55.00
d. 50kg of yams: N60.00 ( ) N65.00 ( ) N70.00 ( ) N80.00 ( ) N85.00
25. What is the average cost of storage for the following sizes of yams in your area?
a. One tuber of yam: N2.00 ( ) N4.00 ( ) N 6.00 ( ) N8.00 ( ) N10.00 ( ) N12.00 ( )
b. 20kg of yams: N ( )13.00 N ( ) N15.00 ( ) N 17.00 ( ) N19.00 ( ) N21.00
c. 35kg of yams: N23.00 ( ) N25.00 ( ) N27.00 ( ) N29.00 ( ) N31.00
d. 50kg of yams: N32.00 ( ) N34.00 ( ) N35.00 ( ) N36.00 ( ) N37.00
26. What is the average cost of labour employed for the following sizes of yams in your area?
a. One tuber of yam: N1 ( ) N2.00 ( ) N 3.00 ( ) N4.00 ( ) N5.00 ( ) N6.00 ( )
b. 20kg of yams: N ( )10.00 N ( ) N15.00 ( ) N 20.00 ( ) N25.00 ( ) N30.00 ( )
c. 35kg of yams: N35.00 ( ) N40.00 ( ) N45.00 ( ) N50.00 ( ) N55.00 ( )
d. 50kg of yams: N60.00 ( ) N65.00 ( ) N70.00 ( ) N75.00 ( ) N80.00 ( )
27. What is the average sales made from the following sizes of yams in your area?
a. One tuber of yam: N500.00 ( ) N550.00 ( ) N600.00 ( ) N650.00 ( ) N700.00 ( )
b. 20kg of yams: N ( )10,000.00 N ( ) N15,000.00 ( ) N 200,00.00 ( ) N25,000.00 ( )
N30,000.00 ( )
c. 35kg of yams: N35,000.00 ( ) N40,000.00 ( ) N45,000.00 ( ) N50,000.00 ( )
N55,000.00
d. 50kg of yams: N60,000.00 ( ) N65,000.00 ( ) N70,000.00 ( ) N75,000.00 ( )
N80,000.00
28. What is the average revenue generated from the following sizes of yams in your area?
a. One tuber of yam: N750.00 ( ) N800.00 ( ) N 850.00 ( ) N900.00 ( ) N1,000.00 ( )
N1,050 ( )
b. 20kg of yams: N ( )35,000.00 N ( ) N40,000.00 ( ) N 45,000.00 ( ) N50,000.00 ( )
c. 35kg of yams: N55,000 ( ) N60,000.00 ( ) N65,000.00 ( ) N70,000.00 ( )
N75,000.00 ( )
d. 50kg of yams: N80,000.00 ( ) N85,000.00 ( ) N90,000.00 ( ) N95,000.00 ( )
N100,000.00
29. What is the average rent fee on land/shop …………
30. What is the average rent fee on land/shop of the following sizes of yams in your area?
a. One tuber of yam: N20.00 ( ) N25.00 ( ) N 30.00 ( ) N35.00 ( ) N40.00 ( )
N45.00 ( ) N50.00 ( )
b. 20kg of yams: N ( )50.00 N ( ) N100.00 ( ) N 200.00 ( ) N300.00 ( ) N400.00 ( )
c. 35kg of yams: N500.00 ( ) N600.00 ( ) N700.00 ( ) N800.00 ( ) N900.00
d. 50kg of yams: N1,000.00 ( ) N1,100.00 ( ) N1,200.00 ( ) N1,300.00 ( )
SECTION D
The Structure of Yam Marketing
31. Did you belong to any yam marketing association in your area? Yes/No
32. Is there freedom of entry and exit in the market? Yes/No
33. Is there free flow of price information in the market? Yes/No
34. Price fixing in the market area is done based on what? Bargaining ( ) Quality Traded ( )
Current price ( ) Group Decision ( )
35. How did you source marketing information in this area? Through Middlemen ( ) Marketers
( ) Association/union ( )
36. What channel of distribution did you engage in the marketing and distribution of your yam
products? The farmer (producer) ( ) Wholesaler ( ) Retailer ( ) Itinerant Buyer ( )
Consumer ( )
SECTION E
Challenges of Yam Marketing
HA= Highly Affected (4), SA= Significantly Affected (3), MA= Moderately Affected (2), LA=
Lowly Affected and NA= Not Affected
S/N
37.
QUESTIONS
To what extent does transportation cost affect marketing of
yam?
38.
To what extent does lack of market information affect
marketing of yam?
39.
To what extent does inadequate storage facilities affect
HA SA MA LA NA
marketing of yam?
40.
To what extent does armed robbery attack affect marketing of
yam?
41.
To what extent does lack of record keeping affect yam
marketing?
42.
To what extent does increase in prices of yam affects
marketing of yam?
43.
To what extent does inadequate physical facilities affects
marketing of yam?
44.
To what extent does pests affects marketing of yam?