Economic potentials of households and prioritization NTFPs in Yobe state, Nigeria

Ominimini Shedrack Efemena

Abstract

This article describes cost and returns analysis of first five preferred Sahel savanna non-timber forest products (NTFPs) in Yobe State, Nigeria. The results demonstrate that households in Yobe State could realize NGN2,898.48 and NGN142,615.49 from the NTFPs as the least and maximum gross margins (household incomes) respectively. Gross margin ratio of households across all the study sites ranged from 0.925 to 0.980, and that from individual study sites 0.903 to 1.000 respectively. Thus, trade in these NTFPs was profitable to stimulate their domestication.