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Nig. J. Basic Appl. Sci.. 2014; 22(3): 111-117


Resource use Efficiency in Sweet Potato Production in Odeda Local Government Area, Ogun State, Nigeria

M.M. Sanusi and A.O. Adesogan.




Abstract

This study estimated the resource use efficiency in sweet potato production in Odeda Local Government Area, Ogun State. The study was based on primary data collected from 82 sweet potato farmers through multistage sampling procedure; analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. The result reveal that 90.2% male, with 21.7 years of sweet potato farming experience, 87.8% were married, 64.6% have a household size of 8 persons on average, 81.7% have no formal education, 96.4% acquired land through leasehold. Only 13.4% are members of farmersÂ’ cooperative society. Multiple regression analysis show that the quantity of fertilizer used and the age of farmers were significantly related to quantity of output produced at (p

Key words: Sweet potato, Farmers, Resource use efficiency, Production, Utilization






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