ANALYSIS OF TOTAL FACTOR PRODUCTIVITY OF CATFISH (Clarias gariepenus) PRODUCTION IN JOS METROPOLIS, PLATEAU STATE, NIGERIA.

Abstract

This study focused on the Productivity of catfish production was conducted in Jos-Metropolis, Plateau State, Nigeria. Primary data was collected with the aid of questionnaires from 75 farmers drawn through multistage random sampling technique. Descriptive statistics and Productivity index were tools used to achieve the objectives. Findings shows that 51% of the farmers were married having an average household size of 5 persons and their average age was 34 years. Also,89% of respondents had formal education and 83 % of farmers had farming experience of 1-5years and with an average of 3 years, 87% of respondents had no access to extension service while 81% of respondents were not of any cooperative association. Result further indicate that 100% catfish farmers’ catfish farmers were super-optimally productive as their TFP index was above the optimal scale. The study recommends that; To maintain their super-optimum production, farmers should take advantage of their high level of education in their production management and adoption of technologies and farmers should also take advantage of cooperative membership for bulk purchase of inputs at reduced costs.