Structure and conduct of vegetable marketing in Kwadom Yalmatu Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the structure and conduct of vegetable marketing in Kwadom, Yamaltu Deba Local Government Area of Gombe State, Nigeria. Data were collected by administering structured questionnaire to 120 vegetable marketers. Analytical tools used include Gini co-efficient, gross and marketing margin analyses. The result indicated that vegetable marketing was profitable with an average gross margin of N65, 242.81 per week and an average net income of N64, 944.50 per week during peak period of vegetable production with high marketing margin of 31.78%. The Gini co-efficient analysis indicated that the market was highly concentrated (0.69). This leads to the presumption of non-competitive behaviour and inequality in earnings among the marketers.