Economic Efficiency of Irrigated Vegetable Production in Borno State Nigeria: A Stochastic Frontier Cost Function Approach

This study analysed the economic efficiency of irrigated vegetable producers in Borno State, Nigeria. Multistage sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Structured survey questionnaires were used and administered to 300 respondents to obtain primary data. Both descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data obtained. Descriptive statistics used were mean, frequency and percentage. The inferential statistics used was stochastic frontier cost function to analyze the level and determinants of economic inefficiency in the studied enterprises. The result of the socio-economic indicated that almost all (99.7 percent) of the respondents were male with 45.9 percent of them falling on the age range between 41-50 years. About 46 percent of the respondents had household size ranging between 6-10 persons. The result