Resource use efficiency of small scale poultry egg production in Yola North and Yola South Local Government Areas of Adamawa State, Nigeria

Abstract

This study analyse resource use efficiency of small scale poultry egg production in Yola North Local Government Area of Adamawa State, Nigeria. The objective of this study is to determine if resources are efficiently utilized in small scale poultry egg production in the study area. A total of one hundred respondents were randomly selected for this study. The data collected were analysed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The results revealed that the coefficient of determination (R²) was 96.33%. The overall model was highly significant at 1% level of probability as shown by the magnitude of the F-statistics. The coefficient of flock size was positive (0.5794) and statistically highly significant at 1% level of probability. The positive coefficient implied that on the average, a 1% increase in the number of birds will increase poultry egg production by about 57.94%. Findings from the study indicated that flock size X1 was under utilized since the ratio obtained is greater than unity. The results showed that poultry egg farmers in the study area are not efficient in their production as regards the four important resources (flock size, feeds, family and hired labour) that were used in this analysis. One important point to note is that of all the resources, none has a negative MVP signifying that these farmers are still producing within economically rational range. The study recommends that poultry egg industry in the study area should be reorganized in such a way that labour input is used only for the necessary activities. Also, increasing the number of birds per flock and feeding rate with high quality feed can improve the resource use efficiency of the poultry egg farmers in the study area.

Keywords: Efficiency, Flock size, Poultry egg