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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Determinants of Profit Efficiency Among Small Scale Rice Farmers in Nigeria: A Profit Function Approach
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| Autores: |
Kolawole, Ogundari
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| Data: |
2006-06-12
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| Ano: |
2006
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| Palavras-chave: |
Stochastic frontier
Profit efficiency
Small-scale
Farmers
Nigeria
Crop Production/Industries
Productivity Analysis
C8
C21
Q12
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| Resumo: |
This study employs a stochastic frontier approach to examine profit efficiency of small scale rice farmers in Nigeria using farm-level survey data collected from 200 farmers in the study area. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and standard profit function. The result shows that about 60 percent of potential profit is gain due to production efficiency while the remaining can be attributed to both technical and allocative inefficiencies in the study area. Also, the result further revealed that age, educational level, farming experience and household size positively affected profit efficiency. These variables are thus important in policy formulation by government.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
22359
http://purl.umn.edu/25238
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
International Association of Agricultural Economists>2006 Annual Meeting, August 12-18, 2006, Queensland, Australia
Poster Paper
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| Formato: |
15
application/pdf
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