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This study examined costs-returns profitability in honey marketing in Cross River State. Honey contains 29 percent of protein, 19 percent of amino acid, vitamins and minerals for bodybuilding. Honey mixed with aloe vera gel is use for cure of dandruff and rapid hair growth. This mixture could also help to prevent hair breakage. Honey pollen enhances vitality and brings about a longer life span. Data were obtained from a random sample of 120 honey marketers in the study area by means of structured questionnaire. The first stage involved random selection of three (Obudu, Obubra and Odukpani) local government areas from eighteen local government areas in Cross River State, Nigeria. This was followed by random selection of three villages (Utugwang in Obudu Local Government Area, Ofudua in Obubra Local Government Area and Adiabo in Odukpani Local Government Area) in Cross River State. The respondents were randomly selected from each of the villages, 40 respondents were selected each from three villages, making a total number of 120 respondents. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics and costs-returns analysis. Results from the analysis revealed that a net return of N1, 250.00 was realized with N0.22 made on every naira invested. Honey marketing is a profitable business, with attractive net return on investment. This study shows that honey marketers are faced with several problems in their marketing activities. These problems or constraints positively affect the efficiency of honey marketing in the study area. Notable among them are high cost of transportation, lack of capital, inaccessibility of formal credit source because lack of collaterals, lack of extension agents, lack of price information, poor market infrastructures and lack of roads maintenance/bad roads occupied 15%, 14.17%,11.67%,10%,9.17%,9.17% and 8.33% respectively. Hence, for efficient marketing of honey in the study area, these constraints must be drastically reduced to the barest minimum. This can be done through efficient policy ...

This study was carried out to determine variables affecting pig production in Cross River State. A stratified random sampling method was used to collect data from three hundred (300) respondents in the study area. Data collected was analyzed by using descriptive statistics. The findings of the study indicates that majority of pig farmers in the study area were men. Analysis of result also revealed that most pig farmers in the study area own farm sizes less than one hectare and 57.33% of the respondents earned less than N15, 000.00 as monthly income while 3.33% earned more than N21,000.00. Analysis of results revealed that sickness and pains (80%), lack of supplementary feeds (90%), lack of vaccines/ vaccination (91%), lack of good farm management practices (86.69%), lack of extension visitation /contact (86.67%), lack of trained veterinary doctors (100%) in rural areas where pigs farms are located /established are among some of the variables that very serious affected pig production in Cross River State. Extension agents should visit farmers and advice them to form cooperative groups to enable them obtain loans from banks to increase their capital base for higher output. . The result suggests that most people practicing pig farming can increase their capital base by forming cooperative groups to enable them obtain loans from banks for expansion of their farms. Government should train more veterinary doctors and post them to rural areas where pig farms were establishedand government should also provide mobile veterinary services in the study area.