PROFITABILITY AND EFFICIENCY OF SORGHUM PRODUCTION IN FUNAKAYE, BALANGA AND YAMALTU DEBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF GOMBE STATE, NIGERIA

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dc.contributor.authorTUGGA, Simon Eli
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-24T11:21:55Z
dc.date.available2021-08-24T11:21:55Z
dc.date.issued2021-02
dc.descriptionA DISSERTATION SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF POSTGRADUATE STUDIES, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY ZARIA IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, FACULTY OF AGRICULTURE, AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY, ZARIA, KADUNA STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.description.abstractThe study focused on profitability and efficiency of sorghum production in Funakaye, Balanga and YamaltuDeba Local Government Areas of Gombe State, Nigeria.Primary data was used for the study. Data were collected with the aid of structured questionnaire administered to Two hundred and thirty four (234) sorghum farmers in the study area. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, gross margin and stochastic frontier for both production and cost function. The results of the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers showed that the mean age of the farmers was 40 years and average years of farming experience was 16 years. The results also showed that majority of the farmers (86 percent) were not registered with a cooperative. About 12 percent of these farmers had no formal education. The average household size of the farmers was 9 persons per household. Also 80.3 percent of the farmers had no access to credit. The result shows that sorghum production is profitable with a gross margin of ₦187,758 and the return per naira invested was ₦2.12 indicating that for every ₦1 invested in sorghum production a profit of 1.12 Kobo will be made. The mean technical and allocative efficiencies in sorghum production were 0.63 and 0.65 respectively.The estimated coefficients of all the parameters of production function (farm size, fertilizer, manure and herbicides) were positive and significant while (pesticides and labour) were negative at p<0.01, p<0.05 and p<0.1 levels of probabilities respectively. Results of the factors influencing technical efficiency in sorghum production showed that age, farming experience; years of cooperative membership and access to credit were negative and statistically significant at p<0.01 , while extension visit and household size were negative and statistically significant atp<0.05 level. The factors that significantly influence allocative efficiency were Age, educational level, household size, farming experience, years of cooperative membership and access to credit.Major constraints to sorghum production were high cost of fertilizer, inadequate capital, and high cost of labour. Itwas concluded that sorghum production was profitable with gross margin of ₦187, 758 and with ₦2.12 return per naira invested, it was also concluded that 92 percent of random variation in the yield of sorghum farmers was due to the farmers‟ inefficiency in their respective sites. It was recommended that farmers should adopt the recommended rate of fertilizer application so as to be more efficient. It was also recommended that farmers should be encouraged to join cooperative societies in other to enhance their farming skills.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/12554
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectPROFITABILITY,en_US
dc.subjectEFFICIENCY,en_US
dc.subjectSORGHUM PRODUCTION,en_US
dc.subjectFUNAKAYE,en_US
dc.subjectBALANGA,en_US
dc.subjectYAMALTU DEBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS,en_US
dc.subjectGOMBE STATE,en_US
dc.subjectNIGERIAen_US
dc.titlePROFITABILITY AND EFFICIENCY OF SORGHUM PRODUCTION IN FUNAKAYE, BALANGA AND YAMALTU DEBA LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREAS OF GOMBE STATE, NIGERIAen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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