Abstract: The success or otherwise of the Marketing of Agricultural Products depends to a large extent on the performance of the marketing systems. This research study will therefore evoked much concern about the efficiency and effectiveness of Agricultural Products marketing systems in Katsina State with particular reference to some selected Local Government (Viz, Funtua, Faskari and Dandume). The study therefore, evaluated the performance of the marketing systems for food crops in the three Local Government Areas above.
An evaluation of the efficiency of the marketing system as it affects the producers is examined objectively through studying the producer marketing activities i.e. his disposal, storage activities, sales outlets and conditions etc. Similarly, the efficiencies as a result of poor market information, absence of standardization, poor transportation and input distribution facilities are also examined. Furthermore, a correlation analyses on the farm level prices of food crops among the three Local Government areas and their villages has been examined. viii Finally, in this research we will see the extent to which, Lack of Access Roads, Storage facilities, Actions of Intermediaries or Middlemen, Improved dissemination of market information etc have direct impact on the prices of Agricultural Products not only in the three area of the study but the entire state in particular and to the nation in general..............ORDER FOR COMPLETE PROJECT MATERIAL NOW!! .
