Ezeano Caleb Ike

Resource Use Efficiency of Upland Rice Farmers in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State

Ume Smiles Ifeanyichukwu, Ezeano Caleb Ike, Edeh Ogochukwu Nnenna & Udefi Ifeanyi Onochie · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2018

A stochastic frontier production function which incorporated a model for the technical inefficiency effects was used to investigate the technical efficiency of upland farms in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Farm level and farmers’ socio economic characteristi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARJASS/2018/27426

Analysis of Technical Inefficiency in Rice Production among Farmers in Ezza South LGA of Ebonyi State of Nigeria (Application of Stochastic Frontier Production)

Ume Smiles Ifeanyichukwu, Ezeano Caleb Ike, Eluwa Akubuike N & Ebe Felix · Archives of Current Research International · 2016

This study mainly measure the level of technical inefficiency and the determinants factors among rice farmers in Ezza south of Ebonyi State, Nigeria using stochastic frontier production function.  Multi- stage random sampling technique was used to select 120 rice farmers from whi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ACRI/2016/27465

Resource Use Efficiency among Cocoyam Farmers in Anambra State of Nigeria

Ume Smiles Ifeanyichukwu, Ezeano Caleb Ike, Agu Leonard Uchechukwu & I. Emma-Ajah Josphine · Asian Research Journal of Arts & Social Sciences · 2016

The study was on economics of cocoyam production in Anambra State. Data used were generated through structured questionnaire and interview schedules administered on 120 cocoyam farmers selected randomly from the study area. Net farm income analysis was used to capture the profita...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/ARJASS/2016/27424