DETERMINANTS OF MOST-PREFERRED PROCESSED VITAMIN-A CASSAVA PRODUCT AMONG URBAN HOUSEHOLDS IN IBADAN AND AKURE METROPOLIS, NIGERIA.

• I.O. Ogunwande

  Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Federal University of Technology, Akure

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• T.A. Folorunsho

  Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Federal University of Technology, Akure

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Cassava is a crop with a wide array of opportunities as different types of products are derivable from it when mechanically or manually processed. According to this study, the prevalent and widely consumed or utilized products of cassava are garri, fufu, flour, chips and starch among others. This study was carried out mainly to determine the most-preferred Vitamin-A cassava products consumed among urban households in Ibadan and Akure Metropolis, Nigeria. A total of 180 respondents were sampled using a multistage sampling procedure and well-structured copies of questionnaire were used as interview guide for primary data collection. The specific objectives were to describe the socioeconomic characteristics, identify most-preferred cassava product consumed by individual respondents and determine factors influencing choice of preferred cassava products by the respondents. Descriptive statistics and multinomial logistics regression were used in analyzing the data collected. The results showed that respondents had average age of 47.8 years, 6.27 years of education, monthly income of ₦69,287.22k) and household size of 6 members. Garri (42%) was the most patronized cassava product while starch (6.7%) was the least. Multinomial logistic regression results revealed marginally that a unit increase in age and years of education of respondents leads on average to (0.0086; p<0.1) and (0.0043; p<0.5) respectively increase in the probability of patronage for garri. It was, therefore, recommended that more awareness and sensitization be done on vitamin-A cassava in educating the general public on the inherent advantages of its consumption.

1. I.O. Ogunwande, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Federal University of Technology, Akure

   Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Federal University of Technology, Akure

2. T.A. Folorunsho, Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Federal University of Technology, Akure

   Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics Federal University of Technology, Akure

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