scholarly journals Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency in Small-Scale Maize Production in Tafawa-Balewa Local Government of Bauchi State Nigeria

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (01) ◽  
pp. 59-65
Author(s):  
Shehu U. A ◽  
Ibrahim A. I ◽  
Hassan T ◽  
Bello M
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Use Efficiency

scholarly journals Resource Use Efficiency in Maize Production by Small-Scale Farmers in Two Districts of Mwanza Region, Tanzania

2020 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 27
Author(s):  
Gongwe Anne. G. ◽  
Kongolo M.
Keyword(s):  
Resource Use ◽  
Returns To Scale ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Increasing Returns To Scale ◽  
Independent Variables ◽  
Soil Preparation ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Small Scale Farmers

This study investigates the resource use efficiency in the production of maize by small-scale farmers in Mwanza region. Specifically, the study seeks to determine what the resources that farmers use in maize production and also seeks to determine the challenges that farmers face in maize production in the study area. This study was conducted in two districts of Mwanza region. In each of the district, the study sampled three wards and randomly selected twelve small-scale farmers from each of the three wards selected. In total 72 small-scale farmers were selected from whom the data was collected. A Cobb-Douglas production function was used to fit and analyse the data for its good fit. The R² was 0.77, indicating that 77 percent of the variation in dependent variable was explained by the independent variables of the model. The use of inputs in the production of maize was noted to be increasing returns to scale. The results indicated that variables land (X1), labour (X2), age (X6), and experience (X8) were all positive and significant at the 1% while soil preparation (X4) variable was negative but significant at the 5%. The major constraints to maize production included lack of fertilizer (manure), finance (capital) and access to land. The study concluded that more exposure of small-scale farmers to frequent extension services is important to assist them to produce efficiently.

scholarly journals Resource Use Efficiency among Maize Farmers in Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
O. S. Aasa ◽  
R. Suleiman ◽  
U. U. Emeghara ◽  
U. F. Yahaya ◽  
O. E. Olagunju ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Formal Education ◽  
Sampling Procedure ◽  
Local Government Area ◽  
Productivity Analysis ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Marginal Value ◽  
Use Efficiency

This study was carried out to analyzed the resource-use efficiency of maize production in Lere local government area of Kaduna state. Data were collected from a sample of 100 maize farmers selected through multi-stage sampling procedure using questionnaire and data collected were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics, production function and marginal value productivity analysis. The result showed that 82% were in their working age of between 21-50 years, majority of the farmers 53% were married, 91% had formal education, in terms of farming experience, majority (68%) of the respondent had farming experience that is above one year. The linear function gave the best fit with R2 of 70.2%. Production inputs such as fertilizer and agrochemicals significantly influence maize output in the study area.  Maize production in the study area has an increasing return to scale from the sum of elasticity of production (20.439). Land, labour, fertilizer, seed and agrochemicals were underutilized in maize production. Profit could be enhanced by increasing the quantity used of land, labour, fertilizer, seed and agrochemicals inputs, as well as their timely supply. It is also recommended that  financial support  in term of accessibility to credit facilities at low interest rate be given to farmers to allow them increase output and total revenue.

scholarly journals Resource use efficiency of small scale poultry egg production in Yola North and Yola South Local Government Areas of Adamawa State, Nigeria

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 86-90
Author(s):  
H Lawal ◽  
B Alfred
Keyword(s):  
Local Government ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Egg Production ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Flock Size ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Study Analyse ◽  
Use Efficiency ◽  
Rational Range

This study analyse resource use efficiency of small scale poultry egg production in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. The objective of this study is to determine if resources are efficiently utilized in small scale poultry egg production in the study area. A total of one hundred respondents were randomly selected for this study. The data collected were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that the coefficient of determination (R2) was 96.33%. The overall model was highly significant at 1% level of probability as shown by the magnitude of the F-statistics. The coefficient of flock size was positive (0.5794) and statistically highly significant at 1% level of probability. The positive coefficient implied that on the average, a 1% increase in the number of birds will increase poultry egg production by about 57.94%. Findings from the study indicated that flock size X1 was under utilized since the ratio obtained is greater than unity. The results showed that poultry egg farmers in the study area are not efficient in their production as regards the four important resources (flock size, feeds, family and hired labour) that were used in this analysis. One important point to note is that of all the resources, none has a negative MVP signifying that these farmers are still producing within economically rational range. The study recommends that poultry egg industry in the study area should be reorganized in such a way that labour input is used only for the necessary activities. Also, increasing the number of birds per flock and feeding rate with high quality feed can improve the resource use efficiency of the poultry egg farmers in the study area.Keywords: Efficiency, Flock size, Poultry egg

scholarly journals Resource use efficiency of maize production with and without irrigation system in Kaski, Nepal

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 287-295
Author(s):  
Kapil Khanal ◽  
Kalika Bahadur Adhikari ◽  
Shiva Chandra Dhakal ◽  
Santosh Marahatta
Keyword(s):  
Production Function ◽  
Resource Use ◽  
Irrigation System ◽  
Structured Interview ◽  
Resource Use Efficiency ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Maize Productivity ◽  
Major Implication ◽  
Use Efficiency

The study examined the resource use efficiency of maize production in rainfed and irrigated conditions in Kaski, Nepal. It focused specially on the production function of maize, resource use efficiency and socioeconomic characteristics of the farmers. A well-structured interview schedule was used in this study. Out of the 368 households interviewed, 165 farmers cultivated maize and a total of 157 farmers (59 from irrigated and 98 from rainfed) provided useful data. The data analysis was done by using Microsoft excel and SPSS. Cobb-Douglas production function was used to determine the resource use efficiency of maize production.  Compared to rainfed system, maize productivity in irrigated system was higher despite the use of fewer input implying irrigation. Increase in seed use by 10% increased the yield by 1.9% in case of rainfed system and 0.05% in case of the irrigated system. The major implication for the study is that farmers should make proper utilization of their resources to achieve higher level of resource use efficiency.

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