TY  - JOUR
T1  - Technical Efficiency of Maize Farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria
AU - James Fasakin, Idowu AU - Bidemi Akinbode, Busayo 
JO  - Agricultural Journal
VL  - 14
IS  - 4
SP  - 70
EP  - 74
PY  - 2019
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-9155
DO  - aj.2019.70.74
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=aj.2019.70.74
KW  - Maize production
KW  -productivity
KW  -stochastic frontiers
KW  -Oyo state
KW  -Nigeria
AB  - There has been decrease in productivity of maize in recent time due to factors such as obsolete farm
management practices, inadequate resource use fragile ecosystem, land tenure among others. Thus, this study
examined technical efficiency among maize farmers in Oyo state, Nigeria. Primary data was collected through
a multistage sampling procedure with stochastic frontier analysis as an analytical technique. Findings shows
that there are more male 70.56%, majority are married (76.49%), 78.88% have either of primary, secondary
and tertiary institutions with 34.4% of the farmers have access to credit. The mean farming experience
is 7.11 years with 83.89% of the farmers having experience of (0-10 years), mean income of the farmers is
₦51512.22 and average farm size 19.12 heatares.
ER  -