ANALYSIS OF POST-HARVEST LOSSES AND TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF RICE FARMERS IN MIDDLE RIMA VALLEY IRRIGATION SCHEME (MRVIS), SOKOTO STATE, NIGERIA
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https://doi.org/10.33003/jaat.2022.0801.033Keywords:
POST-HARVEST, TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY, RICE FARMERSAbstract
Nigeria has been characterized with shortage quantity in rice production due to inefficiency in the utilization of the available resources and post-harvest losses which account for about 20-25% of total production annually. This study was undertaken to examine the technical efficiency and post-harvest losses of rice farmers in MRVIS. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to sample 98 respondents. Data were collected using questionnaire and then analyzed using descriptive statistics, multiple regression model and Data Envelopment Analysis. The findings show that 73.4% of the farmers were within the age of 30-57. Similarly, farming was a male dominated enterprise with 93.0%. The farmers had a mean of 20 years in rice farming. The estimation of post-harvest losses confirmed that a total of 575kg/ha (8.44%) of total production was lost from harvesting to storage. There was ineffective utilization of production resources as the farmers could not achieve the optimal technical efficiency in rice farming. The regression analysis shows that harvesting, farm size, level of education and farming experience were the determinants of rice post-harvest losses in the area. It was recommended that Government should adequately install modern techniques for rice farming in MRVIS.
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