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Farm Size Efficiency Differentials Of Bio-Fortified Cassava Production In Nigeria: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis Approach

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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.)

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.

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  • Kolapo Adetomiwa & Raji & Ibraheem Adeyemi & Falana Kayode & Muhammed & Opeyemi Abdulmumin, 2021. "Farm Size Efficiency Differentials Of Bio-Fortified Cassava Production In Nigeria: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis Approach," Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Agriculture (MJSA), Zibeline International Publishing, vol. 5(1), pages 51-60, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:zib:zbmjsa:v:5:y:2021:i:1:p:51-60
    DOI: 10.26480/mjsa.01.2021.51.60
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