Research Article

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

Table 2

(a) Gender and religious status of respondent for market assessment in rainforest ecosystem. (b) Gender and religious status of respondent for market assessment in derived savanna ecosystem.
(a)

Irvingia gabonensis Garcinia kola
Rural marketUrban marketRural marketUrban market

Gender
 Male 10.5 0 9.1 0
 Female 89.5 100 90.9 100

Religion
 Christianity100 86.7 100 100
 Traditional 0 0 0 0
 Islam 0 13.3 0 0

(b)

Irvingia gabonensis Garcinia kola
Rural marketUrban marketRural marketUrban market

Gender
 Male 0 0 0 0
 Female 100 100 100 100

Religion
 Christianity 56.287.5 38.5 60.0
 Traditional 0 0 0 6.7
 Islam 43.8 12.5 61.5 33.3