ECONOMICS

THEME – NIGERIAN ECONOMY AND MAJOR NATURAL RESOURCES

CLASS – SS 2

TOPIC – MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES 

LEARNING AREA

1. Marketing of Agricultural Commodities

2. Functions of Agriculture Marketing Boards

Problems of Marketing of Agricultural Commodities in Nigeria

INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS

1. Display of agricultural commodities,

2. Pie charts to show the contributions of agriculture to the economy over the years, and

3. Visit large scale farms.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

By the end of the lesson, students should be able to:

1. define marketing.

2. describe marketing of agricultural communities.

3. state the functions of agriculture marketing board.

4. mention the problems of marketing agricultural commodities.

CONTENTS OF THE LESSON

INTRODUCTION

Market is a public place where people meet to buy or sell things. That’s, a place where the buyer and sellers meet for exchange of goods for cash. It can be a special building, stall or an open space.

Agricultural market is a market where people gather to buy or sell agricultural products or crops such as yam, tomatoes, onions, etc.

Marketing is the method of creating awareness about a product or service that promote the selling the good or service. It includes advertising, selling, and delivering products to consumers or other businesses.

Marketing of Agricultural Commodities covers the services that involved in the buying, processing, packaging or upgrading agricultural product from the farm to the consumer.

The responsibilities of marketing of agricultural commodities are rest on the private or public bodies called marketing board.

FUNCTIONS OF AGRICULTURE MARKETING BOARDS

1. Buying of agricultural commodities directly from the farms.

2. Processing agricultural products, if necessary.

3. Packaging and updating agricultural commodities.

4. Responsible for price fixing and stabilized price.

5. Providing grant to farmers.

6. Implementing agricultural policy.

7. Providing improved seedlings and other agricultural tools and implement.

8. Finding research.

9. Marketing agricultural commodities.

PROBLEMS OF MARKETING OF AGRICULTURAL COMMODITIES IN NIGERIA 

1. Poor transport system.

2. Little or no storage facilities.

3. Low quality of agricultural products.

4. Low productivity.

5. Little or no credit facilities.

6. High interest rate on loan.

7. Illiterate and ignorance.

8. Over dependent of foreign agricultural products.

9. Lack of agricultural processing and packaging equipments.

10. To many middlemen.

11. Poor government policy.

12. Land tenure system.

13. Political instability and government interference.

RELATED POSTS

Concept of Plants, Factory Firm, Industry and Industrial Estate | Factors that Influence the Location of Industries | Advantages and Disadvantages of Localization of Industry SS 2 Economics

Meaning and Components of Agriculture | System of Agriculture | Importance of Agricultural Products | Process and Challenges of Marketing Livestock, Food and Cash Crops SS 2 Economics

LESSON PRESENTATION

TEACHER’S ACTIVITIES

The teacher,

1. leads a class discussion on marketing of agricultural commodities.

2. guides the students to identify the functions of agriculture marketing boards and discuss the problems of marketing agriculture commodities in Nigeria.

STUDENT’S ACTIVITIES

The students,

1. participate actively in the class discussion on marketing of agricultural commodities.

2. identify the functions of agriculture marketing boards and discuss the problems of marketing agriculture commodities in Nigeria.

LESSON EVALUATION

Teacher asks students to,

1. define marketing.

2. describe marketing of agricultural communities.

3. state five functions of agriculture marketing board.

4. mention 5 problems of marketing agricultural commodities.