Economics of upland rice (Oriza sativa) production in Ivo local government area of Ebonyi state, Nigeria

Abstract

Economic analysis of upland rice production in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State was done. Data were generated through structured questionnaire and oral interview schedules administered on one hundred and twenty rice farmers, which were selected randomly from the local government area. The data were analysed using Cobb Douglas production function, budgetary system and descriptive statistics. The results showed that Cobb Douglas production function was the lead equation because of highest R 2 = (0.7725) and highest number of significant variables. Thus 77.3% of the variation in rice output is explained by the variables included in the model. The elasticity of rice production showed that all inputs were inelastic since they all have marginal value products less than 1. The return to scale was greater than 1indicating an increasing return to scale. Resource use efficiency showed that the farmers did not achieve optimum allocative efficiency in the use of any of the farm resources. Net farm analysis showed that the total cost of production of rice was N69,280 per hectare with total revenue of N140,460. The net farm income was N71,180, which implies that rice production is profitable in the study area. Most farmers complained of poor access to credit and high cost of labour as major obstacles to rice production. Policies that will enable farmers to employ more of their production resources such as encouraging the retribution and reallocation of resources should be made possible in order to improve farmers, performances. Also, increasing farmers' access to production inpus; (fertilizer, improved varieties and land) were advocated.

Effect of Cassava Processing to the Environment in South East, Nigeria - Implication on Adoption of Cassava Processing Technology

“…SFP Volume 9 of conserving the ecosystem from possible environs as result of their action [28]. This finding concurred to the finding of [2], who posited that processors year of processing experience correlates with efficiency and effectiveness in accomplishment of processing activities with minimal detriments to the ecology.…”

“…The consumption preference for gari by consumers could be it is ready to eat and storable [1,16,19.] Statistics on gari consumption according to [28,29] reported that approximately that 28.41 million people and 31% of Nigerian community consume gari once, twice and thrice daily respectively. Table 3 shows that 85% of the sample processors reported that cassava processing results in waste water generating which is capable of polluting the environment.…”

“…As well, odor emanating from uncontrolled fermentation of the organic matter in cassava processing waste was reported by 83.4%.This odour is very distasteful and it is prevalent especially during processing season as waste water could settle or accumulates in ditches or gutters outside the processing arena. Here, odour oozes from these sites, thus making the environs very unpleasant for the inhabitants and passersby [28]. Still, 80% of the respondents complained about problem of carbon compound as result of pollution.…”

“…Cassava waste water stored in lagoon is capable of causing most HCN being evaporated and be rendered innocuous. The problem of the use of lagoon is that it has varying effectiveness, entail a large area of land and are capital intensive in construction [28]. Table 5 shows that the age of the processors of gari, fufu and tapioca were negative and significant at 5%, 5% and 10% probability levels respectively.…”

Rab-KAMS: A Reproducible Knowledge Management System with Visualization for Preserving Rabbit Farming and Production Knowledge

“…This in turn has led to a drastic drop in the production level of rabbit [16]. It is becoming a reality that such noble rabbit rearing profession, a business investment with huge potential of aiding socio-economic growth and food security [21], having consequently gained popularity as a veritable source of alleviating protein deficiencies [22], would go into extinction in no time. Agricultural knowledge, especially those associated with the production of rabbits, can be practically and consciously sustained and/or prevented from loss or attenuation of any form through archiving and effective management of its knowledge.…”