FARM SIZE EFFICIENCY DIFFERENTIALS OF BIO-FORTIFIED CASSAVA PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS APPROACH

The study specifically investigated farm size efficiency differentials of bio-fortified cassava production in Nigeria. Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey of bio-fortified cassava producers in Nigeria. The estimated coefficients of the parameters of production variables for small sc...

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Autores principales: Kolapo Adetomiwa, Raji, Ibraheem Adeyemi, Falana Kayode, Muhammed, Opeyemi Abdulmumin
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:ca9012f29d3d49cf95862e1e2c042db02021-11-23T08:13:25ZFARM SIZE EFFICIENCY DIFFERENTIALS OF BIO-FORTIFIED CASSAVA PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS APPROACH10.26480/mjsa.01.2021.51.602521-29312521-294Xhttps://doaj.org/article/ca9012f29d3d49cf95862e1e2c042db02021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://myjsustainagri.com/archives/1mjsa2021/1mjsa2021-51-60.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/2521-2931https://doaj.org/toc/2521-294XThe study specifically investigated farm size efficiency differentials of bio-fortified cassava production in Nigeria. Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey of bio-fortified cassava producers in Nigeria. The estimated coefficients of the parameters of production variables for small scale bio-fortified cassava farm size (land, herbicide and fertilizer) played a major role in bio-fortified cassava production on a small scale in Nigeria. For the medium and large scale bio-fortified cassava farm size, production variables (land, labor and fertilizer) and (land, labor, herbicide and fertilizer) respectively played a major role in bio-fortified cassava production. The average economic efficiency of the small, medium and large scale bio-fortified cassava producers was 42%, 54% and 63% respectively. Policies intended to increase the popularization and cultivation of bio-fortified cassava in Nigeria should be targeted toward the small and medium scale cassava farmers since they carried the majority of the producer of bio-fortified cassava in Nigeria.Kolapo AdetomiwaRaji, Ibraheem AdeyemiFalana KayodeMuhammed, Opeyemi AbdulmuminZibeline Internationalarticleefficiencyfarm sizestochastic frontier analysisbio-fortified cassava and nigeriaAgriculture (General)S1-972ENMalaysian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture, Vol 5, Iss 1, Pp 51-60 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic efficiency
farm size
stochastic frontier analysis
bio-fortified cassava and nigeria
Agriculture (General)
S1-972
spellingShingle efficiency
farm size
stochastic frontier analysis
bio-fortified cassava and nigeria
Agriculture (General)
S1-972
Kolapo Adetomiwa
Raji, Ibraheem Adeyemi
Falana Kayode
Muhammed, Opeyemi Abdulmumin
FARM SIZE EFFICIENCY DIFFERENTIALS OF BIO-FORTIFIED CASSAVA PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS APPROACH
description The study specifically investigated farm size efficiency differentials of bio-fortified cassava production in Nigeria. Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey of bio-fortified cassava producers in Nigeria. The estimated coefficients of the parameters of production variables for small scale bio-fortified cassava farm size (land, herbicide and fertilizer) played a major role in bio-fortified cassava production on a small scale in Nigeria. For the medium and large scale bio-fortified cassava farm size, production variables (land, labor and fertilizer) and (land, labor, herbicide and fertilizer) respectively played a major role in bio-fortified cassava production. The average economic efficiency of the small, medium and large scale bio-fortified cassava producers was 42%, 54% and 63% respectively. Policies intended to increase the popularization and cultivation of bio-fortified cassava in Nigeria should be targeted toward the small and medium scale cassava farmers since they carried the majority of the producer of bio-fortified cassava in Nigeria.
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author Kolapo Adetomiwa
Raji, Ibraheem Adeyemi
Falana Kayode
Muhammed, Opeyemi Abdulmumin
author_facet Kolapo Adetomiwa
Raji, Ibraheem Adeyemi
Falana Kayode
Muhammed, Opeyemi Abdulmumin
author_sort Kolapo Adetomiwa
title FARM SIZE EFFICIENCY DIFFERENTIALS OF BIO-FORTIFIED CASSAVA PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS APPROACH
title_short FARM SIZE EFFICIENCY DIFFERENTIALS OF BIO-FORTIFIED CASSAVA PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS APPROACH
title_full FARM SIZE EFFICIENCY DIFFERENTIALS OF BIO-FORTIFIED CASSAVA PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS APPROACH
title_fullStr FARM SIZE EFFICIENCY DIFFERENTIALS OF BIO-FORTIFIED CASSAVA PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS APPROACH
title_full_unstemmed FARM SIZE EFFICIENCY DIFFERENTIALS OF BIO-FORTIFIED CASSAVA PRODUCTION IN NIGERIA: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS APPROACH
title_sort farm size efficiency differentials of bio-fortified cassava production in nigeria: a stochastic frontier analysis approach
publisher Zibeline International
publishDate 2021
url https://doaj.org/article/ca9012f29d3d49cf95862e1e2c042db0
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