Consumers’ preference and behaviour pattern towards fresh and smoked catfish in Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria
Other Title(s)
تفضيل المستهلكين و سلوكهم تجاه سمك السلور و السمك المدخن كما هو موضح في دراسة إليورين، نيجيريا
Joint Authors
Ayeloja, A. A.
Jimoh, W. A.
Agboola, E. T.
Abd Allah, A.
Source
Agricultural and Marine Sciences : Research Journal
Issue
Vol. 25, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2020), pp.29-40, 12 p.
Publisher
Sultan Qaboos University College of Agricultural and Marine Sciences
Publication Date
2020-06-30
Country of Publication
Oman
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Consumers’ preference study allows industries to tailor the supply towards the preference of consumers so that market could be optimized for their turn-over and profits.
This study investigated consumers’ preference of fresh and smoked catfish in Ilorin Metropolis.
A total of 225 questionnaires were administered adopting multi-stage techniques to elicit information from the respondents.
The obtained data were subjected to descriptive and inferential statistics.
The results showed that majority of the respondents in this study preferred smoked catfish irrespective of their socio-economic profile.
The majority of the respondents agreed with the factors used in this study for the preference of fish (i.e.
types) and their frequency of eating as their preferred fish.
This study showed that only tribe of the respondents showed significant effect (p<0.05) on the respondents’ preferences for whole or chunk fish; and family size, age and religion had significant effect on the frequency of their preferred fish
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jimoh, W. A.& Ayeloja, A. A.& Agboola, E. T.& Abd Allah, A.. 2020. Consumers’ preference and behaviour pattern towards fresh and smoked catfish in Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria. Agricultural and Marine Sciences : Research Journal،Vol. 25, no. 1, pp.29-40.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jimoh, W. A.…[et al.]. Consumers’ preference and behaviour pattern towards fresh and smoked catfish in Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria. Agricultural and Marine Sciences : Research Journal Vol. 25, no. 1 (2020), pp.29-40.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Jimoh, W. A.& Ayeloja, A. A.& Agboola, E. T.& Abd Allah, A.. Consumers’ preference and behaviour pattern towards fresh and smoked catfish in Ilorin metropolis, Nigeria. Agricultural and Marine Sciences : Research Journal. 2020. Vol. 25, no. 1, pp.29-40.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-974354
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 39-40
Record ID
BIM-974354