Keywords
Fish
Technical Efficiency
Determinants
Stochastic Frontier
Approach
Technical Efficiency
Determinants
Stochastic Frontier
Approach
Abstract
The study determined the technical efficiency and its source of small-scale fish farmers in Maiduguri Metropolitan Area of Borno State. Two-stage sampling techniques were used to select the respondents. The instrument for data collection was a structured questionnaire. The data collected was analyzed through the use of descriptive statistics and stochastic production frontier. The result of stochastic frontier production revealed a mean efficiency of 0.89%. The coefficient of fingerlings, feed, and labour were positive and significant, while agrochemical was negative but not significant in fish production. Therefore, it was recommended that the extension agent should improve to play an active role in disseminating useful information and farming, a practice that will increase the farmers’ productivity, the younger people should be encouraged to practice fish farming and the necessary inputs like fingerlings and feed should be provided by the government at a subsidized rate. Similarly, the government should encourage research on modern technology and practices that would enhance efficiency and productivity.
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Farming in Ogun State, Nigeria. Journal of Human Ecology, 3 (3): 179-184.
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Osun State, Nigeria: A Socio-economic Analysis. Annals of Biological Research, 2 (3): 62-74.
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Development, Agriculture, 19:515-525
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Financial Institutions? Journal of Banking and Finance, 21 (7): 895-947.
Coelli, T., Rahman, S. and Thirtle, C. (2002). Technical, Allocative Cost and Scale Efficiencies in
Bangladesh Rice Cultivation: A non-parametric Approach. Journal of Agricultural Economics, 53: 607
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Coelli, T., Rao, D.S.P., O'Donnell, C.J. and Battese, G.E. (2005). An Introduction to Efficiency and
Productivity Analysis. Springer Science and Business Media, New York, 343Pp.
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and Demand in Changing Global Markets, International Food Policy Research Institutes, Washington,
DC. Advanced Biological Research, 3 (1-2): 24-28.
Egwu, E.O. (2003). Measures of Improving the Farmers Rice Production in Ebonyi South
Agricultural Zone, Ebonyi State, M..Ed Thesis, Agricultural Education, Department of Vocational
Teacher Education, University of Nigeria Nsukka, Nigeria.
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FAO (1990). Commodity Review and Outlook (1990-1991) 11Pp.
Farrell, M. J. (1957). The Measurement of Production Efficiency. Journal of the Royal Statistical
Society. Series A, General, 120 (3): 253-281.
Huynh, V. K., Yabe, M. Yokogawa, H. and Sato, G. (2008). Analysis of Productive Efficiency of
Soybean Production in the Mekong River Delta of Vietnam. Journal of Faculty of Agriculture, 53 (1):
271-279.
Ibrahim, A. Shettima, B.G. and Abdullahi, A.B. (2006). Economic Analysis of Indigenous Fish
Processing and Marketing in Lake Chad Region of Borno State, Nigeria. Journal of Arid-Zone Economy,
7 (1): 113-121.
Kirkley, J.E. Squires, D. and Strand, I.E. (1998). Characterizing Managerial Skill and Technical Efficiency in a Fishery. Journal of Productivity Analysis. 9:145-160.
Kudi, T.M. Bako, F.P. and Atala, T.K. (2008). Economics of Fish Production in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Journal of Agriculture and Biological Science. 3 (5 and 6): 17 -21.
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Pascoe, S. and Nardle, M. (2001). Optimal Feet Size in the English Channel: A Multi-Objective Programming Approach. European Review of Agricultural Economics, 28 (2): 161-183.
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