Abstract: This study analysed the technical efficiency of Sole Cowpea Production in Ganye Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to determine the technical relationship between inputs used and the resultant output and technical efficiency of farmers. Multistage sampling technique was adopted to collect primary data at random from 120 respondents. The data were analysed using the stochastic frontier production function. The result of the analysis shows that the sigma squared was 0.32 and significant at 1% level, indicating goodness of fit and correctness of the distributional form assumed for the composite error term. The variance ratio defined by gamma was 0.82 and significant at 1% level, suggesting that the existence of technical inefficiency among the farmers accounted for 82% variation in the output level of the farmers. Findings of this study indicated that there is scope to increased technical efficiency of sole-cowpea production by 16% in the short run since the mean technical efficiency (TE) of the farmers was estimated 0.84. The coefficient of farm size(X1), fertilizer (X2), seed (X3) and insecticide(X4) have the expected positive sign, except family labour and hired labour which have negative coefficient. The major constraints facing the farmers include pests and disease infestation, limited access to credit facilities and high cost of inputs. Policy recommendations geared toward farmers’ education, access to farm inputs and credit facilities were preferred.
Keywords: Cowpea, Sole, Production, Technical Efficiency.
Title: Analysis of Technical Efficiency in Sole Cowpea Production in Ganye Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria
Author: Oaya, D. S., Adebayo, E., Maurice, D.C, Tilson, T. K
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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