Determinants of profitability of the actors in the cassava food value chain
| Variables | Farmers (N = 400) | Processors (N = 120) | Traders (N = 100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Socioeconomic variable | |||
| Age | −2.555*** (0.183) | −2.711*** (0.223) | −3.477*** (0.197) |
| Household size | 0.010 (0.142) | 0.883*** (0.316) | 0.495* (0.252) |
| Gender | −0.036 (0.147) | ||
| Primary | 0.666*** (0.173) | 0.861*** (0.315) | 0.677** (0.339) |
| Secondary | 1.073*** (0.199) | 1.268*** (0.436) | 1.206*** (0.349) |
| Tertiary | 0.697*** (0.230) | 1.492** (0.671) | 1.194** (0.567) |
| Experience | 0.290** (0.125) | 0.137 (0.190) | −0.253 (0.168) |
| Farm size | 1.273*** (0.112) | ||
| Off-farm activities | −0.060 (0.132) | ||
| Record keeping | 0.198 (0.176) | 0.223 (0.240) | |
| Labour | 0.461*** (0.121) | ||
| Ogbomosho | 0.213 (0.199) | 1.813*** (0.387) | 0.291 (0.308) |
| Saki | 0.198 (0.199) | 1.251*** (0.420) | 0.522* (0.279) |
| Oyo | 0.034 (0.218) | 0.878** (0.391) | 0.522 (0.279) |
| Institutional variables | |||
| Membership association | 0.350*** (0.132) | 0.538* (0.297) | 0.298 (0.237) |
| Extension | −0.205 (0.165) | −0.695 (0.456) | |
| Credit | 0.128 (0.193) | 0.777 (0.506) | −0.409 (0.382) |
| Diagnostic statistics | |||
| Joint effect F-statistics | 3069.65*** | 1377.02*** | 1612.49*** |
| VIF | 1.53 | 1.45 | 1.73 |
| Breusch–Pagan/Cook–Weisberg test for heteroscedasticity | 2.17 | 4.04** | 0.15 |
| Variables | Farmers ( | Processors ( | Traders ( |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age | −2.555*** (0.183) | −2.711*** (0.223) | −3.477*** (0.197) |
| Household size | 0.010 (0.142) | 0.883*** (0.316) | 0.495* (0.252) |
| Gender | −0.036 (0.147) | ||
| Primary | 0.666*** (0.173) | 0.861*** (0.315) | 0.677** (0.339) |
| Secondary | 1.073*** (0.199) | 1.268*** (0.436) | 1.206*** (0.349) |
| Tertiary | 0.697*** (0.230) | 1.492** (0.671) | 1.194** (0.567) |
| Experience | 0.290** (0.125) | 0.137 (0.190) | −0.253 (0.168) |
| Farm size | 1.273*** (0.112) | ||
| Off-farm activities | −0.060 (0.132) | ||
| Record keeping | 0.198 (0.176) | 0.223 (0.240) | |
| Labour | 0.461*** (0.121) | ||
| Ogbomosho | 0.213 (0.199) | 1.813*** (0.387) | 0.291 (0.308) |
| Saki | 0.198 (0.199) | 1.251*** (0.420) | 0.522* (0.279) |
| Oyo | 0.034 (0.218) | 0.878** (0.391) | 0.522 (0.279) |
| Membership association | 0.350*** (0.132) | 0.538* (0.297) | 0.298 (0.237) |
| Extension | −0.205 (0.165) | −0.695 (0.456) | |
| Credit | 0.128 (0.193) | 0.777 (0.506) | −0.409 (0.382) |
| Joint effect | 3069.65*** | 1377.02*** | 1612.49*** |
| VIF | 1.53 | 1.45 | 1.73 |
| Breusch–Pagan/Cook–Weisberg test for heteroscedasticity | 2.17 | 4.04** | 0.15 |
Note(s): *,**, and *** represent 10%, 5% and 1% statistical significance, respectively. Values in parentheses are standard errors. Source: Authors’ computations based on authors’ primary survey data, 2016
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