Assessment of Technical Efficiency of Sorghum Production in Adamawa State, Nigeria

Authors

  • Jimjel Zalkuwi Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi India
  • Rakesh Singh
  • O. P. Singh

Keywords:

Assessing, technical efficiency, Adamawa State, Nigeria

Abstract

The study examined the technical efficiency of sorghum production in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Data were collected from 240 farmers using purposive and simple random sampling with aid of structured schedule. The result of the stochastic frontier production function analysis shows that the variance parameters, that is the sigma squared (δ2) and the gamma (γ) were statistically significant at 1 % level for sorghum production. The coefficient of farm size, family labor, seed and fertilizer were positive and significant at 1%, 5% and 10% levels while fertilizer was not significant. Profit level can be increased by increasing the amount of farm size, quantity of seed, labor and chemical and decreasing the use of fertilizer. Mean efficiency was 0.68; Farmers operate at 32% below frontier level due to variation in technical efficiency. The inefficiency model shows that the coefficient of Age, literacy level and credit have negative a priori sign and in consonance with the a priori expectation.

 

Author Biography

Jimjel Zalkuwi, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi India

Department of Agricultural Economics,

Institute of Agricultural science,

BHU, Varanasi-221 005.

 

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2014-12-15

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Zalkuwi, J., Singh, R., & Singh, O. P. (2014). Assessment of Technical Efficiency of Sorghum Production in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, 2(6). Retrieved from https://www.ajouronline.com/index.php/AJAFS/article/view/1959