Analysis of Resource Use Efficiency of Sesame Production in Hong Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria

Autor:	H M Alkali, C O Ojo, Bernard H, A D Tahir
Rok vydání:	2021
Předmět:	State (polity) media_common.quotation_subject General Engineering General Earth and Planetary Sciences Production (economics) Resource use Business Local government area Agricultural economics General Environmental Science media_common
Zdroj:	BADEGGI JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH AND ENVIRONMENT. 3:1-9
ISSN:	2695-2114 2695-2122
DOI:	10.35849/bjare202003002
Popis:	The study was conducted to examine the resource use efficiency of sesame production in Hong L.G.A of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select fifty seven sesame farmers in the study area. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire. Data were analysed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The results revealed that high percentage (57.9%) of the respondents were female, 91.2% were married and 54.4% were within the age bracket of 31-50 years. Among the farmers, 35.1% attended tertiary institution, most (56.1%) of them had a household size of 3-6 persons and 70% of them had no extension visit. The study also revealed that the majority (70.2%) of the sesame farmers had farm size of 1-2 hectares, 33.3% had a farming experience of 10-15 years, and many had no access to credit (91.%) and membership of cooperatives (86%). The results showed that effects of labour, fertilizer, farm size, chemical and seed were positive and statistically significant. R2 of 90.0% and F-ratio of 65.5 were recorded for the inputs. The study showed that the production inputs (especially labour and seed) contributed to sesame production output and production resources were under-utilized by the farmers.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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