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Title: MEASURING PRODUCTION PERFORMANCE OF MORINGA OLEIFERA
Authors: Danso-Abbeam, G.
Ojo, T. O.
Ehiakpor, D. S.
Ogundeji, A. A.
Belle, J. A.
Ngidi, M. S. C.
Keywords: Moringa oleifera
heteroscedasticity
Nigeria
technical efficiency
Issue Date: 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
Series/Report no.: Vol. 27;Issue 5
Abstract: Moringa (Moringa oleifera L) is an underutilized vegetable mostly grown by smallholder farmers whose technical efficiency for this emerging crop is not well known. It is necessary that empirical evidence be developed on technical efficiency to optimize its production and promotion. The study estimated technical efficiency, and sources of technical inefficiency, among smallholder producers of moringa. A total of 360 growers were randomly selected from Osun and Oyo States. A stochastic production frontier model was employed, while correcting for heteroscedasticity in stochastic and inefficiency error terms. There was increasing return-to-scale and farmer average technical efficiency of about 82%. Fertilizer, seed, and labor were production-increasing variables; farm size decreased output of M. oleifera. Sources of farmer technical inefficiency were age, education level, and farmer experience. Formal skills development training could help improve technical and managerial capacities of farmers.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3907
ISSN: 1931-5279
Appears in Collections:School of Applied Economics and Management Sciences

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