Abstract
The study specifically investigated farm size efficiency differentials of bio-fortified cassava production in Nigeria. Data were collected through a cross-sectional survey of bio-fortified cassava producers in Nigeria. The estimated coefficients of the parameters of production variables for small scale bio-fortified cassava farm size (land, herbicide and fertilizer) played a major role in bio-fortified cassava production on a small scale in Nigeria. For the medium and large scale bio-fortified cassava farm size, production variables (land, labor and fertilizer) and (land, labor, herbicide and fertilizer) respectively played a major role in bio-fortified cassava production. The average economic efficiency of the small, medium and large scale bio-fortified cassava producers was 42%, 54% and 63% respectively. Policies intended to increase the popularization and cultivation of bio-fortified cassava in Nigeria should be targeted toward the small and medium scale cassava farmers since they carried the majority of the producer of bio-fortified cassava in Nigeria.
Highlights
Agriculture is an important component of a national economy including the Nigeria economy, contributing to the latter approximately 21.91% of the gross domestic product (GDP) (Plecher, 2020; Singh-Peterson and Iranacolaivalu, 2018)
This might be due to the fact that men are more prone to adopting new technology than women and might be due to the drudgery nature of farm practices involved in the production of bio-fortified cassava, men will be more involved than women
The study looked at the farm size efficiency differentials of biofortified cassava production in Nigeria
Summary
Agriculture is an important component of a national economy including the Nigeria economy, contributing to the latter approximately 21.91% of the gross domestic product (GDP) (Plecher, 2020; Singh-Peterson and Iranacolaivalu, 2018). Among the cash crops important in Nigeria agriculture, cassava (Manihot esculenta) production plays an important role in ensuring poor people’s livelihood (Otekunrin and Sawicka, 2019). Cassava is an important staple food in Nigeria (Kolapo et al, 2020). Cassava is a starchy crop which contributes to the staples of millions in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). About 177,948 million tonnes of cassava were produced in Africa. Nigeria is regarded as the world’s largest producer of cassava with a total of about 20.4 percent of the world export in year 2017 (Otekunrin and Sawicka, 2019; Otekunrin and Sawicka, 2019)
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