Socio-Economic Determinants of Supply and Demand for Convenience Foods (Okpa, Moimoi and Meat Pie) in Lafia Urban of Nasarawa State, Nigeria

The study specifically described the socio-economic statusof the people involved in the production, distribution andconsumption of convenience foods in lafia urban of nasarawastate. it identified the factors that influence the entry into conveniencefood enterprise, factors necessitating the demand andsupply of the products and examined the costs and returns ofthree convenience foods. the data collected were analyzedusing descriptive statistics, inferential statistics (multiple regressionanalysis), the four point’s likert type scale and the enterprisegross margin. the major findings indicated that femaleproducers of convenience foods were more than male producers,the multiple regression result on the effects of socio-economiccharacteristics of consumers on the amount of money spent onconsumer foods revealed that r2 value is 0.697. this impliedthat 69.7% of the total variation in output (y) is explained bythe combined influences of the independent variables in themodel. the gross margin enterprise revealed that the sale ofconvenience foods in lafia metropolis is profitable. the studyconcluded by advocating for provision of credit facilitiesamongst others to producers and distributors of conveniencefoods with limited income.