Cost and competitiveness of agricultural produce in Nigeria: impact on exportation

摘要

The study investigated the perception of farmers on cost and competitiveness of Nigerian agricultural produce and impact on exportation. To assess the proposed hypotheses, a structured questionnaire was utilized and administered to 439 farmers sampled through agricultural cooperative societies across states in Nigeria. The data analysis was carried out using SPSS and PLS-SEM. Our finding showed that cost and competitiveness have positive and significant impact on export decision. In addition, this study found that cost and competitiveness have about 95 explanation variation in explaining decisions of farmers on export of agricultural produce in Nigeria. Finally, the study concluded that cost and competitiveness are critical in the decision of Nigerian farmers to export their agricultural produce.