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Abstract

This research focused on assessing the efficiency of resource allocation in poultry farming within Ekiti State, Nigeria. The study had three primary objectives: first, it aimed to outline the socio-economic characteristics of poultry farmers in Ekiti State; second, it sought to determine the efficiency of resource allocation in poultry production in the same region; and third, it examined the factors influencing this allocation efficiency among farmers in the area. To achieve these objectives, a two-stage sampling technique was employed to select 30 poultry farmers from each of the three senatorial districts in Ekiti State Nigeria, resulting in a total of 90 poultry farmers chosen for the study. Data was collected through structured questionnaires administered by the researcher. The collected information was analyzed using suitable descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier production function. The findings of this study revealed that poultry farmers in the study area was dominated by males. They were relatively young with71.1% of them were less than 50 years. They were well educated and the enterprise is profitable having recorded ?285,478.11 as the average income per production cycle of individual poultry farmer. It was further revealed that stock size and cost of veterinary service were the factors determining technical efficiency of poultry production in the study area. Based on the findings, it is recommended that poultry farmers should be encouraged to expand their scale of production by increasing their stock size, as this greatly determines resource utilization efficiency in the study area. Also, poultry farmers should find a means of reducing cost of feeds by making use of locally compounded ingredients.
Keywords: Poultry Farmers, Resource Efficiency, Stochastic Frontier