METHODOLOGY
The data used in this study were primary
data colleted by means of structured questionnaire
administered on a random sample of 120 processors
in Ondo state, which is a major palm oil processing
area in Southwestern Nigeria. Five towns were
purposively selected for the study viz: lrele, Okiti
pupa, Eseodo, Odigbo and lkale. From each town,
twenty four palm oil processors were selected using
random sampling technique. The analytical tools
used in this study were descriptive statistics,
profitability technique and multiple regression
analysis.