International Journal of Innovative Research and Development

Abstract

The study examined the technical efficiency of sheep fattening in the Gombi Local Area of Adamawa State. Data were collected from a random sample of 90 sheep fatteners by means of snow ball sampling technique to which questionnaires were administered. The regression model was used to determine the relationship between variable inputs and output and also efficiency of resources used. The Cobb-Douglas production function gave the best fit equation with an R² of 0.607which means that about 61% of the variability of output is being explained by the variables included in the model .The analysis showed that medication and labour are highly significant at 1% while feed, salt-lick; water and length of fattening are significant at 10% respectively. Resource productivity analysis revealed that medication and salt-lick were under-utilized while feeds were over-utilized and labour were efficiently utilize. The major problems facing the farmers include high cost of feeds, inadequate credit facilities, and high cost of medication. A policy and research emphasis should be geared toward feeds production at affordable price to the fatteners and fatteners should be educated on how to formulate local feeds to reduce cost and access to feeds for better efficiency

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