Assessment of the Cost-returns and Profitability Patterns of Tomato Production in Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State,Nigeria
作者机构：Department of Agricultural Economics and ExtensionFederal University of Kashere Gombe StateNigeria
出 版 物：《Journal of Economic Science Research》 (经济科学研究（英文）)
年 卷 期：2021年第4卷第3期
页 面：1-9页
学科分类：0202[经济学-应用经济学] 02[经济学] 020205[经济学-产业经济学]
主 题：Profitability Assessment Tomato Production Yamaltu-Deba Gombe
摘 要：The study examined profitability of tomato production in Yamaltu-Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State.A three-stage sampling technique was used to select 96 tomato *** were collected using a structured questionnaire and were analysed using descriptive statistics,farm budget model,and t-test *** results revealed that,the mean age of tomato producers was 38.94 years,92.48%were males,71.56%were married with the majority(95.44%)had family size ranging from 1-6 persons,and had 6.55 mean years of farming experience,having an average of 0.6 ha farm size ***,the result revealed that only 8.74%that have attained tertiary *** results also revealed average variable costs constituted 88.98%and 88.84%of the average total costs of production in the dry and rainy seasons *** per hectare average net income realised were found to be₦154,444.20($398.05)and₦39,725.14($102.38)in the dry and rainy seasons ***,the returns per naira invested was₦0.67($0.00173)in dry season and₦0.18($0.00046)in rainy season(P0.05).Moreover,the results revealed positive and desirable gross and operating ratios of1;implying the tomato farms in the study area maintained profitability levels both in the short and long ***,inadequate capital was critical;which was attributed to lack of affordable sources of *** of storage and processing facilities were among the impediments to large scale tomato production in the study ***,improvement in the existing patterns and as well as the provision of adequate essential factors of production will help expand the present scale of ***,governments and other financial institutions should do more to provide soft loans to the farmers to improve efficiency.
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