Authors : A.A. Ezekiel , J.O. Oladeebo , J.A. Oladejo , F. Olapade and O.A. Adeleke
Abstract: Seasonal shortages, increasingly high and unstable prices have dominated the Nigerian food sub-sector over the past decades. The expanding urban population is making ever greater demands on agricultural production and marketing. The rate of increase in demand varies with time/season and food producers supplying the right quality of food at an affordable price. This has prompted concern about the efficiency and performance of agricultural production and marketing systems. The main objective of the study, is to examine the relationship between farm gate and retail prices of selected food stuffs and the implication of this for increased food production. The hypothesis is advanced that increase in retail prices are not passed to producers and that the relationship between production and consumption areas do not affect price communication. The suggestion is that price stabilization for staple foods and the provision of adequate incentives to small farmers to increase their production should remain the major pre-occupations of government marketing policies.
A.A. Ezekiel , J.O. Oladeebo , J.A. Oladejo , F. Olapade and O.A. Adeleke , 2007. Farm-Gate and Retail Price Relationship for Selected Food Stuffs: Implication for Increased Food Production in Nigeria . Agricultural Journal, 2: 542-543.