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Technical Efficiency of Wild Mango Extractors: A Study of Farmers in Rainforest Zone of Ondo State,

Authors: BALOGUN Olubunmi

Publication Type: Journal article

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Wild Mango (Irvingia wombulu) trees are a valuable source of income and extensively utilised tropical tree for Nigerian farmers. This study examined technical efficiency of wild mango extractors in rain forest zone of Ondo State of Nigeria. A multistage sampling was employed for the study. Three Local Government Areas (LGAs) were randomly selected from the state. .In each LGA, two villages were randomly selected and this was followed by random selection of twenty-two households from each village. This was followed by random selection of twenty-two (22) households from each village. Lastly, data were randomly collected from one hundred and twenty two NTFPs extractors using structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, budgetary and stochastic frontier models. Result shows that extractors NTFPs incurred an average cost of N38,625.78 per season; and within the same period they had an average estimated returns of N74,729.30. The result of analysis revealed that land size, knife, labour, rain boot and distance from NTFPs source to market significantly impacted on farmers efficiently. However, age, years of education and household sizes were found to increase the farmersâ€™ technical efficiency. This study showed that NTFPs extractors were not fully technically efficient and therefore there is allowance improvement by addressing some important policy variables that could negatively and positively influence extractorsâ€™ levels of technical efficiency in the area

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BALOGUN,O. . (0000). Technical Efficiency of Wild Mango Extractors: A Study of Farmers in Rainforest Zone of Ondo State, , 0 (), 0-0.

BALOGUN,O. . "Technical Efficiency of Wild Mango Extractors: A Study of Farmers in Rainforest Zone of Ondo State, " 0, no (), (0000): 0-0.

BALOGUN,O. and . (0000). Technical Efficiency of Wild Mango Extractors: A Study of Farmers in Rainforest Zone of Ondo State, , 0 (), pp0-0.

BALOGUNO, . Technical Efficiency of Wild Mango Extractors: A Study of Farmers in Rainforest Zone of Ondo State, . 0000, 0 ():0-0.

BALOGUN,Olubunmi , . "Technical Efficiency of Wild Mango Extractors: A Study of Farmers in Rainforest Zone of Ondo State, ", 0 . (0000) : 0-0.

B.Olubunmi , "Technical Efficiency of Wild Mango Extractors: A Study of Farmers in Rainforest Zone of Ondo State, " vol.0, no., pp. 0-0, 0000.

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