Economics of Scale and Cost Efficiency in Small Scale Maize Production in Mubi North Local Government in Adamawa State, Nigeria

Dia, Y.Z.; Zalkuwi, Jimjel

doi:10.3923/aj.2010.157.162

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“…However, the frequencies of occurrence of the predicted cost efficiency between 1.0 and 1.1 representing about 82% of the sampled farmers, implying that majority of the farmers' are fairly efficient in producing at the given level of output using the cost minimizing input ratios which reflects the farmers' tendency to minimize resource wastage associated with production process from cost perspective. This agrees with Dia et al (2010), who reported that, relatively larger proportion of small scale maize farms were fairly efficient in minimizing resource wastages associated with production process. …”

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“…In conclusion, the relative closeness of the computed overall economies of scale (SE) of 1.22 and an average cost efficiency (CEE) of 1.165 from unity, is an indication they are fairly efficient in the use of their resources even though they are small scale holders; and any expansion in their present level of production would reduce the cost of production per output. The prevailing but fairly economies of scale obtained for the study is in accordance with results of Dia et al (2010) that indicate higher relative efficiency for small farms. Useful policy recommendations made by agricultural researchers should be implemented by the government, thereby, helping the farmers to make better farm strategies in the future so as to increase output as well as profit; contributing towards the achievement of self sufficiency in the nation.…”

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confidence: 77%

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Economies of Scale and Cost Efficiency in Small Scale Egusi Melon Production in Bida Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria

Abubakar¹

2013

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Section: Results Insupporting

confidence: 81%

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Economies of Scale and Cost Efficiency in Small Scale Egusi Melon Production in Bida Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria

Abubakar¹

2013

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“…However, Sotnikov (1998) illustrated that an educational degree in agriculture have not increased the farm managers' ability to use resources efficiently in the case of Russian farms. Dia et al (2010) mentioned that extension agents played important role in educating farmers in maize production in the case of Nigeria. However, Olowa and Olowa (2010) did not find any significant relationship in the same context.…”

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Production and scale efficiency of maize farming households in South-Western Nigeria

Karimov

Awotide

Amos

2014

International Journal of Social Economics

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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to estimate production and scale efficiency of maize producing farms in South-Western Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach – This study is based on a semi-parametric approach and uses a combination of econometrics and linear programming to build two stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model. Findings – Model findings shows existence of production and scale inefficiencies in maize production. The study concludes that there is still room for efficiency improvements in the existence of the current maize production technology. It also finds several socio-economic variables such as, off-farm work, education, extension services and credit, which positively impact on technical efficiency of farm households. Practical implications – Efficiency indicators could be used to monitor resource use efficiency in crop production by local government. Social implications – Efficiency improvements will increase maize production in the country which in turn reduce social unrest and food insecurity. Originality/value – This study is one of the first which has employed DEA approach to analyze maize productivity and pioneer in using non-traditional bootstrapping approach to obtain robust efficiency scores in the case of Nigeria.

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“…Further, this result revealed that on an average, 13.7% of the cost incurred can be avoided without any loss in total output. Above 1, the higher the value of cost efficiency level, the more inefficient farm and the farmer (Dia and Zalkuwi 2010). Also, Ghimire et al (2023) mentioned that overall improvement in technical efficiency will lead to a good cost-efficient direction, which will help to enhance the farmers profit in their study about technical efficiency of lentil production in Nepal.…”

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Are Lentil (Lens culinaris) Farms Productive, Profitable, and Efficient in Resource Allocation? A Cross‐Sectional Study From Nepal

Ghimire,

Dhakal,

Marahatta

et al. 2024

Legume Science

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The study was based on primary data from 473 lentil farmers selected randomly to analyze productivity, profitability, efficiency, and sensitivity of lentil farms in Nepal. Methods like benefit–cost, break‐even, margin safety, and sensitivity analysis, scaling technique, Cobb–Douglas type of production function, and stochastic frontier were adopted to derive farm economics, allocative, and cost efficiency levels. With average productivity of 672 kg/ha, lentil farmers in the study area were earning about 41% profit as of gross return with a profitability index of 0.78. About 45% margin of safety and estimates of benefit–cost ratio above one on all sensitivity measures is indicative of low risk and robust enterprise. Resources allocated in lentil production were found inefficient, and to achieve maximum return, expenses on land preparation, seed, nutrient, and plant protection cum irrigation should be increased by 27.6%, 80%, 33.1%, and 97%, respectively. Similarly, expenses on labor and harvesting activities need to be decreased by 30.1% and 23.6%. Labor cost and seed cost were the most important variables, and a 1% increase would surge the total production costs by 0.42% and 0.19%, respectively. The cost efficiency was estimated as 1.137 mean value, meaning that over 13.7% of the costs in lentil farms is wasted while comparing best‐practiced farm. Only about 48% of farms is fairly efficient at efficiency levels 1.0 to 1.09, but the majority is inefficient, which needs to minimize the waste of resources. Although suffering from climatic risks and production‐related problems, lentil enterprise is profitable, less risky, less sensitive, and fairly to inefficient in resource use. Wise attention is need on the part of farm management and resource utilization. Farmers are suggested to maintain farm size around 0.5 ha or below 1 ha, use only improved varietal seed, cut labor expenses with the use of machinery, and perform adequate tillage during sowing followed by effective disease management practices.

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Economics of Scale and Cost Efficiency in Small Scale Maize Production in Mubi North Local Government in Adamawa State, Nigeria

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Economies of Scale and Cost Efficiency in Small Scale Egusi Melon Production in Bida Local Government Area of Niger State, Nigeria

Production and scale efficiency of maize farming households in South-Western Nigeria

Are Lentil (Lens culinaris) Farms Productive, Profitable, and Efficient in Resource Allocation? A Cross‐Sectional Study From Nepal

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