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

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dc.contributor.authorSADIQ, Sanusi
dc.contributor.authorSINGH, Invinder Paul
dc.contributor.authorAHMAD, Muhammad Makarfi
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-26T16:05:41Z
dc.date.available2023-04-26T16:05:41Z
dc.date.issued2021-06-30
dc.descriptionResearch Article Volume 31, Issue 2, 268 - 276, 30.06.2021en_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipACE Impact: Dryland Agriculture, CDAen_US
dc.identifier.citationSadıq, 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 . DOI: 10.29133/yyutbd.748367en_US
dc.identifier.uriDOI: 10.29133/yyutbd.748367
dc.identifier.urihttps://datad.aau.org/handle/123456789/1597
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherYuzuncu Yıl University Journal of Agricultural Sciencesen_US
dc.subjectMaliyet etkinliğien_US
dc.subjectCost efficiencyen_US
dc.subjectFrontieren_US
dc.subjectIFADen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.subjectRiceen_US
dc.subjectStochasticen_US
dc.subjectCDAen_US
dc.subjectBayero University, Kanoen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.titleCost Efficiency Status of Rice Farmers Participating in IFAD/VCD Programme in Niger State of Nigeriaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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