Estimating Technical Efficiency of Waterleaf Production in a Tropical Region

Udoh, Edet J.; Etim, Nsikak-Abasi A.

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“…In Nigeria, majority of the poor reside in rural communities where agriculture is the predominant occupation of majority of participants. Etim, 2007;Etim,2011). But agriculture being the key to poverty reduction requires substantial amount of Labour.…”

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Application of Probit Analysis in the Decision of Youths to Participate in Vegetable Production

Etim

Thompson

2020

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Youths are successor farming generation and therefore the future of food security. At present, they constitute about 60% of Nigeria’s population and have over the years contributed significantly to national development. Unfortunately, the present environment makes it difficult to explore their full potentials in production through participation in agriculture. The ageing smallholder farmers are less likely to increase capacity needed to sustainably expand agricultural production. There is therefore a pressing need to engage the youth in ways that they can see a promising future in agriculture as well as influence them to build capacity through effective involvement in agricultural production. Several factors however, have continued to hinder capacity building and effective participation of youths in vegetable farming. An empirical study was conducted to estimate the factors affecting the willingness of youth to participate in small scale waterleaf production. The representative waterleaf producers were selected using the multi stage sampling procedures.With the aid of questionnaire, primary data were obtained from 100 farmers. Univariate probit regression model was used to analyze the data. Results of analysis indicated that the most critical factors affecting the participation of youths in waterleaf production were age, educational qualification, size of household members, and farm income. Results indicated that youths who have acquired some form of education were more willing to be involved in waterleaf production. Findings further indicated that youth in families with higher income from farming activities were more willing to participate in waterleaf production.

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Application of Probit Analysis in the Decision of Youths to Participate in Vegetable Production

Etim

Thompson

2020

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“…Hence, vegetables are essential components of the human diet. It is often said that the nutritional security of a country can be achieved only when enough vegetables are consumed (Udoh & Etim, 2006a). According to FAO (1998), vegetables refer to all categories of plants whose leaves, fruits or roots are acceptable and used as vegetables by urban and rural communities through custom, habit and tradition.…”

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Efficiency of Vegetable Marketing in Peri-Urban Areas of Ogun State, Nigeria

Isitor¹,

Otunaiya²,

Iyanda³

2016

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Against the backdrop evidenced in the substantial wastage, deterioration in quality, and frequent mismatch between demand and supply of vegetables spatially and overtime; this study examined the efficiency of vegetable marketing in Ifo and Ado-Odo L.G.As of Ogun State, Nigeria. Primary data were employed for the study. Data were collected from 120 respondents with the aid of structured questionnaire using multistage sampling procedure. Analytical tools used included, Descriptive statistics, budgetary and marketing efficiency analyses. The study revealed that women (78.3%) were the major players in the enterprise and most had basic education with majority having business experience of more than five years. However, they relied on their personal savings to run their enterprise. Indigenous vegetable marketing was found to be profitable and efficient as indicated by the positive net margin of ₦29,180.05. As an indication of the profit maximization motive of the marketers, various marketing efficiency scores were computed for the selected indigenous vegetables. The scores are 10.85%, 3.88%, 5.27%, 2.54%, 5.32%, and 2.46% for ugu, tomato, okra, amaranthus, celocia and chocorus, respectively. It is recommended that extension trainings on preservation of indigenous vegetables should be conducted and accessible funds should be made available to these marketers, to forestall the problem of spoilage and lack of funds, as these constituted major drawbacks on marketing efficiency in the study areas.

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“…Waterleaf Talinum triangulare Jacq. Wild is an erect, fleshy, annual herb cultivated in West Africa and used as a cooked vegetable [1,2]. It has swollen taproot and can be reproduced from seed or vegetatively from stem cuttings.…”

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“…G. Taylor) locally known as "Atama" and Fluted pumpkin (Telferia occidentalis Hook F.) locally known as "Ikong ubong", Vernonia amygdalina locally known as "Etidot", Lasienthera africana locally known as "Editan" to prepare indigenous soups such as "Edikang ikong" (pumpkin soup), a combination of pumpkin and waterleaf; "Efere Afang" (Gnetum soup) a combination of Gnetum and waterleaf; "Efere Atama" (Heinsia soup) a combination of Heinsia and waterleaf; "Efere Etidot" (Bitter leaf soup) -a combination of bitter leaf and waterleaf and "Efere ikon" (melon soup) -a combination of melon and waterleaf. In 100 grams of fresh materials, waterleaf contains protein (2.4g), fats (0.4g), carbohydrates (40g), fibre (1.0g), calcium (121mg), phosphorus (67mg), iron (5mg), thiamine (0.08mg), riboflavin (0.18mg), niacin (0.30mg) and ascorbic acid (31mg) [4, 5,2]. One hundred (100) grams of fresh waterleaf contains 25 calories [6].…”

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Efficiency of Resource Utilization in Dry Season Waterleaf Talinum triangulare Jacq. Wild Production by Women in Southern Nigeria

Etim

2014

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This work was carried out in collaboration between both authors. Author NAE designed the study, wrote the protocol and wrote the first draft of the manuscript. Author GEE managed the literature searches, analyses of the study performed the spectroscopy analysis. Author NAE managed the experimental process. Author GEE identified the species of plant. Both authors read and approved the final manuscript.

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Estimating Technical Efficiency of Waterleaf Production in a Tropical Region

Cited by 8 publications

References 7 publications

Application of Probit Analysis in the Decision of Youths to Participate in Vegetable Production

Application of Probit Analysis in the Decision of Youths to Participate in Vegetable Production

Efficiency of Vegetable Marketing in Peri-Urban Areas of Ogun State, Nigeria

Efficiency of Resource Utilization in Dry Season Waterleaf Talinum triangulare Jacq. Wild Production by Women in Southern Nigeria

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