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Technical Efficiency of Sweet Potato Farmers in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State, Nigeria

Author(s) -

D. O. Ohajianya

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

asian journal of agricultural extension economics and sociology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2320-7027

DOI - 10.9734/ajaees/2014/6945

Subject(s) - local government area , multistage sampling , agriculture , business , agricultural science , resource (disambiguation) , resource use , agricultural economics , government (linguistics) , sample (material) , data collection , local government , geography , economics , mathematics , environmental science , natural resource economics , statistics , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , computer network , chemistry , archaeology , chromatography

This study analyzed technical efficiency of sweet potato farmers in Okene Local Governme nt Area of Kogi State, Nigeria. A sample of 80 sweet potato farmers was selected using the multistage sampling technique. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection This implies that sweet potato farmers in the study area are technical inefficient in resource use, and therefore technical efficiency could be increas ed by 53% through optimal reallocation of existing resources. This result also reveals that level of education, farmingexperience;household size and credit access are important factors contributing to technical efficiency. Sweet potato farmers with highe r education that acquired more farming experience have small household size and have access to credit Original ResearchArticle

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