Abstract
The study analyzed the effect of Roll Back Malaria Programme (RBM) on farmer’s productivity in Benue State of Nigeria. Roll Back Malaria Programme is a global framework for coordinated action against malaria. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used in selecting 206 respondents from six Local Governments Areas. Data was collected with the aid of well structured questionnaires. The Cobb-Douglas stochastic production frontier was used for data analysis. The study showed that farm size, hired labour and quantity of seeds had positive and significant influence on farmer’s output in a production pattern that exhibited decreasing return to scale (0.95). The study found technical efficiency of the farmers to vary from 0.14 to 0.95 with a mean of 0.71. Furthermore, farmer’s experience (-2.68), use of LLIN (-2.42), access to healthcare (-1.84) and sex of farmer (-2.12) were found to reduce farmer’s technical inefficiency. However, increase in sanitation (1.77) increased farmers’ technical inefficiency in the study area. The study recommends that productivity of factors could be improved by expanding the farm size at the existing level of hired labour. Also, enlightenment programmes on the benefits of RBM and enlightenment campaigns should be encouraged for better and efficient production.
Key words: Effect, malaria, programme, farmers, productivity, Nigeria.
