production efficiency of farmers under national fadama ii project in oyo state, nigeria

the study examines production efficiency of farmers under national fadama-ii project in oyo state nigeria. primary data were collected from two hundred and sixty-four farmers using multistage sampling technique. the analytical framework used for the study include: descriptive, infrastructure index, gross margin and stochastic frontier production function. average infrastructural index in the area was 0.42. the gross margin for idv was ₦445, 968.30 while for iuv for under-developed in fadama villages is ₦357, 805.00. gross margin was higher for fadama ii farmers than non fadama-ii farmers in idv. the mean technical efficiency was 0.69 and 0.59 for fadama and non-fadama farmers respectively. the result showed that technical inefficiency of female fadama-ii farmers reduced by 0.19% while that of non-fadama ii farmers by 1.23%. similarly, extension contact, marital status and infrastructural status reduced technical inefficiency of fadama-ii farmers by 2.8%, 0.3% and 2.6% respectively. presence of infrastructure of fadama-ii project has imparted on efficiency of resource use among the beneficiary. there is therefore need to improve on community driven development programme like fadama-ii and on coming fadama-iii project or any developmental project, so as to further impart more technical and economic knowledge to farmers.