PROFIT EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION OF SOME SELECTED UNDERUTILISED INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA FROM GENDER PERSPECTIVE

The study determined the profit efficiency and its determinants of producers of Telfairia occidentalis, Solanum macrocarpon, Amaranthus viridis and Solanecio biafrae. A multi-stage sampling technique involving the purposive selection of four States in Southwest Nigeria, where NICANVEG project was im...

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1. autor: TANIMONURE, V. A.
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description The study determined the profit efficiency and its determinants of producers of Telfairia occidentalis, Solanum macrocarpon, Amaranthus viridis and Solanecio biafrae. A multi-stage sampling technique involving the purposive selection of four States in Southwest Nigeria, where NICANVEG project was implemented was used. Proportionate and simple random sampling techniques were employed to select 194 producers. Primary data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Stochastic Frontier Profit Function (SFPF) was used to determine the profit efficiency and its determinants. The study found that UIVs producers were profit efficient. Male producers were significantly (t=2.65, p<0.05 and 2.45, p<0.05) more efficient in the production of T. occidentalis and S. biafrae but the female producers were significantly (t=-2.56, p=0.05 and t=-2.16, p=0.05) more efficient in the production of S. macrocarpon and A. viridis.  The factors that determined the profit efficiency of the UIVs producers include quantity of UIVs produced, value added, cost of production and the worth of quantity wasted. The socioeconomic factors that determined the inefficiency of the UIVs producers were age, farming experience, gender, education, farm distance from home and household size. In conclusion, a high profit efficiency levels found for the UIVs producers in the study is an ample sign that UIVs have the potential to generate higher household income, especially for women folks.
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spelling oai:ojs2.ija.oauife.edu.ng:article-6532022-04-27T13:13:45Z PROFIT EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION OF SOME SELECTED UNDERUTILISED INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA FROM GENDER PERSPECTIVE TANIMONURE, V. A. Gender, Indigenous vegetables, Nigeria, profit efficiency, underutilised The study determined the profit efficiency and its determinants of producers of Telfairia occidentalis, Solanum macrocarpon, Amaranthus viridis and Solanecio biafrae. A multi-stage sampling technique involving the purposive selection of four States in Southwest Nigeria, where NICANVEG project was implemented was used. Proportionate and simple random sampling techniques were employed to select 194 producers. Primary data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Stochastic Frontier Profit Function (SFPF) was used to determine the profit efficiency and its determinants. The study found that UIVs producers were profit efficient. Male producers were significantly (t=2.65, p<0.05 and 2.45, p<0.05) more efficient in the production of T. occidentalis and S. biafrae but the female producers were significantly (t=-2.56, p=0.05 and t=-2.16, p=0.05) more efficient in the production of S. macrocarpon and A. viridis.  The factors that determined the profit efficiency of the UIVs producers include quantity of UIVs produced, value added, cost of production and the worth of quantity wasted. The socioeconomic factors that determined the inefficiency of the UIVs producers were age, farming experience, gender, education, farm distance from home and household size. In conclusion, a high profit efficiency levels found for the UIVs producers in the study is an ample sign that UIVs have the potential to generate higher household income, especially for women folks. The Faculty of Agriculture Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria. 2022-04-27 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/653 Ife Journal of Agriculture; Vol. 34 No. 1 (2022): Ife Journal of Agriculture; 104-121 0331-6351 eng https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/653/519 Copyright (c) 2022 Ife Journal of Agriculture
spellingShingle Gender, Indigenous vegetables, Nigeria, profit efficiency, underutilised
TANIMONURE, V. A.
PROFIT EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION OF SOME SELECTED UNDERUTILISED INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA FROM GENDER PERSPECTIVE
title PROFIT EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION OF SOME SELECTED UNDERUTILISED INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA FROM GENDER PERSPECTIVE
title_full PROFIT EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION OF SOME SELECTED UNDERUTILISED INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA FROM GENDER PERSPECTIVE
title_fullStr PROFIT EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION OF SOME SELECTED UNDERUTILISED INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA FROM GENDER PERSPECTIVE
title_full_unstemmed PROFIT EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION OF SOME SELECTED UNDERUTILISED INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA FROM GENDER PERSPECTIVE
title_short PROFIT EFFICIENCY IN PRODUCTION OF SOME SELECTED UNDERUTILISED INDIGENOUS VEGETABLES IN SOUTH WEST NIGERIA FROM GENDER PERSPECTIVE
title_sort profit efficiency in production of some selected underutilised indigenous vegetables in south west nigeria from gender perspective
topic Gender, Indigenous vegetables, Nigeria, profit efficiency, underutilised
topic_facet Gender, Indigenous vegetables, Nigeria, profit efficiency, underutilised
url https://ija.oauife.edu.ng/index.php/ija/article/view/653
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