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Technical Efficiency of Cowpea Production in Osun State,
Nigeria
Sofoluwe Nurudeen1*
Kareem Rasaki2
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Journal of Natural Sciences Research www.
iiste.
org
ISSN 2224-3186 (Paper) ISSN 2225-0921 (Online)
Vol.
1, No.
2, 2011
29 | P a g e
www.
iiste.
org
Technical Efficiency of Cowpea Production in Osun State,
Nigeria
Sofoluwe Nurudeen1*
Kareem Rasaki2
1
Department of Agricultural Economics, Obafemi Awolowo University, Osun State, Nigeria
2
Department of Economics and Actuarial Science, Crescent University, Abeokuta, Ogun State
*E-mail of the corresponding author: afolabiadisa@yahoo.
com
Abstract
This study was carried out to analyze the technical efficiency among cowpea farmers in Osun State,
Nigeria.
Stochastic production frontier function was used to analyze the data obtained from 200 cowpea
farmers in the study area.
The efficiency analysis indicated that mean technical efficiency level was 66%.
It
was also found that age, household size and farming experience reduces technical inefficiency, while
farmers’ gender and educational level increases technical inefficiency.
The finding s
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