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Estimating Farm Level Financing Gap and Allocative Efficiency Among Tomato Producers in North West, Nigeria

Kuzey Batı Nijerya'daki Domates Üreticileri Arasında Çiftlik Düzeyindeki Finansman Açığı ve Tahsis Etkinliğinin Tahmini

Olugbenga Oladele(Federal College of Forestry Mechanization, Department of Agricultural Extension and Management)0000-0001-8831-5979
Ibrahim Maharazu(Kaduna State University (KASU), Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural-Economic)0000-0002-0968-6112
Olugbenga Omotayo Alabı(University of Abuja, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics)0000-0002-8390-9775
Jeremiah Aluwong(Nuhu Bamali Polytechnic, School of Agricultural Technology, Department of Agricultural-Extension and Management)0000-0001-8462-538X
Pages
1216–1228
Publication Date
2024-11-30
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Filling the FINGAP of smallholder tomato producers would increase the efficiency and productivity of rice farmers to meet the rise in demand.

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Objective & Hypothesis:The study estimates farm level financing gap and allocative efficiency among tomato producers in North West, Nigeria.
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Key Findings & Data:The result shows that the significant stimulus influencing technical efficiency of tomato producers are farm size, seed, fertilizer, chemical, and labour.
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Conclusion & Impact:Filling the FINGAP of smallholder tomato producers would increase the efficiency and productivity of rice farmers to meet the rise in demand.
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⚙️Variables:Çiftlik Düzeyi · Finansman Açığı · Tahsis Etkinliği

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The study estimates farm level financing gap and allocative efficiency among tomato producers in North West, Nigeria. Primary data are collected based on a well-structured questionnaire. The result shows that the significant stimulus influencing technical efficiency of tomato producers are farm size, seed, fertilizer, chemical, and labour. The significant regressors influencing technical inefficiency of tomato producers are age, amount of credit received, years of experience, educational level, and extension contact. The addition of first order derivatives of the production factors which is called the scale efficiency shows the decreasing return to scale in the frontier version adding up to 0.9748. The outcomes of the allocative efficiency [r] show that tomato producers under-utilized seed, land, fertilizer, chemical, and labour. The mean amount of finance (credit) per season the tomato producers had obtained is N 54,470, while the mid-estimate of financing gap (FINGAP) in the form of finance (credit) needed to produce (yield) at the frontier stage is N 312,641.66, this shows a credit shortfall of about 82.57%. Filling the FINGAP of smallholder tomato producers would increase the efficiency and productivity of rice farmers to meet the rise in demand.

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Bu çalışma, Kuzey Batı Nijerya'daki domates üreticileri arasında çiftlik düzeyindeki finansman açığını ve tahsis etkinliğini tahmin etmiştir. Birincil veriler, iyi yapılandırılmış bir anket temelinde toplanmıştır. Sonuçlar, domates üreticilerinin teknik verimliliğini etkileyen önemli faktörlerin tarla büyüklüğü, tohum, gübre, kimyasal madde ve işgücü olduğunu göstermektedir. Domates üreticilerinin teknik verimsizliğini etkileyen önemli değişkenler ise yaş, alınan kredi miktarı, deneyim süresi, eğitim seviyesi ve uzatma bağlantısıdır. Üretim faktörlerinin birinci dereceden türevlerinin eklenmesiyle elde edilen ölçek etkinliği, sınır versiyonunda 0,9748'e kadar azalan ölçek getirilerini göstermektedir. Tahsis etkinliği sonuçları [r], domates üreticilerinin tohum, arazi, gübre, kimyasal madde ve işgücünü yeterince kullanmadığını göstermektedir. Domates üreticilerinin bir sezon boyunca elde ettikleri ortalama finansman (kredi) miktarı 54.470 Naira iken, sınır aşamasında üretim yapmak için gereken finansman (kredi) açığının (FINGAP) ortalama tahmini 312.641,66 Naira'dır. Bu, yaklaşık %82,57'lik bir kredi açığını göstermektedir. Küçük ölçekli domates üreticilerinin FINGAP'ının giderilmesi, pirinç çiftçilerinin verimlilik ve üretkenliğini artırarak artan talebi karşılamalarını sağlayacaktır.

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Oladele, O., Maharazu, I., Alabı, O. O., Aluwong, J. (2024). Estimating Farm Level Financing Gap and Allocative Efficiency Among Tomato Producers in North West, Nigeria. Süleyman Demirel Üniversitesi Vizyoner Dergisi, Cilt: 15 Sayı: 44, 1216–1228. https://doi.org/10.21076/vizyoner.1497662

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