ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF POULTRY-EGG PRODUCTION IN BAUCHI LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, BAUCHI STATE, NIGERIA.

• <p>&nbsp;           <b>TABLE OF CONTENTS</b>&nbsp;</p><p>Title Page.......................................................................................................................i Declaration....................................................................................................................ii Certification..................................................................................................................iii Dedication....................................................................................................................iv Acknowledgements......................................................................................................v&nbsp;</p><p>Table of Contents........................................................................................................vii&nbsp;</p><p>Lists of Tables...............................................................................................................x&nbsp;</p><p>List of Figure................................................................................................................xi Abstract........................................................................................................................xii&nbsp;</p><p>

Chapter ONE

INTRODUCTION

• .......................................................................................................1&nbsp;</p><p>
• 1.1Background of Information...............................................................................1</p><p>&nbsp;
• 1.2Problem Statement.............................................................................................2&nbsp;</p><p>
• 1.3Objective of the Study.......................................................................................5&nbsp;</p><p>
• 1.4Justification of the Study......................................... .........................................6&nbsp;</p><p>
• 1.5Hypothesis.........................................................................................................7&nbsp;</p><p>

Chapter TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

• ...............................................................................................8&nbsp;</p><p>2.1&nbsp; Economic Importance of Poultry Production.....................................................8&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.2Economies of Size in Poultry Production..........................................................10&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.3Empirical Studies on Profitability of Poultry-Egg Production......................... 11</p><p>&nbsp;
• 2.4Conceptual of Framework................................................................................. 13&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 4.1Concept of Technical Efficiency.......................................................................13&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 4.2Factors Influencing Efficiency......................................................................15&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.5Stochastic Frontier Production Function............................... .......................16&nbsp;</p><p> 2.
• 5.1The Stochastic Production Frontier Function................................................17&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 5.2Application of the Stochastic Frontier Model................................................18&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.6Problems Associated with Poultry Production...............................................20&nbsp;</p><p>

Chapter THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

• ...................................................................................................21&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.1The Study Area................................................................................................21</p><p>&nbsp;
• 3.2Sampling Procedure.........................................................................................22&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.3Method of Data Collection...............................................................................22&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.4Analytical Techniques......................................................................................23&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 4.1Descriptive Statistics............................................... ........................................23&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 4.2Farm Budgeting Techniques.............................................................................23&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 4.3Stochastic Frontier Production Function..........................................................26&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 4.45-Point Likert Scale...........................................................................................28&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.5Definition and Measurement of Variables.........................................................28&nbsp;</p><p>

Chapter FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

• &nbsp;</p><p> Results and Discussion......................................................................................30&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.1Socio-economic Characteristics of Poultry-Egg Producers..............................30&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 1.1Age Distribution of the Respondents................................................................30&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 1.2Educational Status of the Respondents................................. ...........................31</p><p>&nbsp;4.
• 1.3Farming Experience of the Respondents..........................................................31&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 1.4Gender..............................................................................................................32&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 1.5Household Size of the Respondents.................................................................33&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 1.6Marital Status of the Respondents....................................................................33&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 1.7Membership of Cooperative Society.................................................................34&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.2Scale of Operation of Poultry-Egg Production in the Study Area.....................34&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.3Cost, Returns and Profitability of Poultry-Egg Production in the Study Area.....................................................-.........................................................................................................35 <br></p><p>
• 4.4Test of differences in profitability from the different farm sizes....................... 39&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.5Technical Efficiency Analysis............................................................................ 40&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 5.1Estimates of the Stochastic Production Function........................... ……………40&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 5.2Technical Efficiency of the Poultry-Egg Producers according to Farm Size............................................................................................................ 42&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.6Factors Influencing Technical Efficiency of Poultry-Egg Farmers..................... 44</p><p>&nbsp;
• 4.7Elasticity of Production and Returns to Scale...................................................... 45&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.8Constraints to Poultry-Egg Production in the Study Area................................... 46&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 8.1Limited Finance.................................................................................................... 46&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 8.2High Costs Inputs................................................................................................. 47&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Scarcity of Raw Materials for Plants, Fixtures, Building a Equipment.............................................................................................................4 7</p><p>&nbsp;4.
• 8.5Inadequate Storage Facilities................................................................................48&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 8.6Other Problems.....................................................................................................48</p><p>&nbsp;

Chapter FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• Conclusion and Recommendation.......................................................50&nbsp;</p><p>
• 5.1Summary...............................................................................................................5 0 <br></p><p>
• 5.2Conclusion............................................................................................................5&nbsp;</p><p>1
• 5.3Recommendations................................................................................................5 2 References............................................................................................................5 4</p><p>&nbsp;Appendix 1..........................................................................................................63&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;Appendix 2...........................................................................................................64 <br></p>