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    Determinants of socio-economic status of catfish value chain actors in Osun state, Nigeria
    (Department of Agricultural extension and rural development, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife., 2024) Afolami, Mercy Bolatito.
    The study described the characteristics of actors’ enterprise, determined the perception, socio-economic status (SES) and isolated factors influencing actors' involvement in the activities along the catfish value chain in Osun State. These were with a view to assessing the actors' socio-economic status along the catfish value chain in the study area. The study was conducted in Osun State, Nigeria. Actors, who were involved in at least one stage of the catfish value chain in the study area were the targeted population for the study. A multistage sampling procedure was employed to select respondents. At the first stage, 25% of the Local Government Areas (LGAs) from each of the Osun State Agricultural Development zones were proportionately selected, translating into three out of ten LGAs in Ife/Ijesha zone, three out of thirteen LGAs in Osogbo zone and two out of seven LGAs in Iwo zone making a total of eight LGAs. At the second stage, three communities each were purposively selected from the LGAs based on the prevalence of catfish business activities making a total of 24 communities. At the last stage, based on information from the reconnaissance survey about the concentration of the actors, 16 actors (seven producers, three processors and six marketers) were selected from each community making a total of 384 respondents. A well-structured interview schedule was used to collect quantitative data while qualitative data were obtained using in-depth interview guide. Data collected were analysed using appropriate descriptive and inferential statistics including means, standard deviation, ANOVA, Pearson product moment correlation and multiple regression analyses. Results showed that the mean age for producers, processors and marketers were 42.1 ±10.4, 40.4 ± 8.5 and 40.4 ± 8.7 respectively, the mean household size was 6.0 ± 5.0, 6.0 ± 2.0 and 6.0 ± 2.0 (persons) for producers, processors and marketers respectively, with majority (60.1%) been involved in catfish value chain activities as their primary occupation. More than half (50.6%, 58.3% and 50.7%) of producers, processors and marketers had their enterprise coverage outside their communities, with varying capital investment mean value of ₦ 787338.4, ₦ 166736.2 and ₦ 526,059.4 for producers, processors and marketers respectively. Majority of producers (82.7%), processors (87.5%) and marketers (79.9%) respectively had positive perceptions towards their involvement in catfish enterprises. Marketers had the highest (52.1%) socio-economic status (SES) followed by processors (47.2%), and producers had the least (23.2%). Community-related, perception, personal characteristics factors influenced the involvement of actors in catfish value chain. At p ≤ 0.05, significant association existed between socio-economic status and sex (χ2= 12. 08), indigenous status (χ2=9.36), and secondary occupation (χ2=27.71). Likewise, at p ≤ 0.05, positive and significant relationship existed between socio-economic status of respondents and perception (r = 0.129), length of residency (r = 0.14) and numbers of workers (r = 0.13). Also, significant difference existed at (F =25.60; p ≤ 0.01) among actors SES along the catfish value chain. The study concluded that the determinants for producers’ socioeconomic status were land and ponds, for processors, institutional roles and source of power, while for marketers, it was their occupation.