Economic Analysis Of The Processing Of Rice And Cassava In Irepodun / Ifelodun And Ikole Local Government Areas Of Ekiti State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT Cassava (roots and tubers) and Rice (cereals) are common staples among small scaled farmers in developing countries like Nigeria and it is an age-long practices. The categories of farmers that engages in value-addition of processing have recorded an appreciable income increase and has economic advantages. Hence, this study examines economic analysis o f these staple foods in Ekiti State, Nigeria using two dominant local-government areas (lrepodun / lfelodun and Jkole). The study adopted a two stage sampling procedure to select a representative sample for the study to select 140 food p…