ABSTRACT
The study was an extensive analysis of the
problem and prospects of Agricultural products and marketing among rural
farmers in Umuahia, Abia State. Specifically, the study investigated the
socio-economic characteristics of the respondents; examine the major problems
and prospects of agricultural marketing in the study area: ascertain the
effects of the problems on the profitability of the enterprise etc. the study
adopted a simple size of 120 selected from 10 autonomous communities in the
study area. The study made use of primary data collected through questionnaire
which were later analyzed using simple percentage. However, the null hypotheses
stated were tested using probit model. After the study, the researcher
conducted that high cost of transportation, lack of poor road network are the
problems facing the marketing of agricultural products in the study area. Thus,
recommended that solutions to these problems will go a long way to enhance
efficient marketing of agricultural products in the study area.
OBIKE, F (2026). Problems And Prospects Of Marketing Of Agricultural Products Among Rural Farmers In Umuahia, Aeia State:- Obike Chinemerem F. Mouau.afribary.org: Retrieved Mar 31, 2026, from https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/problems-and-prospects-of-marketing-of-agricultural-products-among-rural-farmers-in-umuahia-aeia-state-obike-chinemerem-f-7-2
FLORENCE, OBIKE. "Problems And Prospects Of Marketing Of Agricultural Products Among Rural Farmers In Umuahia, Aeia State:- Obike Chinemerem F" Mouau.afribary.org. Mouau.afribary.org, 31 Mar. 2026, https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/problems-and-prospects-of-marketing-of-agricultural-products-among-rural-farmers-in-umuahia-aeia-state-obike-chinemerem-f-7-2. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
FLORENCE, OBIKE. "Problems And Prospects Of Marketing Of Agricultural Products Among Rural Farmers In Umuahia, Aeia State:- Obike Chinemerem F". Mouau.afribary.org, Mouau.afribary.org, 31 Mar. 2026. Web. 31 Mar. 2026. < https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/problems-and-prospects-of-marketing-of-agricultural-products-among-rural-farmers-in-umuahia-aeia-state-obike-chinemerem-f-7-2 >.
FLORENCE, OBIKE. "Problems And Prospects Of Marketing Of Agricultural Products Among Rural Farmers In Umuahia, Aeia State:- Obike Chinemerem F" Mouau.afribary.org (2026). Accessed 31 Mar. 2026. https://repository.mouau.edu.ng/work/view/problems-and-prospects-of-marketing-of-agricultural-products-among-rural-farmers-in-umuahia-aeia-state-obike-chinemerem-f-7-2