Journal of
Development and Agricultural Economics

  • Abbreviation: J. Dev. Agric. Econ.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2006-9774
  • DOI: 10.5897/JDAE
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 555

Full Length Research Paper

Prioritization and cost and returns analyses of selected non-timber forest products in Yobe State, Nigeria

Tee N. Terver
  • Tee N. Terver
  • Department of Social and Environmental Forestry, University of Agriculture Makurdi, P. M. B. 2373, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.
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Orsar J. Tyonzughul
  • Orsar J. Tyonzughul
  • Department of Wildlife and Range Management, Federal University of Agriculture Makurdi, P. M. B. 2373 Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria.
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Bugh J. Aondoaseer
  • Bugh J. Aondoaseer
  • Department of Forestry Technology,Yobe State College of Agriculture, Gujba, Nigeria.
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  •  Received: 09 March 2014
  •  Accepted: 19 August 2014
  •  Published: 01 December 2014

Abstract

This article describes cost and returns analysis of first five preferred Sahel savanna non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in Yobe State, Nigeria. The results demonstrate that households in Yobe State could realize NGN2,898.48 and NGN142,615.49 from the NTFPs as the least and maximum gross margins (household incomes) respectively. Gross margin ratio of households across all the study sites ranged from 0.925 to 0.980, and that from individual study sites 0.903 to 1.000 respectively. Thus, trade in these NTFPs was profitable to stimulate their domestication.

 

Key words: Cost and returns analysis, gross margin, gross margin ratio, non-timber forest products, sahel savanna. 

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