eprintid: 1623
rev_number: 6
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datestamp: 2025-12-26 08:22:04
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creators_name: Yayra Ihou, Atsu Frank
creators_name: Abbévi Georges, Abbey
creators_name: Alayi, Aimé
creators_id: ihouatsu.frankyayra2022@vitstudent.ac.in
title: Assessing Performance and Economic Efficiency of Table Eggs Production in Southern Togo
ispublished: pub
subjects: SF
divisions: j10
full_text_status: public
keywords: Allocative efficiency, Poultry farming, Stochastic frontier analysis, Technical efficiency
abstract: Ensuring better allocation of productive resources necessitates socioeconomic considerations. This study examined the performance of table egg production in southern Togo by determining the breeders’ production efficiency level through the stochastic frontier analysis in table egg production. Consequently, identifying the factors that significantly impact technical and allocative efficiency, and explaining the reasons for the technical inefficiency of table egg production. A parametric approach was used to estimate the technical and allocative efficiency levels from a stochastic frontier analysis. Data were collected from primary sources via a structured questionnaire (open-ended) administered to 88 poultry farms in southern Togo (2021) randomly. The parameters measured in this study were table egg production, the feed consumption during the production (each stage separately), veterinary treatment costs (drugs, vitamins), the flock size, the size of the exploitation, and the related costs of production. The finding indicated that 70% of table egg poultry farms in the Maritime Region of southern Togo are moderately technically efficient, although individual efficiency varies. Factors, such as flock size, labor, and veterinary treatments significantly influence the egg production process. Estimating the stochastic production function frontier revealed that inefficiencies in layer production largely stem from technical inefficiency among producers rather than inefficient resource allocation. The present study shows that poultry farms in Southern Togo exhibit medium technical efficiency but demonstrate effective allocation efficiency. Despite high-capacity facilities and financial constraints, the variation in the poultry breeders' production efficiency is explained by both endogenous and exogenous socioeconomic factors revealed through Tobit analysis. These factors are categorized into two groups, including primary (age, education, active membership, density, conflicts, gender), and secondary (credit, type of feed, association membership). Despite moderate technical efficiency, Southern Togo's poultry farms showed effective resource allocation. Financial constraints hinder full facility optimization, and unregulated input markets contribute to fluctuating costs.
date: 2025-09-25
publication: Journal of World’s Poultry Research
volume: 15
number: 3
publisher: Scienceline Publication
pagerange: 321-331
id_number: 10.36380/jwpr.2025.31
refereed: TRUE
issn: 2322-455X
official_url: https://jwpr.science-line.com/attachments/article/86/JWPR15(3)321-331,2025.pdf
j_index: scopus
citation:    (2025)     Assessing Performance and Economic Efficiency of Table Eggs Production in Southern Togo.   Journal of World’s Poultry Research.  pp. 321-331.  ISSN 2322-455X   
document_url: http://eprints.science-line.com/id/eprint/1623/1/JWPR15%283%29321-331%2C2025%20%281%29.pdf