TY  - JOUR
T1  - Determination of Technical Efficiency among Eggplant <I>(Solanum </I>sp.) Farmers Using The Stochastic Frontier Model in Isialangwa Area of Abia State, Nigeria
AU - , C.A. Okezie AU - , B.C. Okoye 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 1
IS  - 3
SP  - 119
EP  - 122
PY  - 2006
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2006.119.122
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2006.119.122
KW  - Stochastic production frontier
KW  -technical efficiency
KW  -cost route
KW  -variance ratio
KW  -maximum likelihood
AB  - The study was conducted to determine the technical efficiency of eggplant producers using the stochastic production function. A cost route approach was adopted in eliciting information from 120 eggplant producers selected through multi-stage random sampling technique. The results show that the significant factors of technical efficiency are labour, fertilizer and seeds. The socio economic determinants of technical efficiency in the frontier model include gender, land tenure status, marital status and extension visits. The farmers were not fully technically efficient in the use of production resources. The mean technical efficiency is 0.78. Farmers can improved on their efficiency by forming cooperative societies to guarantee security of tenure and take advantage of cooperative farming.
ER  -