International Journal of Agriculture and Forestry · 2012 · 22 citations · 1 references
AgricultureAgricultural EconomicsAgronomyCrop ProductionCropping SystemsProduction EconomicsAgricultural Production EconomicsAgricultural Resource ManagementCrop Production EconomicsLabor Use In AgricultureResource EfficiencyResource Use EfficiencyAgronomic Efficiency ModelingResource Efficiency In AgricultureResource Efficiency MetricsResource-efficient AgricultureSimple Random Sampling
This study was conducted to determine the efficiency of resource use in rice production with the Kpong Irrigation Project (KIP) as a case study. Seventy farmers were selected using the simple random sampling technique. The Cobb-Douglass production function was used to estimate the coefficients of the various variables analysed and MPP, MVP and allocative efficiency index were also used to estimate the efficiency of resource use in the study area. The regression results showed that the farmers were in the second stage of production, which is, decreasing returns to scale (using the elasticities). The results of the efficiency computation indicated that land (6.63), fertilizer (1.76) and seed (10.84) were being underutilized and labour (0.000036) and chemicals were being highly over utilized in the study area. The study recommends that KIP should embark on repair works on the roads, provide appropriate machinery services and desilting the drains.
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