Resources Use Efficiency Among Urban Vegetable Farmers In Ogbomoso Agricultural Zone Area of Oyo State, Nigeria

International Journal of Economics and Management Studies

© 2019 by SSRG - IJEMS Journal

Volume 6 Issue 7

Year of Publication : 2019

Authors : Olapade-Ogunwole, Folayimi, , Taiwo, John Olayinka, Ojedokun, Idris Kayode

10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V6I7P111

How to Cite?

Olapade-Ogunwole, Folayimi, , Taiwo, John Olayinka, Ojedokun, Idris Kayode, "Resources Use Efficiency Among Urban Vegetable Farmers In Ogbomoso Agricultural Zone Area of Oyo State, Nigeria," SSRG International Journal of Economics and Management Studies, vol. 6,  no. 7, pp. 72-77, 2019. Crossref, https://doi.org/10.14445/23939125/IJEMS-V6I7P111

Abstract:

Vegetables are important for both domestic and export markets and almost all households in Nigeria include vegetables in their diets. The study examined the resources use efficiency among urban vegetable farmers in Ogbomoso Agricultural Zone Area of Oyo state, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was adopted to select 80 respondents who were interviewed with the aid of structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics (regression analysis). The result showed that 32.5% of the respondents were between the age ranges of 31- 40 years with the mean age of 44 years, 53.7% of the respondent were married, 70.0% of the respondents had household size between 5-8 household members with the mean household size of 9 members. 51.3% of the respondents had secondary education, 51.3% of the respondents had between 11-20 years in vegetable production, 77.5% had less or equal to 0.5ha farm size with the mean farm size of 0.65ha, 73.7% of the respondents did not have any visit by extension agent, 83.8% of the respondents had access to credit, 85.0% of the respondent got their land through rentage. The result of the regression analysis showed that age and labour were negatively significant at 1% level and negatively affect the output of the vegetable in the study area, household size, years of schooling, farm size and seeds was positively significant at 1% level and positively affecting the output of vegetable in the study area, farming experience was positively significant at 5% level and positively affecting the output of the vegetable production in the study area while access to credit was negatively significant at 5% level and negatively affecting the output of the vegetable production in the study area In conclusion, age, access to credit and labour had negative effect on the output of vegetable in the study area, hence the labour saving technologies and credit facilities be made available to the farmers.

Keywords:

Resource use, Efficiency, Vegetable production, Urbanization.

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