Market for grasscutters in Nigeria,Ghana & Africa

[Ismail AbdulAzeez]

All the 50 respondents indicated that there is a secured market for grasscutter meat. Not only is the demand high, farmers are also convinced of a secured price for their produce. The market for both fresh and smoked grasscutter meat is unlimited (Kabir 2005). This is truly impetus to grasscutter farming because feasibility reports on grasscutter farming ventures indicated that the long term profitability is comparable to that of poultry and higher than cattle ranching (Tutu et al 1996).

The high sale of the grasscutter meat (Houben 1999) makes its business not only profitable but also remunerative and very lucrative too (Falconer 1994), if breeders will only be conscientious. The prospect of grasscutter rearing is very bright either as a full-time job or part-time due to its high demand. According to Sunding and Zilberman (1999) when a new technology has a yield effect, if it is perceived to have higher rise or hindrances, its good price support policies and relative profitability leads to its adoption.

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