Determinants of Efficiency and Income Distribution in Fish Farming: A Case Study of Urban Maiduguri Metropolis
2014
I. M., Sulumbe | A. C., Iheanacho | P. V., Kwaghe,
This study examined the efficiencies and income distribution of fish production in Maiduguri Metropolis, Nigeria. The specific objectives were to determine the pure technical efficiencies in fish farming; examine the farm income distribution of fish farming; and determine the effects of the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers on their technical inefficiencies in the study area. Questionnaires and oral interviews were used to collect data from sixty (60) respondents selected purposively. Data were analyzed using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), the Tobit model, the Ginni coefficient, and the Lorenz curve. The ginni-coefficient of 0.5193, showed unequal income distribution. The DEA result revealed a mean pure technical efficiency of 0.84 indicating inefficiencies in fish production in the study area. Socio-economic variables that were found to positively influence inefficiency in fish farming were age, farming experience, household size, and extension contact, while education influenced inefficiency negatively. It was recommended that the government should provide affordable educational services as it was found to negatively influence inefficiency in fish farming.
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