Technical Efficiency of Turmeric (Curcuma Longa L.) Production in Kaduna State, Nigeria

Journal of Agricultural Policy Pub Date : 2022-03-26 DOI:10.47941/jap.799

V. N. Ayilla

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Purpose: The study analyzed the technical efficiency of turmeric production in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Methodology: Data for the study were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire from 33 turmeric farmers from Jabba, Kachia, Jama’a, and KagarkoLocal Government Areas of Kaduna State. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier production function. Findings: Analysis of the results revealed that the mean technical efficiency of turmeric farmers in the study area was 28% with majority (66.7%) having technical efficiency level of ≤0.303. Also, analysis of the stochastic frontier production function revealed that the socio-economic characteristics of turmeric farmers in the State significantly influenced their technical efficiency. Unique contribution to theory, practice, and policy: It was recommended that campaigns aimed encouraging more youths into turmeric production as well as discouraging large household size among turmeric farmers should be promoted in the study area; and policies aimed at increasing the resource use efficiency of turmeric farmers in the State and hence their farm output should include the farmers’ specific efficiency factors in their formulation.

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姜黄的技术效率尼日利亚卡杜纳州的生产

目的:分析尼日利亚卡杜纳州姜黄生产的技术效率。方法:通过结构化问卷收集了来自卡杜纳州贾巴、卡奇亚、贾马和卡加尔地方政府区的33名姜黄农民的研究数据。采用描述性统计和随机前沿生产函数对收集到的数据进行分析。结果:分析结果显示，研究区姜黄农户的平均技术效率为28%，绝大多数(66.7%)农户的技术效率水平≤0.303。此外，对随机前沿生产函数的分析表明，该州姜黄农民的社会经济特征显著影响其技术效率。对理论、实践和政策的独特贡献:建议在研究地区促进旨在鼓励更多年轻人从事姜黄生产以及劝阻姜黄农民家庭规模过大的运动;旨在提高该邦姜黄农民的资源利用效率及其农业产出的政策应在其制定中包括农民的具体效率因素。

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