PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY OF SMALL SCALE BROILER FARMERS IN DELTA STATE, NIGERIA

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ABSTRACT

This study examined the Production Efficiency of Small Scale Broiler Farmers in Delta State, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to estimate the technical efficiency of small scale broiler farmers and identify factors that influence technical efficiency among broiler farmers. The Study used multistage random sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used to obtain information from a randomly selected sample of 120 small scale broiler farmers from Delta State, Nigeria. Descriptive Statistics, stochastic frontier production function and inefficiency effect model were used in analyzing the data. Among the findings were that 40% were aged between 21 and 30 years. 58% were male head households. 68% were married while 97% had formal education either at primary, secondary or tertiary level. The average household size was 6. 52% had farming experience between 6 and 1o years, with a mean experience of 8 years. 68% used the deep litter system. 33% had a stock size of between 41 and 60 broilers while 56% raised their birds for only 12 weeks. 60% of the respondents acquired land by place of residence. 85% bought feeds from the feed millers, 77% used personal savings while 78% used family labour. The stochastic frontier analysis showed that stock of bird and value of feed had positive sign and highly significant at 1% level of probability. The computed mean technical efficiency was 78% while the minimum and maximum efficiencies were 56% and 99% respectively. The technical inefficiency model showed that age and educational level had significant inverse relationship with technical inefficiency while credit access had significant positive relationship with technical inefficiency.

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