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 Volume 10, Issue 10 (October 2023), Pages: 103-111

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 Original Research Paper

Does cucumber production affect land productivity and profitability? New evidence from Imo State, Nigeria

 Author(s): 

 J. O. Munonye 1, E. E. Osuji 1, *, M. C. Nwokeji 2, A. Oko-Isu 3, M. O. Olaolu 1, G. D. Agou 1, J. O. Aligbe 4, B. O. Okpara 5, I. I. Ukoha 6, I. O. U. Nwaiwu 6, M. N. Osuji 6, O. B. Ibeagwa 6, I. J. Uhuegbulem 6, C. C. Ibekwe 6, C. O. Osuagwu 7, H. I. Opaluwa 8

 Affiliation(s):

 1Department of Agriculture, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu, Alike Ebonyi State, Nigeria
 2Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Imo State University Owerri, Imo State, Nigeria
 3Department of Agribusiness and Management, Alex Ekwueme Federal University Ndufu, Alike Ebonyi State, Nigeria
 4Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abuja, Nigeria
 5Department of Agricultural Economics, Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Nigeria
 6Department of Agricultural Economics, Federal University of Technology, Owerri Imo State, Nigeria
 7Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences, Umuagwo Owerri Imo State, Nigeria
 8Department of Agricultural Economics and Extension, Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, Nigeria

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  Corresponding author's ORCID profile: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8605-834X

 Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

 https://doi.org/10.21833/ijaas.2023.10.012

 Abstract

The overall objective of this study is to examine the productivity and profitability of cucumber production in Imo State, Nigeria. A multistage sampling technique was used to select 216 cucumber farmers who were administered a questionnaire. Data were collected from primary sources and analyzed using descriptive statistics, budgeting principles, total and partial factor productivity model, and ordinary least square multiple regression approach. The mean productivity ratio of 0.0049 was used to isolate the land productivity levels of cucumber farmers into high and low degrees. Owerri zone had total factor productivity (TFP) and partial factor productivity (PFP) of 2.11 and 22.9, Okigwe had TFP and PFP of 2.69 and 31.0, and Orlu zone had 3.43 and 36.5 respectively. Age, gender, family size, farm size, education, farming experience, cooperative membership, and extension contacts were important and significant factors affecting net returns and land productivity of farmers in the state. Previous studies reported non-significance of age, education, and farming experience, which is completely different from the results of this study. Cucumber production and marketing were mainly constrained by low capital (100%), high labor costs (92.1%), and high input costs (94.4%). Cucumber production in the state was lucrative, profitable, and economically viable as evidenced by a net return of ₦53547.06.

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 This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).

 Keywords

 Cucumis sativus, Net returns, Productivity, Total inputs, Total outputs

 Article history

 Received 17 May 2023, Received in revised form 9 September 2023, Accepted 22 September 2023

 Acknowledgment 

No Acknowledgment.

 Compliance with ethical standards

 Conflict of interest: The author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.

 Citation:

 Munonye JO, Osuji EE, Nwokeji MC, Oko-Isu A, Olaolu MO, Agou GD, Aligbe JO, Okpara BO, Ukoha II, Nwaiwu IOU, Osuji MN, Ibeagwa OB, Uhuegbulem IJ, Ibekwe CC, Osuagwu CO, and Opaluwa HI (2023). Does cucumber production affect land productivity and profitability? New evidence from Imo State, Nigeria. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences, 10(10): 103-111

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