期刊名称：International Journal of Development and Sustainability
印刷版ISSN：2186-8662
出版年度：2014
卷号：3
期号：4
页码：908-916
出版社：International Society for Development and Sustainability (ISDS)
摘要：The destruction of green-house gases (GHG) is a major concern of agricultural production. The fact that the biofuel can be used to replace fossil fuel or substitute fuel wood is enough to encourage its cultivation. The supply of biodiesel to available market in Nigeria could not justify the demand for the product. Hence, the study examined the determinants of biodiesel production and that of its perceived effect and advantages of biodiesel on the environment and on human's health in the country. Major area of biodiesel production in Nigeria are Abuja, Ilorin and Lagos and a simple random sampling was used to select two (2) out of these three (3) areas, which are Ilorin and Lagos. A snow-bowl sampling technique was used to sample 40 producers of biodiesel fuel, 20 each from the two chosen areas of production, and 70 users of the fuel (40 in Lagos and 30 in Ilorin) who gave information on their perceived effect of biodiesel on the environment and human's health. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis were used to describe the respondents' socioeconomic characteristics and to highlight the determinants of supply of biodiesel and to assess the factors influencing the perceived effects of the use of biodiesel on the environment and on human's health in the study area. The result indicates that there are more female users of biodiesel fuel than biodiesel producers and majority of the fuel producers are still in their active age. Marital status, price of biodiesel and volume of oil extracted from the seeds significantly influenced the supply of the product while the educational status of the fuel users, price of the biofuel and age of respondents determines the quantity demanded of thebiofuel based on it perceived effect and advantages on human's health and the environment. Awareness creation and government investment in modern machines for optimal oil extraction from Jatropha seeds were among the recommendation towardsencouraging thebiodiesel business and minimizing the destruction of the green-house gases by fossil fuels.
