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TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY AND ITS DETERMINANTS IN GARDEN EGG (SOLANUM SPP) PRODUCTION IN UYO METROPOLIS, AKWA IBOM STATE
Abstract. The study analyzed the technical eficiency and its determinants in garden egg production in Uyo metropolis using stochastic frontier analysis. A cost route approach was adopted in eliciting information from 90 garden egg farmers selected through simple random sampling techniques. The results show that all the production variables analyzed were positive and statistically signiicant except capital. The implication is that the production function was an increasing function. The major determinants of eficiency were identiied to be farm size and gender. Smaller farms were found to be more eficient than larger ones. This further supports Schultz’s (1964) hypothesis that small farms in developing countries are poor but eficient, and Mkhabela’s (2005) observation that small farmers are more eficient than large ones. In addition, men were found to be less technically eficient than women, perhaps also because women generally control smaller farm size than men. The results further revealed that the farmers were not very technically eficient, with a mean eficiency of 0.86. The mean eficiency could therefore be improved by 14% through better use of available resources. These observations suggest that providing an enabling environment for urban smallholder farmers and perhaps resource rationalization between men and women could enhance their productivity and hence help in reducing urban poverty.
Keywords. Productivity, Technical eficiency, Stochastic frontier, Garden-egg production, Nigeria.