Measurement of technical efficiency and its determinants in crop production in Lafia local government area of Nasarawa state, Nigeria

Rahman, Sanzidur; Umar, Haruna Suleiman

doi:10.4314/as.v8i2.51103

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“…The number of years of experience in oil palm fruit processing has a positive but not significant impact on the efficiency score. These results are consistent with those obtained by Idiong (2007) and Rahman and Umar (2009).…”

Section: Technical Efficiency Determinants Analysissupporting

confidence: 94%

Factors affecting the technical efficiency of oil palm fruit processing units in South-East Benin

Adanguidi¹

2019

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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As the independent Benin's first export crop, oil palm continues to play an important role in the Beninese economy and society despite the decline in its production that has begun since the 1970s. It is present in most cropping systems throughout southern Benin. The objective of this article is, on the one hand, to assess the level of technical efficiency of oil palm fruit processing units in South-East Benin and, on the other hand, to analyze the determinants of this technical efficiency. The so-called "two-step" method was used, which consists of using a Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model for the analysis of technical efficiency scores followed by a Tobit regression model to analyze the determinants of technical efficiency. The data used were collected in 2018 within the Adja-Ouèrè municipality. The results obtained show that the average technical efficiency score of the processing units is 0.891, which means that it is still possible to improve the production. The analysis of the determinants of technical efficiency showed that variables such as membership to an agricultural producer organization and the number of direct relatives involved in the processing activity improve the technical efficiency of oil palm fruit processing units.

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Section: Technical Efficiency Determinants Analysissupporting

confidence: 94%

Factors affecting the technical efficiency of oil palm fruit processing units in South-East Benin

Adanguidi¹

2019

J. Dev. Agric. Econ.

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“…This implies that farmers in the study area have acquired enough experience in groundnut production; therefore, adoption of new innovations will pose no problem. The result is in line with the study of Rahman and Umar (2009), who found out that farmers with many years of experience in farming, are more willing to change towards adopting current recommended techniques. Furthermore, majority of the respondents (59.18%) had small farm sizes ranging from 1-1.5 hectares.…”

Section: Socio-economic Characteristic Of Groundnut Farmerssupporting

confidence: 87%

Resource use efficiency of groundnut farmers in Bekwara Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria

Edet¹,

Udoe²,

Ifang³

2018

Global Journal of Agricultural Sciences

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The study assessed the resource use efficiency of groundnut farmers in Bekwara Local Government Area of Cross River State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to; describe the socioeconomic characteristics of groundnut farmers, determine the cost and returns of groundnut production, determine the technical efficiency of groundnut farmers, identify the socioeconomic factors influencing technical efficiency of groundnut production. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to select groundnut farmers in the area. Data were obtained using a set of structured questionnaire. Descriptive, gross margin analysis and stochastic frontier were used for data analyses. Result from the study showed that majority (51.02%) of the respondents fall within age ranged of 31-40 years, with a mean age of 34 years. Females dominated groundnut production, 67.4% were married, 89.9% had family sizes of 1-10 persons per households, 94.9% had one form of education or the other. The result further shows that majority (79.60%) had 6-11 years of farming experience, 58% had farm sizes of between 1-1.5 hectares. The gross margin analysis shows that groundnut production was a profitable business with a gross margin and net farm income of ₦338, 019.249 and ₦330, 407.51 respectively. The result also revealed that quantity of seed used and farm size had positive and significant relationship with groundnut production. The mean technical efficiency was 0.97 with minimum and maximum efficiencies of 0.85 and 0.99. The inefficiency model showed that educational level, membership to cooperative , access to credit and the amount received were the significant variables that increased the technical efficiency of the respondents. It is recommended that policies by the government and non-governmental agencies should be geared towards encouraging farmers' education on farm management practices so that they would be able to allocate production resources more efficiently especially agrochemicals for optimum yield.

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“…This finding is similar with the finding of Rahman and Umar (2008) who reported that household size was negatively related to the technical inefficiency of crop production in Nasarawa State and was significant at 5% probability level.…”

Section: Technical Inefficiency Of the Participants And Nonparticipansupporting

confidence: 82%

Impact of IFAD-Community Based Agriculture and Rural Development Programme on participants and non-participants farm production efficiency in Katsina State, Nigeria

Gambo¹,

Muhammad²,

G³

et al. 2017

Net J Agric Sci

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The study examined the impact of IFAD-Community Based Agriculture and Rural Development Programme (IFAD-CBARDP) participants and non-participations farm production efficiency in Katsina State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used in selecting 432 respondents for this study. Primary data were collected using a structured questionnaire and data collected was based on 2002 and 2015 cropping seasons, the year 2002 and 2015 was used as before and after respectively. The structured questionnaire was pre-tested before it was administered to the sampled farmers. The tools of analysis employed to analyze the data were stochastic frontier production model. The maximum likelihood estimate of the stochastic frontier Cobb-Douglas production function revealed that the participants and non-participants of the IFAD-CBARDP had mean technical efficiency of 95 and 47%, respectively. This is an indication that there is higher level of technical efficiency among the participants of the IFAD-CBARDP than nonparticipants. It was concluded that the IFAD-CBARDP has succeeded in targeting the marginalized and vulnerable participants in its farm technical efficiency; this is evident in their mean technical efficiency of 95%. Although, there is still room to increase the efficiency of their farming activities to 5% to close the efficiency gap from the optimum (100%).

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Measurement of technical efficiency and its determinants in crop production in Lafia local government area of Nasarawa state, Nigeria

Cited by 18 publications

References 12 publications

Factors affecting the technical efficiency of oil palm fruit processing units in South-East Benin

Factors affecting the technical efficiency of oil palm fruit processing units in South-East Benin

Resource use efficiency of groundnut farmers in Bekwara Local Government Area, Cross River State, Nigeria

Impact of IFAD-Community Based Agriculture and Rural Development Programme on participants and non-participants farm production efficiency in Katsina State, Nigeria

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