Skill Needs of Rural Farmers’ in Cassava Production and Marketing for Home Making in Ebonyi State

Abstract

The study focused on skills for rural cassava farmers in food production and marketing for home marking in Ebonyi State. The design of the study is descriptive survey design. The population for the study was 403, while, the sample size is 195. Four objectives and four research questions guided the study. Instrument used for the study was structured questionnaire. Cronbach alpha reliability method was used to test the internal consistency of the instrument, which yield 0.86. The data collected was analyzed using mean with standard deviation. The findings of the study reveals that rural cassava farmers need skills for suitable land/soil for cassava cultivation, need skills for quality cassava stem. Need skills for sourcing out finance for farm operations and need skills for uprooting cassava tubers and marketing the tuber to the consumers. Based on the findings, it was recommended that rural cassava farmers should be assisted in financing farm work by government and non-governmental organizations.

Keywords: Rural, Cassava Farmers, Marketing, Tuber

DOI: 10.7176/JEP/10-35-06

Publication date: December 31^st 2019