Evaluating the performance of small scale maize producers in Nigeria : an integrated distance function approach

dc.contributor.authorAye, Goodness Chioma
dc.contributor.authorMungatana, Eric Dada
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-01T10:31:12Z
dc.date.available2014-07-31T00:20:06Z
dc.date.issued2013-07
dc.description.abstractThe study evaluates the performance of small scale maize producers in Nigeria using stochastic input distance function (SIDF) and variable returns to scale data envelopment analysis (VRS DEA). Further, it examines the determinants of technical efficiency using the double‐bounded Tobit regression model. Results show that maize farmers are operating below the frontier. Technical efficiency estimates from SIDF and VRS DEA models are 86.7 percent and 85.5 percent, respectively. The efficiency estimates obtained from the two models are positively and significantly correlated. Given the high correlation between the two models in our analysis, and for individual variance and bias reduction, the efficiency scores from these models for each farmer are further combined into a single index using the principal component analysis (PCA) approach. Technical efficiency from the integrated model is 86.2 percent. Our findings show that maize production could still be raised by improving farm efficiency. Age, education, household size, membership of a farmer group, access to credit, and market were found to be statistically significant in explaining technical efficiency, thus emphasizing the need for policy intervention in improving farm efficiency.en_US
dc.description.librarianhb2014en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipGerman Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and World Bank Margaret McNamara Memorial Fund (MMMF)en_US
dc.description.urihttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1467-940Xen_US
dc.identifier.citationAye, GC & Mungatana, EN 2013, 'Evaluating the performance of small scale maize producers in Nigeria : an integrated distance function approach', Review of Urban and Regional Development Studies, vol. 25, no. 2, pp. 79-92.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0917-0553 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1467-940X (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1111/rurd.12010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/40474
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwellen_US
dc.rights© The Applied Regional Science Conference (ARSC)/Wiley Publishing Asia Pty Ltd 2013.en_US
dc.subjectEvaluatingen_US
dc.subjectPerformanceen_US
dc.subjectSmall scale maize producersen_US
dc.subjectNigeriaen_US
dc.titleEvaluating the performance of small scale maize producers in Nigeria : an integrated distance function approachen_US
dc.typePreprint Articleen_US

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