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Economic Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency among Small Scale Cassava Farmers in Nasarawa State , Nigeria : Implications for Agricultural Transformation Agenda
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Ochi, J. E. Sani, R. M. Idefoh, F. K. |
| Copyright Year | 2015 |
| Abstract | The study examined the resource use efficiency in cassava production in Nasarawa State, Nigeria and its implication for the transformation agenda of government at wealth creation. Data used for the study were obtained using structured questionnaire administered to 360 randomly selected small scale cassava farmers in 36 villages in nine of the thirteen local government areas of the state in 2009 and 2010 farming seasons. Data collected were analysed using descriptive statistics, stochastic frontier production function and marginal analysis model. Findings revealed that farmers were inefficient in the use of resources. The technical efficiency of the farmers varied from 0.342 to 0.971 with mean value of 0.873. The quantity of fertilizer applied, labour used and cassava cuttings were over utilized while land and herbicides used were underutilized. The result showed that appropriate adjustment is required for optimum allocation of resourcesto the cultivation of cassava in the study area. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://ijraf.org/pdf/v2-i2/3.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
