|
|
 |
|
Viewing report
|
|
|
|
Measuring Technical Efficiency of Yam Farmers in Nigeria. Edition No. 1
VDM Publishing House, Dec 2010, Pages: 20
The study measured the level of technical efficiency in Nigerian yam farming using yam producers' survey data. The primary data for the study were collected randomly from 240 yam farmers selected with multistage sampling technique across twelve communities in Osun State, Nigeria. Data collected were analyzed using descriptive statistics, chi- square statistics and Stochastic Frontier Production Function model (SFPF). The empirical results revealed that the cost of yam sett used, labour used and farm size were significantly different from zero and of importance in production of yam. Also the year of formal education, farming experience and access to credit were the main socioeconomics characteristics affecting the technical inefficiency of yam farmers.The study therefore recommends that research institutes should make available an improved variety of yam sett. Also, year of formal education, farming experience and access to credit should be manipulated by policy makers in order to improve the yam farmers' technical performance.
|
|
|
|
