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Cost Efficiency Status of Rice Farmers Participating in IFAD/VCD Programme in Niger State of Nigeria

Year 2021, Volume: 31 Issue: 2, 268 - 276, 30.06.2021
https://doi.org/10.29133/yyutbd.748367

Abstract

This research empirically determined the cost efficiency of the farmers that participated in the IFAD/VCD programme in Niger State of Nigeria. The study elicited cross-sectional data of the 2018 cropping season viz. well-structured questionnaire complemented with interview schedule from a sample size of 110 respondents selected through a multi-stage sampling technique. The sampled data were analysed using the stochastic cost frontier model. The empirical evidence showed that none of the farmers was on the cost frontier surface i.e. inability to attain optimal minimum cost in the cultivation of rice in the studied area. The identified significant idiosyncratic variables militating against cost efficiency were the poor health status of the farm family which led to the extra cost incurred in labour substitution and diseconomies of scale due to their small-scale mode of operation. Therefore, the study recommends that the policymakers should sensitize the farmers on the importance of health preventive measures and should endeavour to improve on the existing basic health centres both in human capital and logistics. In addition, the farmers should be encouraged to explore cooperative marketing so as to take advantage of the bulk discount in input purchase and have bargaining power in the marketing of their output, thus tackling the problem of diseconomies of scale in their farm operations.

References

  • Battese, G.E. and Coellli, T.J.(1995).A model for technical inefficiency effects in stochastic frontier production for panel data. Empirical Economics, 20:325-345. Ogundari, K., Ojo, S.O. and Ajibefun, I.A.(2006).Economics of scale and cost efficiency in small scale maize production: Empirical evidence from Nigeria. Journal of Social Sciences, 13(2):131-136. Paudel, P. and Matsuoka, A.(2009).Cost efficiency estimates of maize production in Nepal: A case study of the Chitwan District. Agricultural Economics-Czech, 55(3):139-148 Sadiq, M.S. and Samuel, P.E.(2016).Lucid investigation of cost efficiency of small-scale poultry broiler farms in Niger State of Nigeria. International Journal of Innovative Research and Review, 4(4):9-23 Sadiq, M.S. and Singh, I.P.(2016).Empirical analysis of economics of scale and cost efficiency of small-scale maize production in Niger state, Nigeria. Indian Journal of Economics and Development, 12(1):55-63.

Nijerya'nın Nijer Devletinde IFAD / VCD Programına Katılan Pirinç Çiftçilerinin Maliyet Verimliliği Durumu

Year 2021, Volume: 31 Issue: 2, 268 - 276, 30.06.2021
https://doi.org/10.29133/yyutbd.748367

Abstract

Bu araştırma, Nijerya'nın Nijer Eyaleti'ndeki IFAD / VCD programına katılan çiftçilerin maliyet etkinliğini ampirik olarak belirlemiştir. Çalışma, çok aşamalı bir örnekleme tekniği ile 110 katılımcıdan oluşan bir örnekleme büyüklüğünden seçilen röportaj usulü ile tamamlanan iyi yapılandırılmış bir anket ile 2018 üretim sezonunun çapraz kesit verilerini ortaya çıkardı. Örneklenen veriler, stokastik maliyet sınır modeli kullanılarak analiz edilmiştir. Ampirik kanıtlar, çiftçilerden hiçbirinin maliyet sınırında olmadığını, yani incelenen alanda pirinç ekiminde ideal minimum maliyete ulaşılamadığını göstermiştir. Maliyet verimliliğine engel olan belirgin kendine özgü değişkenler, işçi ikamesinde katlanılarak ekstra maliyete yol açan çiftlik ailesinin kötü sağlık durumu ve küçük ölçekli çalışma biçimleri nedeniyle ölçek ekonomileriydi. Bu nedenle çalışma, politika yapıcıların çiftçileri sağlığı koruyucu önlemlerin önemi konusunda duyarlı hale getirmelerini ve hem beşeri sermaye hem de lojistik alanlarda mevcut temel sağlık merkezlerini iyileştirmek için çaba göstermeleri gerektiğini önermektedir. Buna ek olarak, çiftçiler, girdi satin alımında toplu indirimden yararlanmak ve çıktılarının pazarlanmasında pazarlık gücüne sahip olmak ve böylece çiftlik faaliyetlerindeki ölçek ekonomisi sorununu çözmek için kooperatif pazarlamayı keşfetmeye teşvik edilmelidir.

References

  • Battese, G.E. and Coellli, T.J.(1995).A model for technical inefficiency effects in stochastic frontier production for panel data. Empirical Economics, 20:325-345. Ogundari, K., Ojo, S.O. and Ajibefun, I.A.(2006).Economics of scale and cost efficiency in small scale maize production: Empirical evidence from Nigeria. Journal of Social Sciences, 13(2):131-136. Paudel, P. and Matsuoka, A.(2009).Cost efficiency estimates of maize production in Nepal: A case study of the Chitwan District. Agricultural Economics-Czech, 55(3):139-148 Sadiq, M.S. and Samuel, P.E.(2016).Lucid investigation of cost efficiency of small-scale poultry broiler farms in Niger State of Nigeria. International Journal of Innovative Research and Review, 4(4):9-23 Sadiq, M.S. and Singh, I.P.(2016).Empirical analysis of economics of scale and cost efficiency of small-scale maize production in Niger state, Nigeria. Indian Journal of Economics and Development, 12(1):55-63.
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Primary Language English
Subjects Agricultural Policy
Journal Section Articles
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Sanusi Sadıq 0000-0003-4336-5723

Invinder Paul Sıngh This is me 0000-0002-1886-5956

Muhammad Makarfi Ahmad This is me 0000-0003-4565-0683

Publication Date June 30, 2021
Acceptance Date May 21, 2021
Published in Issue Year 2021 Volume: 31 Issue: 2

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APA Sadıq, S., Sıngh, I. P., & Ahmad, M. M. (2021). Cost Efficiency Status of Rice Farmers Participating in IFAD/VCD Programme in Niger State of Nigeria. Yuzuncu Yıl University Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 31(2), 268-276. https://doi.org/10.29133/yyutbd.748367
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