Pathways to Reduce the Environmental Footprints of Energy Inputs in Sesame Production in Jigawa State, Nigeria

Keyword: Energy, Efficiency, DEA, Sesame, Nigeria.

Abstract: This research investigates the pathways tto reduce the environmental footprints of energy inputs in sesame production in Jigawa State of Nigeria using data elicited from 99 sesame farmers via multi-stage sampling technique. Energy efficiency was studied and degrees of technical efficiency (TE), pure technical efficiency (PTE) and scale efficiency (SE) were determined using data envelopment analysis (DEA). Additionally, wasteful uses of energy by inefficient farms were assessed and energy saving of different sources was computed. Results revealed that only 9.4% DMUs were technically efficient with average TE score of 0.624; based on BCC model 34.4% DMUs were identified to be efficient with mean PTE score of 0.79; while based on scale efficiency only 12.5% DMUs were efficient with mean SE score of 0.804. Furthermore it was observed that approximately 38.17% (1505.58MJha-1) of overall input energies can be saved if performance of inefficient DMUs rose to a high level.

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Sadiq M S., Singh I.P., Umar S.M., Grema I.J., Usman B.I., Isah M.A., Saleh A.M. et al."Pathways to Reduce the Environmental Footprints of Energy Inputs in Sesame Production in Jigawa State, Nigeria". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878),vol 1, no. 1, 2016, pp.63-73 AI Publications

Sadiq M S., Singh I.P., Umar S.M., Grema I.J., Usman B.I., Isah M.A., Saleh A.M., P.(2016).Pathways to Reduce the Environmental Footprints of Energy Inputs in Sesame Production in Jigawa State, Nigeria. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(1), 63-73

Sadiq M S., Singh I.P., Umar S.M., Grema I.J., Usman B.I., Isah M.A., Saleh A.M., P.(2016).Pathways to Reduce the Environmental Footprints of Energy Inputs in Sesame Production in Jigawa State, Nigeria. International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(1), pp.63-73.

Sadiq M S., Singh I.P., Umar S.M., Grema I.J., Usman B.I., Isah M.A., Saleh A.M.. 2016."Pathways to Reduce the Environmental Footprints of Energy Inputs in Sesame Production in Jigawa State, Nigeria". International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology(ISSN: 2456-1878).1(1):63-73.

Sadiq M S., Singh I.P., Umar S.M., Grema I.J., Usman B.I., Isah M.A., Saleh A.M.."Pathways to Reduce the Environmental Footprints of Energy Inputs in Sesame Production in Jigawa State, Nigeria", International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology,vol.1,no. 1, pp.63-73,2016.

@article { sadiqms.2016pathways,
title={Pathways to Reduce the Environmental Footprints of Energy Inputs in Sesame Production in Jigawa State, Nigeria},
author={Sadiq M S., Singh I.P., Umar S.M., Grema I.J., Usman B.I., Isah M.A., Saleh A.M. , R},
journal={International Journal of Environment Agriculture and Biotechnology},
volume={1},
year= {2016} ,
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