ANALYSIS OF GENDER DYNAMICS AND ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY IN CASSAVA PRODUCTION AMONG FARMERS IN OYO STATE, NIGERIA
Keywords:
Resource allocation, cassava, gender, production, dynamics,Abstract
This study examined the gender dynamics and allocative efficiency (AE) in cassava production among farmers in Oyo State, Nigeria. Primary data were obtained through a multistage sampling procedure from 245 cassava farmers made up of 68 adult male (AM), 58 adult female (AF), 61 youth male (YM) and 58 youth female (YF) farmers. This was achieved with the aid of structured questionnaire and analyzed by stochastic frontier cost function. The results revealed that the coefficient of cost of labour influences AE of the cassava gender based groups at 1% level of probability. The mean AE were 0.74, 0.47, 0.77 and 0.90 for AM, AF, YM and YF cassava farmers, respectively. Costs of stem cuttings (0.822), fertilizer (0.022) and farm size (0.050) were significant variables influencing allocative efficiency of adult farmers. The coefficients of education (1.81), farming experience (-2.53), farmland (2.11), credit (-3.73) and non-farm income (-6.67) were significant inefficiency variables affecting allocative efficiency among young farmers. Inadequate credit was the most critical constraint indicated by all the categories of farmers. Farmers should collaborate with relevant agricultural institutions through their cooperative societies to organize training on management practices that could enhance optimizing application of inputs.
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