Theory question 101
ProductExplain the following classification of products with two examples each from agricultural based products.
(a) industrial products; (b) consumer products; (c) primary products; (d) secondary products;
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(a) Industrial products: goods bought to be used in making other goods, e.g. raw cotton, cocoa beans, palm kernels, timber.
(b) Consumer products: finished goods bought by households for their own use, e.g. garri, packaged fruit juice, smoked fish, rice.
(c) Primary products: farm produce in its natural state, not yet processed, e.g. cassava tubers, yams, fresh tomatoes, maize.
(d) Secondary products: farm produce that has been processed, e.g. garri, palm oil, tomato paste, yam flour, vegetable oil.
Each class needs a short definition and two farm-based examples.