RELATIVE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF FARMS IN RICE PRODUCTION: A PROFIT FUNCTION APPROACH IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

RELATIVE ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF FARMS IN RICE PRODUCTION: A PROFIT FUNCTION APPROACH IN NORTH CENTRAL NIGERIA

The study examines the relative economic efficiency of small and large rice farms in central, Nigeria. Previous studies of such were based on production functions which have been criticized due to the associated simultaneous equation bias because the input levels are endogenous. However, the profit...

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Main Authors: Victor O. Okoruwa, A. O. Akindeinde, K. K. Salimonu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán 2009-05-01
Series:Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystems
Subjects:
Relative Efficiency, Farm Sizes
Rice
Profit Function
Niger State
Online Access:http://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/269

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