A translog stochastic frontier analyses of technical, economic and allocative efficiencies in yam production in Ebonyi State, Nigeria
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This study estimated technical, economic, allocative efficiencies and determinants of allocative efficiency of yam farmers in Ebonyi State, Nigeria using translog stochastic frontier production function. Data were collected with structured questionnaire from 160 proportionately and randomly selected yam farmers. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation, frequency distribution and percentages, as well as econometric tool of translog stochastic frontier production function. Results show that the mean age, level of education, farm size farming experience, extension contact, household size and anuual farm income were 48.2 years, 9.3 years, 1.02 hectares, 18.7 years, 0.53 visit, 8 persons and N431603 respectively. The mean technical, economic and allocative efficiencies were 72.12%, 67.55%, and 86.31% respectively. Yam farmers are allocative inefficient in resource utilization. The sources of allocative inefficiency were age, level of education, farming experience, farm size, marital status, extension contact, credit access, household size, and off-farm employment. Yam farmers should endeavor to properly allocate resource inputs to achieve improvement in allocative efficiency.
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in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Journal of Sustainable Tropical Agricultural Research, 10:38-41
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the year ended 31st December 2015. Abuja, Nigeria, CBN Publication,
51 – 57.
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Ebonyi State Fadama III (2012). Fadama III Midline Report, Fadama III Project
Ebonyi State.
Effiong E.O and C.I. Idiong (2008). Measurement and Sources of Economic
Efficiency in Rabbit Production in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria: A stochastic frontier profit function Approach. Nigeria Agricultural Journal, 39 (1): 8 – 15.
Egbuna, E.N (2008). A Review of the Activities of the National Strategic Grains
Reserve: Issue Arising. CBN Bullion, 42 – 45
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Enugu State. B.Agric-Tech Project Report, Department of Agricultural Economics, Federal
Univeristy of Technology Owerri.
Food and Agriculture Organization (2014). Food and Agriculture Organization,
United Nations, Review Report, Pp 33 – 42
Idiong I.C, Onyenweaku C.E, and Agom D.I (2005). Technical and Economic Efficiency in Rice
Production Systems in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Food Production in a
Developing Economy, First Edition, 346-360.
Izekor O.B, Olumese M.I (2010). Determinants of yam production and
profitability in Edo State, Nigeria. African Journal of General Agriculture, 6(4): 30 – 35
Kalirajan, K (1981). An Economic Analysis of Yield Variability in Paddy
Production. Canadian Journal of Applied Economics, 29(3): 287 – 294
Kalirajan, K and J.C. Flinn (1991). “The Measurement of Farm Specific
Technical Efficiency”. Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics,
6(2): 106 – 120
Kalirajan, K and R.I. Shand (1986). “Estimating Location Specific Technical
Efficiency. Pakistan Journal of Applied Economics, 2(2): 167 – 180
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Ebonyi State, Nigeria.
Ohajianya, D.O (2006). Resource use Efficiency of land Owners and Tenants in
food crops production in Imo State. Journal of sustainable Tropical Agricultural Research, 17(1): 26 – 30
Ohajianya D.O, N.N.O. Oguoma, C.A. Emenyonu, C.C. Eze and O.C. Korie (2007). Resource use
Efficiency in Cocoyam Production in Udi Area of West African. Food Production in a
Developing Economy, First Edition, 372 – 376.
Ogundari K, Ojo S.O and Ajibefun I.A (2006). Economics of Scale and Cost
Efficiency in Small Scale Maize Production: Empirical Evidence from Nigeria. Journal of Social Sciences, 13 (2): 131 – 136
Ogundari, K (2006). Determinants of Profit Efficiency among Small Scale Rice
Farmers in Nigeria: A profit function Approach. International Association of Agricultural Economists Conference, Australia.
Ogundari, K and S.O. Ojo (2007). Analysis of Technical, Economic and Allocative Efficiency of
Small Farms: The case study of Cassava Farmers. Food Production in a Developing Economy,
first Edition, 98 – 105.
Ogundari, K (2006). Technical, Allocative and Economic Efficiency in Upland Rice Production
System in Nigeria: a Frontier Function Approach. Food Production in a Developing Economy.
First Edition, 273-279.
Okoye, B.C (2006). Efficiency Evaluation of Smallholder Cocoyam Production
in Anambra State. M.Sc Thesis, Department of Agricultural Economics, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State.
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Ibadan University Press, Ibadan, Nigeria.
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Production and Owners livelihood. The case of livestock farmers in Ovia North East LGA of Edo State, Nigeria. International Journal of Business and Common Market Study, 6(2): 34 – 45
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production and Economic Efficiency Business and Economic Research, 1(2): 35 – 40
Onyenweaku, C.E and J.C. Nwaru (2005). Application of stochastic frontier
production function to the measurement of Technical Efficiency in food crops production in Imo State, Nigeria. Nigerian Agricultural Journal, 36(1): 1 – 12
Onyenweaku, C.E and B.C. Okoye (2007). Technical Efficiency of Smallholder
Cocoyam Farmers in Anambra State, Nigeria. A translog stochastic frontier production function approach. International Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development, 9(1): 1 – 6
Rahman, S (2002). Profit Efficiency among Bangladesh Rice Farmers
Discussion Paper series Ozos, school of Economics studies, the University of Manchester, UK.
Rahman, S.A and A. Yakubu (2005). The status of commercial poultry egg
production in Nasarawa state of Nigeria. Journal of Production Agriculture and Technology (PAT), 1(1):122 – 129.
Saker S.C, J. Abedin and S.M.F Islam (1999). Performance of commercial
poultry farms. Profitability and Efficiency Analysis. Bangladesh Journal of Agricultural Economics, XXII (1): 63 – 75
Reuben, J and Barau, A.D (2012). Resource use efficiency in yam production in
Taraba State, Nigeria. Journal of Agricultural Science, 3(2): 71 – 77
Tanko M and Alidu A.F (2017). Profit Efficiency of small scale yam production
in Northern Ghana. International Journal of Development and Economic Sustainability, 5(1):69 – 87
Tanko, L and Olowogbayi, J.A (2007). Technical Efficiency and its Determinants in Yam Production
in Bosso Area, Niger State, Nigeria. Food Production in a Developing Economy, First Edition,
296-303.
Tanko, L (2003). Technical Efficiency in Arable Crop Production in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Food
Production in a Developing Economy. First Edition, 194 – 200
Toluwase S.O.W and A.B. Sekumade (2017). Resource use Efficiency of yam
production in Ekiti State Nigeria. Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 4(2): 20 – 34
Tzonvelekas V.C; J. Pantzios and C.Yotopoulos (2001). Technical Efficiency of
Alternative farming systems: The case of Greek Organic and conventional Olive growing farms. Food policy, 26:549 – 569
Wadund, A and B.A White (2000). Farm household efficiency in Bangladesh: A
comparison of stochastic frontier and DEA Methods. Applied Economics, 32:1665 – 1673.