Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency in Small-Scale Maize Production in Tafawa-Balewa Local Government of Bauchi State Nigeria

U.A, Shehu; Ibrahim, A; Hassan, Thabit Ahmed; Bello, M.

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“…Then from the estimated stochastic frontier translog production function, To decide whether or not an input was used efficiently, the following convention was followed: r = 1 it implies the input was used efficiently r > 1 it implies the input was underutilized and therefore both output and profit would be increased if more of that input was employed r < 1 it implies the input was over utilized and therefore both output and profit would be maximized if less of that input was employed (Ohajianya, 2006;Salisu et al, 2015) Returns to scale was calculated by the sum of the output elasticities of the various inputs given as (Awunyo-Vitor et al, 2016):…”

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Improving Soya Bean Productivity for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security in Upper West Region of Ghana: A Resource Use Efficiency Analysis

Asodina

Adams

Nimoh

et al. 2021

Caraka Tani J. Sustain. Agric.

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Soya bean is an important economic crop for smallholder farming systems in Upper West Region of Ghana. In spite of the introduction of modern and improved soya bean production technologies in Ghana, the productivity of the crop in the region is still low. Given that inefficient use of resources is a potential course of low yields, this study analyses the resource use efficiency of soya bean production. Using cross-sectional data collected from 271 soya bean farmers from the Upper West Region of Ghana, the study employed the Stochastic Frontier Translog Production Function as well as the ratio of Marginal Value Product to Marginal Factor Cost to understand the resource use efficiency of soya bean farmers in the region. The empirical results showed that the estimated coefficients of soya bean seeds, labor and farm size were significant and positively related to soya bean output even though fertilizer input was surprisingly significantly and negatively related to the output of soya bean. Also, resources employed in soya bean production were found not to be efficiently utilized as they were underutilized, indicating that yield and profit could be improved with optimal use of production inputs. Finally, the paper revealed that access to soya bean threshers is the most important constraint faced by farmers in the region. For the region’s soya bean yield to be improved, government and development organizations should assist soya bean farmers by removing major bottlenecks to acquisition of resources required for the production and postharvest handling of the crop.

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Improving Soya Bean Productivity for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security in Upper West Region of Ghana: A Resource Use Efficiency Analysis

Asodina

Adams

Nimoh

et al. 2021

Caraka Tani J. Sustain. Agric.

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“…Maize is a cereal crop occupying an important position among other cereals such as rice, wheat and sorghum produced in many countries (Shehu et al, 2017). Maize is recognized as a common component in most intercropping system.…”

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“…2016;Abdulai et al, 2018). It is equally well accepted for feed ingredient and can contribute up to 30% protein, 60% energy, and 90% starch in animal diet (Shehu et al, 2017). Despite its importance, maize production in Tanzania is predominated by small-scale producers who use traditional methods of production.…”

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“…It should be supported by successful planning for needed level of technical knowledge of productivities of farm resources, in order to understand the necessary adjustments in order to achieve the correct input mix (Memon et al, 2016;Shehu et al, 2017;Abdulai et al, 2018). In this regard, Shehu et al, (2017) argued that production strategies require to be formulated to increase small-scale maize production in order to face food shortage in the country. It is expected that in order to help farmers increase production, the focus should be on whether farmers are using better and improved technologies.…”

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“…The choice to grow maize, even in areas of insufficient rainfall, is driven by a strong dietary preference for maize over the more drought-adapted traditional cereals such as sorghum and millet (FAO, 2015). Increase in the productivity of maize is necessary to achieve a minimal level of food security since it is the most popular cereals grown in the country as a whole (Shehu et al, 2017). Maize is an annual crop of great importance used as a source of carbohydrate to both humans and animal feed worldwide, due to its high feeding value and it is also used in production of biofuel (Undie et al, 2012).…”

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Resource Use Efficiency in Maize Production by Small-Scale Farmers in Two Districts of Mwanza Region, Tanzania

Anne.¹,

Kongolo²

2020

IJRD

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This study investigates the resource use efficiency in the production of maize by small-scale farmers in Mwanza region. Specifically, the study seeks to determine what the resources that farmers use in maize production and also seeks to determine the challenges that farmers face in maize production in the study area. This study was conducted in two districts of Mwanza region. In each of the district, the study sampled three wards and randomly selected twelve small-scale farmers from each of the three wards selected. In total 72 small-scale farmers were selected from whom the data was collected. A Cobb-Douglas production function was used to fit and analyse the data for its good fit. The R² was 0.77, indicating that 77 percent of the variation in dependent variable was explained by the independent variables of the model. The use of inputs in the production of maize was noted to be increasing returns to scale. The results indicated that variables land (X1), labour (X2), age (X6), and experience (X8) were all positive and significant at the 1% while soil preparation (X4) variable was negative but significant at the 5%. The major constraints to maize production included lack of fertilizer (manure), finance (capital) and access to land. The study concluded that more exposure of small-scale farmers to frequent extension services is important to assist them to produce efficiently.

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Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency of Sesame Production in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria

Bernard

Tahir

Alkali

et al. 2021

BJARE

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The study was conducted to examine the resource use efficiency of sesame production in Hong L.G.A of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select fifty seven sesame farmers in the study area. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that high percentage (57.9%) of the respondents were female, 91.2% were married and 54.4% were within the age bracket of 31-50 years. Among the farmers, 35.1% attended tertiary institution, most (56.1%) of them had a household size of 3-6 persons and 70% of them had no extension visit. The study also revealed that the majority (70.2%) of the sesame farmers had farm size of 1-2 hectares, 33.3% had a farming experience of 10-15 years, and many had no access to credit (91.%) and membership of cooperatives (86%). The results showed that effects of labour, fertilizer, farm size, chemical and seed were positive and statistically significant. R2 of 90.0% and F-ratio of 65.5 were recorded for the inputs. The study showed that the production inputs (especially labour and seed) contributed to sesame production output and production resources were under-utilized by the farmers.

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Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency in Small-Scale Maize Production in Tafawa-Balewa Local Government of Bauchi State Nigeria

Abstract: This paper analyzed the resource-use efficiency of small-scale Maize production in Tafawa

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Improving Soya Bean Productivity for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security in Upper West Region of Ghana: A Resource Use Efficiency Analysis

Improving Soya Bean Productivity for Poverty Alleviation and Food Security in Upper West Region of Ghana: A Resource Use Efficiency Analysis

Resource Use Efficiency in Maize Production by Small-Scale Farmers in Two Districts of Mwanza Region, Tanzania

Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency of Sesame Production in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria

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