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Item Analysis of Technical and Cost Efficiency of Cultured fish Production in Kwara State, Nigeria,(Agrosearch University of Ilorin, Faculty of Agriculture, 2015) Akanbi, S.O.ABSTRACT This study was designed to analyse the Technical efficiency of cultured fish production in Kwara state, Nigeria. Specifically, the study estimated the technical efficiency of cultured fish farms; examined cost efficiency and long term elasticity of cultured fish production. The data used for this study were collected over one production cycle in 2013 using a well-structured questionnaire. A total of 63 respondents were drawn from a sampling frame of 121 registered cultured fish farmers through random sampling technique. Analytical tools used for the study was Stochastic Frontier Model (SFM). The findings of the study revealed that cultured fish farms in Kwara States operated with mean Technical Efficiency (TE) of 83.62%; cost efficiency in cultured fish production among farmers was less than unity; long-run total cost elasticity of production was less than one in all cases implying that cultured fish production process in the study area is in the zone of increasing returns. The study therefore recommended that the government should facilitate a policy of reduction in the cost of inputs. A reduction in costs may lead to an increased output and thereby reduce the supply-demand gap for fish in the state. , the fish farmers should be provided with the services of well-trained extension workers who will be there to guide them appropriately on production best practices to enable farmers improve upon farm efficiency.Item EFFECT OF MARKET PARTICIPATION ON FOOD SECURITY AMONG SMALLHOLDER SORGHUM FARMERS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA(Cercetări Agronomice în Moldova, 2020-02-09) Salami, M.F.; Osasona, K.K.; Akinsola, G.O.; Akanbi, S.O.; Durosaye, M.T.It is paradoxical to note that food insecurity remains a menace among many African farmers’ households. There are arguments for and against smallholder farmers' market participation as a pathway for ensuring household food security. The paper therefore examined the market participation- food security relationship using smallholder sorghum farmers in Kwara State, as a case study. Primary data were obtained from 112 sorghum farming households using the semi-structured interview survey method. Descriptive statistic (frequencies and percentages), Crop output market participation index, Logistic regression model and Tobit regression model was used to analyse the data obtained. The result revealed that market participation positively and significantly contributes to the food security status of the sorghum farmers. Also, household size, farm output quantity, access to market information, access to credit and farm power types were the factors influencing the level of market participation in the study area. Therefore, all factors that will aid farmers' market participation should be pursued.Item Forest Conservation Choices among Arable Farm Households in the Forest Zone: Evidence from Oyo State, Nigeria(,Published by EUROASIA Congress., 2021-08-11) Akanbi, S.O.; Jatto, K. A.Item Forest Conservation Choices among Arable Farm Households in the Forest Zone: Evidence from Oyo State, Nigeria,(2021) Akanbi, S.O.; Jatto, K.Item Uses and prevalence of African baobab (Adansonia digitata L 1759) in Okoo community, Kwara state, north-central Nigeria.(Nigerian Journal of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Published by the Faculty of Agriculture, University of Uyo, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria., 2017) Amusa, T.O.; Aderinoye-Abdulwahab, S.A.; Akanbi, S.O.; Idowu, O.P.Item Value Chain Analysis and the Performance of Small-Scale Agri-business: Evidence from Cultured Fish Farmers Kwara State(Published by River State University of Science and Technology., 2016) Akanbi, S.O.; Mustapha, Y. I.; Akinsanya, D. O. (