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| Ajibefun, Igbekele A.. |
| The major objective of this study was to analyze and link the level of technical efficiency of Nigerian small-scale farmers to specific farmers' socio-economic and policy variables. Data were collected on 461 food crop farmers selected from five states of Southwestern Nigeria. The selection of respondent farmers was multi-stage and involved random sampling method, stratification as well as purposive sampling. The collected data were analyzed with the use of stochastic frontier production modeling technique. The results show that while farmers socio-economic and policy variables significantly influenced the level of technical efficiency, education has the highest marginal effect on technical efficiency while gender has the least marginal effect. The highest... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Traditional agriculture; Socio-economic variables; Policy variables; Technical efficiency; Nigeria; Productivity Analysis. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/25535 |
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| Adhikari, Murali; Bergstrom, John C.; Houston, Jack E.; Bowker, James Michael; Paudel, Laxmi; Cordell, H. Ken. |
| A logit model was used to determine the major factors explaining willingness to participate of an individual in the wilderness or other primitive area visits. The results of the study showed that education and environmental awareness were in wilderness participation decision. Demographic variables like age, race, and sex also were statistically significant and emerged as important policy variables in defining wilderness participation behavior. Characteristics of wilderness areas like crowdness, pollution, and poor management failed to produce any significant impacts in the decision making process of wilderness area visit. |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Wilderness or other primitive area visits; Policy variables; Demographic characteristics; Participation behavior; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 2003 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/35093 |
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