scholarly journals Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency of Sesame Production in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Bernard H ◽  
Tahir A. D. ◽  
Alkali H. M. ◽  
Ojo C. O.
Keyword(s):  
Resource Use ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Tertiary Institution ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Production Output ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

The study was conducted to examine the resource use efficiency of sesame production in Hong L.G.A of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select fifty seven sesame farmers in the study area. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that high percentage (57.9%) of the respondents were female, 91.2% were married and 54.4% were within the age bracket of 31-50 years. Among the farmers, 35.1% attended tertiary institution, most (56.1%) of them had a household size of 3-6 persons and 70% of them had no extension visit. The study also revealed that the majority (70.2%) of the sesame farmers had farm size of 1-2 hectares, 33.3% had a farming experience of 10-15 years, and many had no access to credit (91.%) and membership of cooperatives (86%). The results showed that effects of labour, fertilizer, farm size, chemical and seed were positive and statistically significant. R2 of 90.0% and F-ratio of 65.5 were recorded for the inputs. The study showed that the production inputs (especially labour and seed) contributed to sesame production output and production resources were under-utilized by the farmers.

Role of Finance in Resource use Efficiency and Constraints in Banana Cultivation in Uttar Pradesh

2020 ◽  
pp. 437-441
Keyword(s):  
Resource Use ◽  
Uttar Pradesh ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Regular Source ◽  
Block Level ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Secondary Information

The study was conducted using purposive cum random sampling technique and two hundred respondents comprised of 100 each borrowers and non-borrowers were selected from two block of district including marginal, small and medium categories of farm size. Primary data were collected through personal interview technique and required secondary information was taken from the record available at district and block level. Simple tabular and functional analysis and Garrett ranking were done to draw inferences. As per the result obtained from the study, no much difference was seen between the resource use efficiency of borrower and non-borrower farms and constraints faced by borrower. Since banana is a cash crop and it needs initial costs for its establishment, and after harvesting the crop regular source of income was generated by selling of suckers (seed) plant and its fruits. It’s by-product, leaves, etc. also used for various purposes. Minute inspection of the analysis showed that finance played important role for initiating the cultivation of banana crops showed the resource use efficiency that there is no considerable difference found on sample farms of borrower and non-borrower categories. Constraints faced by majority of the farmers were mainly delay in disbursement of loan and lack of the repayment period insufficient and improper management for withdraws on KCC.

scholarly journals Profitability and Resource Use Efficiency of Poultry Egg Production in Yobe State, Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 112
Author(s):  
Okpachu S.A ◽  
Madu V. U.
Keyword(s):  
Resource Use ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Veterinary Services ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Use Efficiency

<div><p><em>The study was carried out to determine the profitability and resource use efficiency of poultry-egg production in Yobe State. A sample of 200 poultry-egg farmers was selected by multistage sampling technique and data were collected by using a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, budgetary analysis, and Stochastic Frontier Analysis techniques. The study revealed that poultry-egg production enterprise is profitable in the study area. Maximum Likelihood Estimate of coefficients of the stochastic frontier model for poultry-egg production were all positive and the parameters estimates of farm size, veterinary services, feed intake and labour were statistically significant, indicating that they contributed incrementally to the total value of poultry-egg output in the study area. Analysis of inefficiency model shows that factors influencing technical efficiency were years of experience, access to credit, cooperative membership and extension contact. Recommendations include the establishment of feed producer cooperative society, provision of adequate and timely veterinary services, and access to credit, frequent extension contacts and adult education classes for the farmers.</em></p></div>

scholarly journals Resource Use Efficiency of Yam Production among Smallholder Farmers and Effect to the Environment in the Tropics

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Smiles I. Ume ◽  
A.I.N. Kaine ◽  
C.D. Ochiaka
Keyword(s):  
Resource Use ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Allocative Efficiency ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Limiting Factor ◽  
Structure Questionnaire ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Poor Access ◽  
Use Efficiency

Resource use efficiency of yam production among smallholder farmers in Southeast, Nigeria was studied. The specific objectives of the study are to estimate the costs and returns in yam production, determine the allocative efficiency of yam production among small holder farmers, determine the different effects of yam cropping activities to the environment and identify and describe the limiting factor to yam production in the study area. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 240 farmers and from which information needed for the study were elicited using a structure questionnaire. Cost and returns analysis, allocative efficiency model and distributive statistics such as percentage response and frequency distribution table were used to capture the objectives of the study. The result shows that yam production was profitable in the study area. Also, result of the allocative efficiency of the inputs shows that the farmers did not attain optimal allocative efficiency, since they either under - utilized or over utilized their resources. Yam production activities in form of clearing, burning, pesticides use, fertilizer use and tillage could result in among others wild Life habitation, oxygen – carbon dioxide balance, erosion, effect aesthetic, increases soil temperature, reduction of soil nutrient, human health and welfare and conversion of organic nitrogen into mobile nitrates. The constraints to yam production were high cost of labour, poor access to credit, poor access to extension services and high cost of labour. Improving farmers’ access to credit, fertilizer and extension contact were recommended.

Sustainable economic analysis and constraints faced by the Naga King chilli growers in Nagaland

2016 ◽  
Vol 50 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Amod Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Economic Analysis ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Global Economy ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Satisfaction Index ◽  
Pooled Data ◽  
Size Groups ◽  
Use Efficiency

The present study was undertaken on sixty farmers during 2009-10 to examine the economic analysis of Naga King chilli and to assess the resource use efficiency and sustainability value indices of Naga King chilli on different farm size groups. The resource use-efficiency on pooled data for Naga King chilli was found to be maximum on human labour (5.388), followed by seed cost (3.458133) and it found to have negative impact on marketing cost (-3.42835) and FYM cost (3.54689), respectively. Further it was observed that on pooled data the sustainability value indices was recorded as 0.599. As per the client satisfaction index 46.67 per cent were of medium group, followed by 30.00 per cent on low satisfied, while remaining 23.33 per cent were highly satisfied with the extension services available at present. It was further observed, on rank based quotient the foremost constraints was lack of warehouse / go down for proper storage, followed by lack of market information, problem of credit facilities, lack of transportation facilities, etc, which indicated that if such situation alter or taken care, there is great potential to enhance the Naga King chilli growers income subsequently global economy.

scholarly journals Assessment of major requirements for accessing credit among paddy farmers in Jigawa state, Nigeria

Food Research ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 74-79
Author(s):  
M.I. Datti ◽  
R. Said ◽  
N.W. Ismail ◽  
A. Abd. Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
P Value ◽  
Marginal Effect ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Interest Charge ◽  
Paddy Farmers ◽  
Multistage Sampling ◽  
The Impact

This paper examined major credit requirements of financial institutions in providing credit to paddy farmers of Jigawa state, Nigeria. Data were collected in 2019 from three selected paddy farming local government areas of the state. A total of 120 respondents were randomly selected through a multistage sampling technique, and a questionnaire. The binary logit model and the marginal effect were applied in the analysis. The results indicated that paddy farmers' educational level, family size, and guarantor requirements were statistically significant on access to credit, with their P-value signifies 0.041, 0.060, and 0.000, respectively. While, farm size, administrative process, collateral requirement, interest charge, and principal repayment duration were insignificant on accessing credit. Failure to address these problems may continue to worsen the Nigerian government's effort on food self-sufficient and poverty alleviation. The study suggests similar research to consider more years to see the impact in the long term. The study further recommends credit providers to modify the guarantor requirement and to delegate a staff who can translate and guide the applicants on how to fill the credit application forms

scholarly journals Resource Use Efficiency Among Aerobic and Conventional Rice Farms in Eastern Dry Zone of Karnataka: A Comparative Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 66 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Thejaswi Kumar
Keyword(s):  
Resource Use ◽  
Optimal Allocation ◽  
Rice Cultivation ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Aerobic Rice ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Conventional Farms ◽  
Dry Zone ◽  
Use Efficiency

The efficiency with which farmers use available resources is very important for agricultural production. This study examines the comparative resource use efficiency (RUE) between aerobic and conventional rice farms in Eastern Dry Zone (Zone-5) of Karnataka. Cross-sectional data were collected from 100 rice cultivating farmers (50 in Aerobic farms and 50 in Conventional farms) using snow ball sampling technique. Cobb-Douglas production function, Marginal analysis of resource utilization, Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) were some of the analytical tools used in the study. The mean aerobic farm size was 0.43 ha while in Conventional rice, it was 0.63 ha. The physical water use efficiency (WUE) in aerobic farms (3.84 q/acre inch) was higher than conventional farms (1.64 q/acre inch). Also, the economic WUE was higher in aerobic farms (1643.54 `/acre inch) compared to conventional farms (269.41 `/acre inch). RUE indicated that, resources were not optimally utilized in both Aerobic Rice Cultivation (ARC) and Conventional Rice Cultivation (CRC). Bullock labour, machine labour, seeds and irrigation were underutilized in ARC, whereas, FYM was underutilized in CRC indicating that usage of additional amount of these inputs leads to increase in the returns. The DEA revealed that aerobic rice cultivating farms were more technically and economically efficient compared to conventional rice cultivating farms. Effective policies to promote and create awareness about aerobic rice can boost the rice production and productivity sustainably. The focus should be given to optimal allocation of resources which enhances the farm productivity and returns

Evaluation of resource-use efficiency among rice farmers in Katcha Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-19
Author(s):  
Y. Muhammed ◽  
M.A. Ojo ◽  
A. Abdullahi ◽  
O.J. Ajayi ◽  
S. Jibrin ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Multiple Regression ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Efficiency Ratio ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Use Efficiency

This study evaluated resources–use efficiency among rice farmers in Katcha Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State, Nigeria. The specific objectives are to; describe socio-economic characteristics of the rice farmers, determine the production inputs influencing rice output, resource–use efficiency in rice production and identify constraints associated with rice production. Two-stage sampling procedure was used for selection of 88 rice farmers on which questionnaire was administered. Data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics, multiple regression model and resource – use efficiency ratio. Results of the analysis revealed that 76.2% of the respondents were males, while 93.2% were married. The mean age, farming experience and household size of the respondents was 46 years, 23 years and 11 people, respectively. The multiple regression analysis result showed that double-log with R2 value of 0.9571 was chosen as lead equation and farmland (4.83, p<0.01), labour (2.34, p<0.05), seeds (4.04, p<0.01) and fertilizer (3.46, p<0.01) had positive coefficients and statistically significant. The efficiency ratio of resources-use in rice production showed that farm size (15.71) was under-utilized, while labour (0.001), seeds (0.554) and fertilizer (0.056) were over-utilized. Major constraints of rice production identified were inadequate training on resources usage (94.3%), followed by problem of pest and diseases (84.1%) and problem of storage facilities (81.8%). These problems ranked 1st, 2nd and 3rd, respectively. In conclusion, the production inputs were not efficiently utilized by the rice farmers. It was therefore recommended that, extension agents should educate farmers about relevant farm management skills in order to optimally utilize resources in rice production. Keywords: Resource-use efficiency, Rice farmers, Inputs, Production

scholarly journals Profitability and Resource Use Efficiency in Cassava Production: Evidence from Delta State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 199-207
Author(s):  
Theophilus Miebi Gbigbi ◽  
V.A.A. Chuks-Okonta
Keyword(s):  
Resource Use ◽  
Financial Services ◽  
Multiple Regression Model ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Total Production ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Planting Material ◽  
Use Of Resources ◽  
Cassava Production ◽  
Use Efficiency

Cassava has played and continues to play an outstanding role. The country's failure to meet current demand has been due to the efficiency of farmers' use of resources. The study examined resource use efficiency in cassava production. Data from 120 cassava producers were carefully chosen using random sampling procedure. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression model were applied to analyze the data. The results disclosed that the greater part of the growers were female with mean age of 45 years, educated and married. The mean household size was 6 persons with mean farming experience of 16 years. Majority of the producers belong to farming association. The result of cost and returns shows that the total production cost , total revenue realized and profit were N221,500, N398,000 and N176,500 respectively with BCR of 1.80 which implies that cassava production is profitable. The regression estimated showed that farm sizes, fertilizers, labour and planting material influence the output produced. The estimated output elasticity was 0.934, which means decreasing return to scale. The result indicated that farm size, fertilizers, labour and planting materials were inefficiently used, thereby dropping below the best economic level. The low ratios of MVP / MFC of the entire variables were shown to be less than unitary. Approximately 56.19%, 99.98%, 97.67%, 99.99% and 11.28% increase in MVP are necessary to optimize the allocation of farm size, fertilizer, labour, planting material and agrochemical. Major problems include inaccessibility to financial services, high labour cost, poor market prices and insufficient extension services. Agricultural policies should be aimed at supplying agricultural inputs, such as fertilizer and effective extension programs to guarantee the productive usage of resources. It is also suggested that extension facilities be intensified to provide farmers with information on new innovations and methods of farming while steps should be taken to lessen the militating effect of the constraints. Keywords: Resource Use Efficiency, Cassava Production, Benefit-Cost Analysis, Farmers.

scholarly journals Profitability and Resource Use Efficiency of Mustard Cultivation

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (2) ◽  
pp. 195-206
Author(s):  
AY Sampa ◽  
F Sarker ◽  
MR Rahman ◽  
R Begum
Keyword(s):  
Resource Use ◽  
Drainage System ◽  
Production Model ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Peak Period ◽  
Land Preparation ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Use Efficiency

Climatic condition is conducive to cultivate mustard in Bangladesh and there are ample opportunity to improve the present scenario of production, since the demand of oilseeds is high. But economic analysis of production of this crop remains unnoticed most of the time. For assessment of the profitability and resource use efficiency, a field level study was conducted with 100 mustard growers, who were selected purposively and interviewed with pre tested questionnaire from Manikganj district during the period May to August 2019. Applying the Cobb-Douglas production model the results suggested that farmers earned 18577.91 Tk ha-1 by producing 1683.75 kg ha-1 Mustard with the Benefit Cost Ratio (BCR) 1.28. Land preparation cost, seed, human labour, irrigation and fertilizer had a significant positive effect on the yield of Mustard while insecticides had negative insignificant effect. Farmers were inefficient in case of resource use. Mustard cultivation is profitable in Bangladesh and has the potentiality to minimize import cost of oilseeds. Mustard production can be increased further by ensuring adequate supply of labor at peak period with reasonable wage rate, incentive price of produce for farmers, sufficient drainage system after flood, collateral free and easy access to credit, crop insurance to mustard growers. SAARC J. Agri., 18(2): 195-206 (2020)

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