Technical efficiency of catfish farming in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria: A gender perspective.
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2016
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Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic
Abstract
This research was undertaken to examine the gender perspective of the technical efficiency of catfish farming in Alimosho Local
Government Area of Lagos State. Primary data elicited from a sample size of 70 catfish farmers (38 male and 32 female catfish
farmers) were employed in the study. Analysis of the data was done using descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier production
function. The maximum likelihood estimates of the stochastic frontier production function revealed that the mean technical
efficiency of the male catfish farmers (86%) was higher than that of the female catfish famers (20%) and this implies that the male
and female catfish farmers have the scope of improving their efficiency by 14% and 80%, respectively, through the use of farming
practices used by the most efficient male and female catfish farmers. The factors that were significant in influencing the technical
efficiency of the female catfish farmers were farming experience and credit while in the case of the male catfish farmers, farming
experience significantly influenced their technical efficiency. In the light of the low technical efficiency of the female catfish farmers
relative to the male catfish farmers, it was recommended that gender equality infishery training, extension delivery, distribution of
resources and access to supportive services should be encouraged in a bid to improve the technical efficiency of the catfish farmers
especially that of the female catfish farmers.
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descriptive statistics, stochastic frontier production function, equal opportunities
Citation
50. Oyinbo, O., Mohammed, O. M., Falola A. & Saleh, M. K. (2016): Technical efficiency of catfish farming in Alimosho Local Government Area of Lagos State, Nigeria: A gender perspective. Agricultura Tropica et Subtropica, 49/1-4, 45-49. Published by Mendel University in Brno, Czech Republic. Available at https://www.degruyter.com/downloadpdf/j/ats.2016.49.issue-1-4/ats-2016-0006/ats-2016-0006.pdf