RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY IN FOOD CROP PRODUCTION IN SOME SELECTED VILLAGES IN OYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.

This study was designed to evaluate the efficiency with which the peasant farmers use their resources in crop production activities. This was done by computing Marginal Value Productivities and production elasticities of selected inputs from the best fitting production function. The study shows that...

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Huvudupphovsmän: OMOTESHO, O. A., OLUFE , J., OLADEJI, S. O.
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author OMOTESHO, O. A.
OLUFE , J.
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description This study was designed to evaluate the efficiency with which the peasant farmers use their resources in crop production activities. This was done by computing Marginal Value Productivities and production elasticities of selected inputs from the best fitting production function. The study shows that labour and seeds were both inefficiently used: The labour input was over-used while seeds were under-used. Agrochemicals, however. were relatively efficiently used. Land was found to be the most significant factor of production determining the value of output. It is therefore economical for farmers to reduce the amount of labour input and use-more improved planting seeds on their farms. But the efficiency of some of these resources, could not be improved due to the crudity of farm tools. lack of improved planting seeds, insufficient supply of chemicals like herbicides, insecticides and seed dressing.
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spelling oai:ojs2.ija.oauife.edu.ng:article-5712020-10-08T09:13:37Z RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY IN FOOD CROP PRODUCTION IN SOME SELECTED VILLAGES IN OYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA. OMOTESHO, O. A. OLUFE , J. OLADEJI, S. O. Resource productivity, Food crop production, Efficiency and Kwara State This study was designed to evaluate the efficiency with which the peasant farmers use their resources in crop production activities. This was done by computing Marginal Value Productivities and production elasticities of selected inputs from the best fitting production function. The study shows that labour and seeds were both inefficiently used: The labour input was over-used while seeds were under-used. Agrochemicals, however. were relatively efficiently used. Land was found to be the most significant factor of production determining the value of output. It is therefore economical for farmers to reduce the amount of labour input and use-more improved planting seeds on their farms. But the efficiency of some of these resources, could not be improved due to the crudity of farm tools. lack of improved planting seeds, insufficient supply of chemicals like herbicides, insecticides and seed dressing. The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2020-10-08 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Peer-reviewed Article application/pdf https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/571 Ife Journal of Agriculture; Vol. 17 No. 1 (1995): Ife Journal of Agriculture; 90-97 0331-6351 eng https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/571/455 Copyright (c) 2020 Ife Journal of Agriculture
spellingShingle Resource productivity, Food crop production, Efficiency and Kwara State
OMOTESHO, O. A.
OLUFE , J.
OLADEJI, S. O.
RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY IN FOOD CROP PRODUCTION IN SOME SELECTED VILLAGES IN OYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.
title RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY IN FOOD CROP PRODUCTION IN SOME SELECTED VILLAGES IN OYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.
title_full RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY IN FOOD CROP PRODUCTION IN SOME SELECTED VILLAGES IN OYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.
title_fullStr RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY IN FOOD CROP PRODUCTION IN SOME SELECTED VILLAGES IN OYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.
title_full_unstemmed RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY IN FOOD CROP PRODUCTION IN SOME SELECTED VILLAGES IN OYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.
title_short RESOURCE PRODUCTIVITY IN FOOD CROP PRODUCTION IN SOME SELECTED VILLAGES IN OYI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, KWARA STATE, NIGERIA.
title_sort resource productivity in food crop production in some selected villages in oyi local government area kwara state nigeria
topic Resource productivity, Food crop production, Efficiency and Kwara State
topic_facet Resource productivity, Food crop production, Efficiency and Kwara State
url https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/571
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