Technical Efficiency of Poultry Production in Afijio Local Government Area of Oyo state, Nigeria

Abstract

The study was designed to examine the technical efficiency of poultry farmers in the Afijio local government area of Oyo state using stochastic frontier production function analysis. Data were collected using a set of structured questionnaire. The study is interested in how feed, veterinary, stocking of birds, labour and drugs variables are efficiently allocated and used. The technical efficiencies of the farmers varied between 0.45 and 1.00 with a mean efficiency of 0.78. The result showed that 38.75 per cent of the farmers were technically efficient. The study further revealed that veterinary cost and drugs positively affected technical efficiency, while the increase in the socioeconomic variables such as family size and years of farming led to decrease in technical efficiency.

Keywords: Technical, efficiency, Poultry, Production.