FUW TRENDS IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(A Peer Review Journal)
e–ISSN: 2408–5162; p–ISSN: 2048–5170
keywords: Cocoa production, scale efficiency, data envelopment analysis
The paper analyzed the scale efficiency of cocoa production in Cross River State of Nigeria. The data were collected from 180 cocoa farmers using structured questionnaire and personal interview. Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model, using the input orientation technique was employed as the analytical tool. The findings reveal that 37 farms, i.e. Decision Making Units (DMUs) representing 20% exhibited full scale efficiency operating under constant returns to scale, 64 Farms (DMUs) 37% operated under decreasing returns to scale and 79 farms (DMUs) 43% operated under increasing returns to scale. It is recommended that government should provide cocoa inputs at subsidized rate to improve the efficiency of the farms production. Also, extension agents are used to educate the farmers on improved technologies to enhance the utilization of inputs for increase scale efficiency.
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