Analysing The Efficiency Of Resource Use By Maize Farmers In The Eastern Agricultural Zone Of Kogi State, Nigeria

ABSTRACTThe study examined the efficiency of resource use by maize farmers in the eastern agricultural zone of Kogi State, Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to describe the socio-economic characteristics of maize farmers, determine the input-output relationship of maize production, determine the resource-use efficiency in maize production, and to identify the constraints to maize production in the study area four-staged sampling procedure was used, with a sample size of one hundred and twenty eight (128) maize farmers. Primary data was used for the study and collected by the use of stru…