Technical and scale efficiency in vegetable crops production under Fadama in north centralNigeria | [Journal of Agricultural Research • 2010]

Author(s):

1. Ibrahim Hussaini: Department of Agricultural Economics & Extension, Faculty of Agriculture, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, NIGERIA

2. O. Omotesho Abayomi: Department of Agricultural Economics, Farm Management of Ilorin, Ilorin, NIGERIA

Abstract:

A study was conducted in Kaduna state located in the north central zone of Nigeria during dry season of 2007/2008. Technical and scale efficiency in vegetable production was estimated using data envelopment analysis for a sample of 192 Fadama farmers. The technical efficiency in study area ranged from 39 to 100 percent with a mean value of 93 percent. Scale efficiency on the other hand ranged from 2 to 100 percent with a mean of 82 percent. The low average scale efficiency score implies that scale inefficiency was the major source of inefficiency in vegetable production under Fadama. Further, average pure technical efficiency score for vegetables in mixtures (93.6 percent) relative to that of sole vegetable enterprises (91.5 percent) implies that Fadama farmers can be more efficient if they grow vegetables in mixtures. To eliminate scale inefficiency, policies that could encourage land consolidation in Fadama communities should be formulated.

Page(s): 409-418

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Published: Journal: Journal of Agricultural Research, Volume: 48, Issue: 3, Year: 2010

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