Data Envelopment Analysis Approach as a Complement to Resource-Use Efficiency Among Rice Farmers in Ogbomoso Agricultural Zone of Oyo State, Nigeria
Adedeji Israel Ajibade,
Fabiyi Esther Funsho,
Adigun Grace Toyin,
Oyetunde Timothy Oyeyemi
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2015
Pages:
23-31
Received:
23 February 2015
Accepted:
10 March 2015
Published:
19 March 2015
Abstract: This study examines the Data Envelopment Analysis Approach as a complement to resource-use efficiency among rice farmers in Ogbomoso agricultural zone of Oyo State. Data for the study were collected from 120 rice producers in seven villages in the study area pertaining to the 2012-13 crop season. Farm budgeting technique and production function analyses which incorporate the conventional neoclassical test of economic and technical efficiencies were used as the analytical techniques. The results of this study revealed that the farmers were inefficient in using the resources, rice seeds planted while fertilizers, labourer and agrochemicals were found to be under-utilized. The study recommends that appropriate adjustment is required for optimum allocation of resources and to maximize the revenue from the rice cultivation.
Abstract: This study examines the Data Envelopment Analysis Approach as a complement to resource-use efficiency among rice farmers in Ogbomoso agricultural zone of Oyo State. Data for the study were collected from 120 rice producers in seven villages in the study area pertaining to the 2012-13 crop season. Farm budgeting technique and production function ana...
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Skill and General Characteristics of Bangladeshi Migrant Workers: A Study on Manikgonj District
Idris Ali,
Muhammad Helal Uddin,
Md. Kamrujjaman
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2015
Pages:
32-37
Received:
6 April 2015
Accepted:
11 April 2015
Published:
22 April 2015
Abstract: This paper presents the skill and general characteristics of Bangladeshi migrant workers who are working in different parts of the world and currently contributing to the national economy of Bangladesh through sending robust remittance. The study obtained the opinions of 100 Bangladeshi migrant workers from Manikgonj district in Bangladesh through a survey to find the skill and general characteristics of Bangladeshi migrant workers. To conduct this study, qualitative (expert interview, focus group discussion) and quantitative methods was used. The study is based on primary data collection through questionnaires and Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to analyze the data. The study found that most of the workers from Bangladesh are unskilled to semi-skilled, which keeps them in the lowest paying job. Despite this they are sending a high level of remittances. They are able to do so because they are sacrificing decent living conditions, health care, nutrition, education, and training. Finally, this study came up with some recommendations to enhance the skill of the Bangladeshi migrant workers so that they can be benefitted personally themselves and contribute much more to the economy of the country through sending more remittance. Nevertheless, the results of the study are constrained by the size of the sample, area and robustness of the analysis.
Abstract: This paper presents the skill and general characteristics of Bangladeshi migrant workers who are working in different parts of the world and currently contributing to the national economy of Bangladesh through sending robust remittance. The study obtained the opinions of 100 Bangladeshi migrant workers from Manikgonj district in Bangladesh through ...
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Enterprise Combination in Livestock Sector in Southwestern, Nigeria
Olasunkanmi Moses Bamiro,
Israel Ajibade Adedeji,
Abiodun Olarewaju Otunnaiya,
Wale Soluade,
Joseph Olufemi Ogunjobi
Issue:
Volume 4, Issue 2, April 2015
Pages:
38-44
Received:
23 February 2015
Accepted:
15 April 2015
Published:
30 April 2015
Abstract: This study examined the optimal combination of enterprises in livestock industry in South-West Nigeria. Stratified random sampling technique was employed in collecting data from 360 livestock farmers. Descriptive statistics, budgetary technique and linear programming model were employed for data analysis. Six livestock enterprises, non-integrated poultry, piggery and fishery and horizontally integrated poultry/fishery, poultry/piggery and poultry/piggery/fishery were identified. Livestock farmers in the area are aged with low level of education and large household size do not operate at optimal level based on the available resources. The budgetary analysis shows that the most profitable enterprise combination is integrated poultry and piggery while the enterprise that yielded the least net farm income is non-integrated poultry enterprise. The profitability of integrated and non-integrated livestock enterprises is limited by high cost of production in which the feed cost constitutes the lion’s share. The optimal enterprise combinations are the integrated poultry and fishery and integrated poultry/piggery enterprise with poultry/piggery combination being the most efficient. The policy implication from this study requires that both farmers and government must team up to find a means of reducing feed cost by financing livestock research centers and state agricultural development programmes to develop genetically improved breeds of livestock which efficiently converts feed. Labour as a resource was the most limited in the area, there is therefore the need for research to focus critically on indigenously automated livestock equipment that can perform tasks like feeding, vaccination, etc. Farmers in South-West Nigeria and by extension, Nigeria as a whole should concentrate and intensify their livestock combination practices especially that of poultry/piggery, which is the optimal combination enterprise and that of poultry/fishery enterprise combination because of their high profitability levels.
Abstract: This study examined the optimal combination of enterprises in livestock industry in South-West Nigeria. Stratified random sampling technique was employed in collecting data from 360 livestock farmers. Descriptive statistics, budgetary technique and linear programming model were employed for data analysis. Six livestock enterprises, non-integrated p...
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