FUW TRENDS IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(A Peer Review Journal)
e–ISSN: 2408–5162; p–ISSN: 2048–5170
keywords: Econometrics, fish, problems, production, stochastic
The study was on econometrics of fish production in Adamawa State. The objectives of the study were to determine the influence of socio-economic characteristics of farmers on their technical efficiency, input utilization among fish-farmers and to identify problems associated with fish production in the study area. Data were collected using structured questionnaires retrieved from 70 respondents using snowball sampling technique. The data generated from the questionnaire were analyzed using descriptive statistics, and stochastic frontier production function. The results of the production analysis showed that the variance of parameter () and sigma square (2) of the production function were significant at 1% level. Feeds, water and fuel were significant at 1% level and labour was significant at 5% level, while pond size and number of fingerlings indicated no significant relationship at 1% level. The mean technical efficiency index was 0.83 with minimum and maximum technical efficiency of 0.73 and 0.99 respectively. The study identified feeds supply, water, market outlet, power supply, technology, capital as problems associated with fish farming. The study therefore recommends that feed prices should be subsidized, fish farmers’ cooperative societies be formed and Power supply should be improved.
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