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Abstract

The study examined economic analysis and technical efficiency of cassava production in rural household in Yewa South local Government area of Ogun state. Structure questionnaires were administered to one hundred registered cassava farmers within the ten (10) villages. Descriptive and inferential statistics was used to analyze the data; results revealed that the age of the cassava farmers ranged between (25 – 45) years. Only 55.0 % of the farmers were married, having both primary and secondary education respectively, majority (63.0 %) having 11-15 years of experience. The result of the frontier on the efficiency of cassava production of farmers showed that quantity of labour; herbicides, fertilizer and land were significant variables that significantly influenced the technical efficiency of the cassava farmers in the study area. The in-efficiency variables that affect the efficiency of cassava production are age, education and gender. The mean efficiency of the farmers is 0.9869 while the minimum and maximum production efficiencies are 0.1000 and 0.9921 correspondingly. It was showed that the mean gross margin was estimated to be N82, 100.00 mean net profit was estimated to be N57, 891.00 and the mean total revenue was approximated to be N154, 919.33while the mean total cost was N97, 028.33. The mean total variable cost was estimated to be N72, 819.33 and the mean total fixed cost was estimated to be N24, 209.00. It was recommended that to increase the efficiency of farmer should be given improve seeds, farm implement and Agro-chemical.

Article History

Received: May 16, 2025; Accepted: Oct 08, 2025; Published: Dec 30, 2025

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