Abstract:
The study examined, the economics of sesame marketing in Jigawa State, Nigeria.
The sampling procedure involved the use of purposive and simple random sampling
technique. The markets for the study were purposively selected. A random sample
of 156 middlemen consisting of 40 wholesalers, 77 rural assemblers and 39 buying
agents from each of the markets were selected from a sampling frame of 300 sesame
traders prepared with the assistance of Sarkin Kasuwa who serves as market leader
for each of the markets. Face to face interview with sesame wholesalers, rural
assemblers and buying agents were conducted for each of the markets, respectively.
The data were analyzed using, Gini coefficient and the marketing margin analysis
results showed that Gini coefficients were 0.55, 0.55 and 0.68 for rural assemblers,
wholesalers and buying agents, respectively. The marketing margins were 5.7 and
4% for rural assemblers and wholesalers, respectively. Returns per