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Difficulty: HardPrimary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sectors of Production

An integrated agribusiness enterprise operating in Nigeria harvests oil palm fruits from its plantation, processes the fruit into refined cooking oil at its factory, and engages a logistics firm to transport and market the final product to retail distributors. Which of the following accurately identifies the sequence of economic production sectors represented by these three stages?

  1. Primary sector, secondary sector, and tertiary sector (commercial services)Answer
  2. B
    Primary sector, primary sector, and secondary sector
  3. C
    Secondary sector, secondary sector, and tertiary sector (direct services)
  4. D
    Primary sector, secondary sector, and tertiary sector (direct services)

Answer

The correct sequence is Primary sector (agricultural harvesting), Secondary sector (factory refining/processing), and Tertiary sector via commercial services (freight transportation and distribution).
Agricultural harvesting extracts raw materials from nature (Primary), factory refining converts raw materials into consumable commodities (Secondary), and freight logistics and marketing distribute goods to market intermediaries (Commercial Tertiary Services).

Step-by-Step Solution

1
Analyze Stage 1 (Harvesting palm fruit from plantation)
Identified as Primary Sector
Primary production involves extraction or collection of raw natural resources directly from nature (agriculture/forestry).
2
Analyze Stage 2 (Processing fruit into refined cooking oil at factory)
Identified as Secondary Sector
Secondary production transforms raw materials into finished or semi-finished usable goods through manufacturing and processing.
3
Analyze Stage 3 (Transporting and marketing cooking oil to retailers)
Identified as Tertiary Sector (Commercial Services)
Tertiary production facilitates the distribution of goods from producers to consumers. Since transport and trading aid commerce, they fall under commercial tertiary services rather than personal/direct services.

Key Concept

Classification of Production Sectors and Inter-sectoral Linkages
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Topics

Primary, Secondary, and Tertiary Sectors of Production

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