Original Research Article
Year: 2018 | Month: September | Volume: 5 | Issue: 9 | Pages: 61-69
Technical Efficiency of Pig Production in Enugu North Agricultural Zone of Enugu State, Nigeria
Ume SI1, Ezeano CI2, Onunka B N1, Agu C I3
1Department of Agricultural Extension and Management. Federal College of Agriculture, Ishiagu Ivo Local Government. Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria
2Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension. Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka. Anambra State, Nigeria
3Department of Animal Health and Production. Enugu State Polytechnic Iwollo, Enugu State of Nigeria.
Corresponding Author: Ume SI
ABSTRACT
Technical efficiency of pig production in Enugu North Agricultural Zone of Enugu State, Nigeria was studied. The specific objectives of the study are to estimate the technical efficiency in pig production in Enugu North Agricultural zone of Enugu State and access the determinants of technical efficiency in the study area. Purposive and multi-stage sampling techniques were used to select 60 pig farmers. A structured questionnaire and oral interview were used to collected information based on farmers’ socioeconomics and other related information necessary for the study. The Cobb-Douglas frontier production function was used to address the objectives of the study. The result shows that feed intake, water and labour input affected pig farmers’ output at different risk levels respectively. Drugs and medication was negative but significant. The result furthermore shows that the estimated farm level technical efficiency of pig farmers ranged from 23% and 96% with a mean of 75%. Also, household size, educational level, membership organization and rearing experience were the socio-economic determinants of technical efficiency of pig farmers in the study area. There is need to enhance farmers’ access to adult education, encouraged farmers to form cooperative society and ease of accessibility to productive inputs.
Key words: Technical Efficiency, pig Production, Stochastic frontier, Production function.
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