[PDF] Top 20 Optimization of resource use efficiency in smallscale maize production in niger state, Nigeria

... the maize improved marginally, particularly between 1999 to 2004, then declined thereafter until 2006 when the oscillating pattern is more ...which maize witnessed a declining ...the efficiency of ... See full document

... Bayelsa State is a major producer of banana and plantain (BYSG, 2003), and in general, preference of plantain in diet is associated with the availability of it (Kainga, ...making use of available farm ... See full document

... of resource use is a very fundamental strategy that leads to increased ...the production of fluted pumpkin in the study ...evaluate resource-use efficiency and profitability of ... See full document

... measure efficiency as the distance of each firm from a non-parametric production frontier constructed from convex combinations of observed input-output ...and efficiency scores are calculated ... See full document

... cost efficiency production in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State using farm-level data with a view to analyse the socio-economic characteristics of the respondents, estimate the ... See full document

... However, resource use efficiency in maize production is common in other parts of the world, especially neigh- bouring ...and resource use efficiency in maize ... See full document

... to efficiency measurements which could not be captured and addressed by other analytical ...output production by 35.5%, 22.2% and 12.3% under technical efficiency stochastic frontier analysis, data ... See full document

... of production and utilization programmes ...in Nigeria, yet the realization of these objectives are seriously in ...cocoa production output in Nigeria which has been ascribed to some ... See full document

... rabbit production is largely traditional, non-commercially oriented, family consumption targeted, and smallholder type operation comprising 2-7 does and 3 bucks with Nigeria and Ghana as cases in point ... See full document

... enzymes production (Couto, ...enzyme production by filamentous fungi , ...The optimization of enzyme production has the most common goals of minimizing cost, maximizing production, and ... See full document

... the resource use efficiency in arable crop production in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, ...to resource allocation to ...Frontier Production Function, using ... See full document

... The overall agricultural situation deteriorated creating wide gap between demand and supply for food. Revenue from the agricultural sector dwindled and the government was faced with mounting food import bill (Alabi and ... See full document

... and efficiency of broiler and egg production enterprises in Niger State, Nigeria during the 2011 production ...the State using a well structured ...economic ... See full document

... investigates resource use efficiency in dates production at three farm size levels by using primary and secondary data for the year 2015-16 by employing Policy Analysis Matrix (PAM) ...compare ... See full document

... the resource use efficiency of major food crops under rainfed conditions in Central Dry Zone of Karnataka ...ragi, maize and ...Cobb-Douglas production analysis and Data Envelopment ... See full document

... area, production and productivity and resource use efficiency of maize in Bihar and its various agro-climatic ...area, production and productivity was evaluated in three study ... See full document

... animals. Maize is rich in various nutrients and stand on second place among all kharif crops and on third place after ...2: Production elasticity of maize crop group on different size group of ... See full document

... education increases the level of profit inefficiency (i.e. decrease profit efficiency). The positive value obtained is unexpected as farmers may go in search of white collar jobs thereby neglecting the farming ... See full document

... III. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS Table 1 shows that majority (60.5%) of the rice farmers were males. This is consistent with the findings Chekene and Chancellor (2015) who found that majority of rice farmers in Borno ... See full document

... agricultural production activities in Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, ...agricultural production, reasons for participation in agricultural production activities and identify ... See full document