Survey of Prices of Beef, Mutton, Goat Meat and.Chicken in Niger State Between 1995 and 2000.

Abstract

Pato collect~rj01 7 the rllnrket ;7rices of beef; ~lrllttoizg, oat rlrenf arlil' cl~zckcrrfv orrl ~rrhmlr rilll rrrr~rl1 11/7rI(ct0s 7 ~R0 ~
~ C Y I C1 I( fsrx yenrs (1995-2000) 111 tll~een g~o-ec010gicnlZ OHPS (Zorles 1, 2 nlld 3) of Nrgcu stnte cocre rrsedfor tllc
strr(l~/ 'orre 2 7oluclr zi~nst ile rrlost cosrrropolrtnrr of the three z o ~ crsc corderl slgrllfrcnntl!y lllglrer (P < 0.05) rriccs ns
zoell ~i iirgllen~n r7rrnl prrce lllcrenses 111 boll1 lrrbml [zrzdr~irnllr rarkets. Dlffcrcllces behoeerz lrrbnvr nird r~~rnlnrrnrket
/JYICL7'isle re also srgn,ficnntly dffemizt (P < 0.05) in nll tile zories nlzdfor all the ~terirsP. rices ~ncrec~sesdte ndlly
behoeell 1995 nnrf 1999 nrzd s l ~ n ~b~ctzlcylee n 1999 nizd 2000f or all tlle iterlls and 111 nll tlle loalt~ol~Asl.z r~lrnlp rlce
rr~cr~~nrs$c7s9 77 to 27.23 %, 16.62 to 20.12 %, 78.44 to 24.97 % rl~i1~3i. 71 nfld 7 7.82% zuere recortlrd for heej
rrrrrttor~g, ont rllent t71111 C ~ I I C ~ C~IeI s pect~velPyr.i ce zncreascs zucrc observeri bchi~eenO ctober nllciMnrc11 ~clrtlzn pet!/(
penod in Dr~reirlber//nlninuy.T lre loz~~epsrtl ces zucre recorded betzilec~lt he illorltlzs of Jzlrze nrlcl Septetllher. Hlgher
PI LC" c o ~ ~ ~ ZuLJI~ tllf e~riiit oi f yen~/rieziy~e nrfist~v~tzeIsr.~ crenseiil ri snlnries nrld u7rcges I H the y~~l2rr0 00 brought
nholrt n slznr1.l irlcrense 117 the pr2ccs of nll tlie iterns.