《Economic efficiency in fish farminghope for agro-allied industries in Niagara》.pdfVIP

ChineseJournalof and OceanologyLimnology V01．26 No．1，P．104．115，2008 Economic infish for efficiencyfarming：hopeagro—allied industriesin Niagara R．o．KAREEM4。A．O．DIPEOLU，A．B．AROMOLARANandS．B．WILLIAMS (ObafemiAwolowo,University,Dept．ofAerieEconomics，lie-班．OsunState，Nigeria) Received Oct．1，2006；revisionMar．24，2007 accepted Abstract111e toincreasethe infood levelin tobemore challenge production efficiency Nigeriaappears flOWthanit everbeellinthe the has of isiuviewofthe urgent history country．This rapidlyincreasing imminentin declinejnternationaleconomicandfoodaidandtheneedtoconserve population．the foreign the ofrawmaterialstofeedthe industrialsectorcallsfor exchangeearningsthroughproduction growing attention．Thewascarriedoutin State．111e statisticswasusedtodetermine urgent study Ogun descriptire thesocio—economiccharacteristicsofthe stochasticfrontiers was respondents．The productionanalysis estimatethe to technical．allocativeandeconomic tllefishfarmersin applied efficiency efficiencyamong thestate．Theresultsofeconomic revealed山atfish is emcientwitha efficiency farmingeconomically ofbetween55％and level afavourableforthe range 84％efficiencysuggesting hope agro—alliedindustry suchas and industriesetcinthestate．Theresultof of sources poultryconage hyp