Poverty Alleviation through Optimizing the Marketing of Garcinia kola and Irvingia gabonensis in Ondo State, Nigeria

Table 1

Age distribution of respondent (traders) for market assessment in the two ecological zones (%).

Ecological zone	Age range	Irvingia gabonensis		Garcinia Kola
		Rural market	Urban market	Rural market	Urban market
Rainforest	21–30 yrs	5.3	6.7	0.0	0.0
	31–40 yrs	36.8	60.0	18.2	40.0
	41–50 yrs	47.4	33.3	36.4	30.0
	51–60 yrs	10.5	0.0	46.4	20.0
	>60 yrs	0.0	0.0	0.0	10.0
Derived Savanna	21–30 yrs	0.0	6.2	0.0	0.0
	31–40 yrs	43.8	12.6	15.4	13.3
	41–50 yrs	50.0	56.2	38.4	40.0
	51–60 yrs	6.2	25.0	23.1	13.3
	>60 yrs	0.0	0.0	23.1	33.4