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Vol.2 , No. 4, Publication Date: Jul. 10, 2015, Page: 159-163
| [1] | Abdulraheem Mukhtar Iderawumi, Agricultural Education Department, Emmanuel Alayande College of Education, Lanlate Campus, Lanlate, Oyo State, Nigeria. |
The study examined the effect of market periodicity in the supply of agricultural and manufactured goods. The need data were collected using fourteen item questionnaires with other sub items with inclusion of oral interview and personal observation. A total sample of 100 was selected for this descriptive study using random sampling method to select respondents. The data gathered were analyzed and visually present with appropriate graphs, table maps. The study revealed that the itinerant traders faced. The problem of poor transport system, distance from the production points to the available market in the town and low population that hindered effective transaction. All these accounted for scarcity of goods in most local markets. The findings emphasized that studies of this nature are important. Since a better understanding of system will provide information for formulating a more effective market policy. Some change may enable marketing cost to be reduced, such as improving the layout and quality of physical facilities in the market and road improvement and the construction of new feeder roads. New market should be located in a way that will minimize cost of moving good in other to facilities both the distribution of agricultural produce and manufactured goods to people.
Keywords
Market, Periodicity, Agricultural Products, Manufactured Products, Communities
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