1Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, FUD, Dutse, Nigeria2Department of Agricultural Economics, SKRAU, Bikaner, India

3Department of Agricultural Economics, BUK, Kano, Nigeria4National Cereal Research Institute, Badeggi, Nigeria

Author’s correspondence address: E-mail: sadiqsanusi30@gmail.com

Received: 10 January 2020; Revised: 11 February 2020;Accepted: 3 March 2020; Publication: 16 April 2020

Abstract: The study determined the utilization efficiency of farm productive inputs usedin sugarcane production among smallholder farmers in Kwara State of Nigeria. Farmsurvey data of 2017 cropping season elicited from 105 farmers structured questionnairecomplemented with interview schedule were used. The sample size was drawn throughmulti-stage sampling techniques and the collected data were analyzed using multipleregression model estimated by ordinary least square (OLS) technique. From the results, itwas observed that poor capital base caused the insufficiency in the application ofagrochemicals by the farmers in the production of sugarcane in the studied area. However,there was excess use of hired labour due to the cheap mammoth available labour force inthe studied area, thus affecting sugarcane production. Generally, the farmers wereinefficient in the use of farm resources in the production of sugarcane as they operate inthe irrational surface (stage I) with most of the important farm inputs (sucker and farmsize) been under-utilized. Therefore, the study recommends that the farmers should increasethe use of the aforementioned important inputs and are advised to pool their social capitalsin order to take advantage of pecuniary economies, thus exploring the potentials insugarcane production in the studied area. In addition, credit facilities and extension servicedelivery should be enhanced, thus increasing sugarcane production and doubling farmers’income for sustainable and enhanced farm family livelihood in the studied area.

Farm inputs; Allocative efficiency; Sugarcane; Farmers; Small-scale; Nigeria

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