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

Kolapo Adetomiwa (), Raji, Ibraheem Adeyemi, Falana Kayode, Muhammed and Opeyemi Abdulmumin
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Kolapo Adetomiwa: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Raji: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria
Ibraheem Adeyemi: Department of Science Education (Biology), Faculty of Education, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria
Falana Kayode: Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.
Muhammed: Department of Agricultural Economics, Faculty of Agriculture, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Osun State, Nigeria.
Opeyemi Abdulmumin: Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti, Nigeria.

Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (MJSA), 2021, vol. 5, issue 1, 51-60

Abstract: 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.

Keywords: Efficiency; Farm size; Stochastic Frontier Analysis; Bio-fortified cassava and Nigeria. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.26480/mjsa.01.2021.51.60

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