aFederal University of Agriculture, P.M.B 2373, Makurdi, Benue State, Nigeria
bDepartment of Agricultural Extension and Management, Samaru Kataf Campus, Nuhu Bamalli Polytechnic, Zaria, Kaduna, Nigeria
Online published on 5 December, 2018.
The study has analyzed profit efficiency among pig producers in Kaduna State, Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling technique was used to collect data from one hundred pig producers. Primary data were generated using structured questionnaires and personal observations for 2015 production year. Data were analyzed using gross margin, Cobb Douglas Stochastic profit frontier function, maximum likelihood estimates and factor analysis. The results show that pig production is profitable with a return per naira invested of 69% and gross margin of N 8,426.30 per pig. The result of profit efficiency shows feeds and labor coefficients positive and significant. The study finds profit efficiency varying from 0.01 to 0.99. On the other hand, profit inefficiency is found to increase with education, farming experience, household size, gender, pen age and conflict.
