Economic Analysis of Rice Production in Central Agricultural Zone of Adamawa State, Nigeria

Abstract

This paper analysed the economics of rice production in central agricultural zone of Adamawastate, Nigeria. Purposive and simple random sampling techniques were used to collect primary data from 130rice farmers through field survey using well designed pre-tested schedule. Descriptive statistics, costconcept, stochastic frontier cost model, as well as Garrett’s ranking technique were used to analysed the data.The results revealed that rice production was dominated by young literate men who had been in riceproduction for more than 20 years. Rice production was found to be profitable with net income over cost A1which is the direct cost involved in rice production as N146,049.11; while over cost C3 which is the total costof cultivation of rice was N100,083.62. The stochastic cost frontier model shows three parameters seed,family labour and agro-chemicals had positive and significant effect on the revenue of the rice farmers.Inadequate rainfalls, shortage of labour, clashes with pastoralist were the major constrains associated withrice production in the study area. The study suggest that government policies should be geared towardsdeveloping and establishing new fertilizer and agro-chemicals industries to ease the cost of farm inputs, aswell as intensify farmer grazer conflict resolution programmes.