• PROFITABILITY AND TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF RICE PRODUCTION


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    • ABSRACT - [ Total Page(s): 1 ]This research was designed to access the Profitability and Technical Efficiency Analysis of Rice Production in Esan Central and North East Local Government Areas of Edo State with a specific objective of examine the socio-economic characteristics of the farmers, determine the profitability of rice in the stud area.  The study used information gathered from One hundred and eighty (180) copies of a structured questionnaires were administered to rice farmers in the study area. Data so collected were analyzed using descriptive statistical instruments like means. The result gave a gross margin of ... Continue Reading

         

      CHAPTER ONE - [ Total Page(s): 3 ]CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION   Rice is a staple food for more than 60 percent of the world’s population (Richardson and Stubbs, 1978). Rice has become a staple food crop of considerable strategic importance in many rapidly growing African countries where consumption among the urban poor household has increased substantially (WARDA, 1993).  Cultivated rice is designated as either oryza sativa or oryza glabberima, oryza sativa is the predominant species. “Oryza glabbenma is grown only in Africa” on a limited scale.  The rapid rise in rice production in the yea ... Continue Reading