Research Article

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

Volume: 31 Number: 2 June 30, 2021
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Cost Efficiency Status of Rice Farmers Participating in IFAD/VCD Programme in Niger State of Nigeria

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.

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Primary Language

English

Subjects

Agricultural Policy

Journal Section

Research Article

Publication Date

June 30, 2021

Submission Date

June 5, 2020

Acceptance Date

May 21, 2021

Published in Issue

Year 2021 Volume: 31 Number: 2

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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