Millet value chain and profit of producers, processors and marketers in Kano state

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VII, Issue XI, November 2020 | ISSN 2321–2705

 Millet value chain and profit of producers, processors and marketers in Kano state

 Ibrahim Uba¹, Ahmed B. Mohammed² and Sunusi Y. Ahmad^3
1Kano state college of education and preliminary studies, Nigeria
²Bayero University Kano, Nigeria
³Kano University of technology, Wudil, Nigeria

Abstract
The study analyzes the value chain of millet on the profits of producers, processors and marketers for the sample of 127 farmers in Kano state, using structures questioners and OLS technique. The estimated outcome of the millet producer’s model show that labour, seeds, fertilizer, pesticides, total cost and the level of education increase the profit of producers in Kano state. The result also illustrate that from the model of millet processors, labour, transports, total cost, other cost, age and the level of education enhance their profit level. In addition, the estimated model of marketers reveals a positive linkage among total cost, other cost and profit level. Therefore, it is suggest that policy should be toward enhancing farmer’s productivity and profits through the provision of incentives, extensions services and new technologies.
Keywords:Value chain, profit, total cost, OLS, Kano state

1. Introduction
For the past few decades, the global increase of millet production for food purposes has become a noticeable incidence (Eina & John 2017). It is documents that in 2010 the world average yield of the millet production was over 0.83 tons per hectare (FAO, 2014). Similarly, about 28.4 million tonnes of millet were estimated been produced in the world with the highest of the total production of 36 percent from India (FAO, 2014).For instance, in 2016 India recorded 10.3 million tonnes, Niger 3.9 million tonnes, China 2.0 million tonnes, Mali 1.8 million tonnes, Nigeria 1.5 million tonnes and Burkina Faso 1.1 million tons respectively.Hence, developing nations have accounted for almost 97 percent of the global millet production (Tshilidzi, Sibanda, and Gwelo 2016). In this regard, several studies have argued that increase in the world’s millet production has easilytranslate into the improvement in the level of employment, profit and revenue generation as well as food security. However, in the recent time farmers in developing countries especially African nations have been characterized with the subsistence production, use of the outdated farm implements, uncertified seeds, inadequate capital for investment, family labour and lack of new technologies(Reddy, Raju, Suresh, & Kumar, 2018). In addition, the most persistent issuein the present juncture is that more than 70 percent of millet production surplus for market are sold directly within the community without adding any value. Therefore, it is necessary forgovernments and all stockholders to uplift farmer’s initiatives in to the value added supply chain in line with the new phase of production, technologies, logistics and organizational linkages for the benefits of value chain. This will further strengthen the ability to stimulate poverty reduction and sustainable economic performance (Jason, Steven, Marcelo, Amos, & Dagmar, 2015).

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