iosr-jmca   Volume-10 ~ Issue-1 ~ Jan.-Feb. 2023

ABSTRACT: This study focused on the relationship between farm size and technical efficiency using stochastic production approach. Well-structured questionnaire was allotted to 120 maize farmers and analyzed using descriptive statistics, stochastic production frontier and Tobit regression. Stochasticproductionfrontieranalysisshowsthatthe meantechnicalefficiency oftherespondents is0.75.Theanalysisalsoshowed that farming year experience, Mechanization and Pesticide quantity affects technical efficiency of farmers negatively while Years of formal education and Fertilizer quantity affect technical efficiency positively. The study shows that there is a positive relationship between farm size and technical efficiency in all the farm size classes and affected by the education and experience of marginal and small scale farmers....

Key Word: Technical efficiency, Farm size, Stochastic Production Frontier, Tobit Regression.

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ABSTRACT: Nigerians are very concerned about the growing rate of building collapses as well as the lack of strong roads and bridges in the country. The quality of cement in Nigeria has received a lot of attention; therefore, it is a significant concern in this study. To prevent such depressing incidents in Nigeria, cement production businesses must be properly supervised and counseled on the quantity of raw materials utilized in the production process and the appropriate quality level of cement production. This study examines the quality control of cement produced by Dangote Cement Plc. in Kogi State.The project's goal is to evaluate the cement manufactured by Dangote Cement Plc in order to determine if the recent collapse of a building was caused by poor-quality building materials or by incompetent contractors....

Key Word: Control Chart, Statistical Quality Control, Cluster Sampling,

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ABSTRACT: Purpose: The study sought to investigate the factors that influence e-commerce usage in the Kenyan banking sector. Despite evidence revealing that e-commerce usage is moderated by local environment, drivers that influence its usage remains under-researched particularly in Kenya. This study was guided by the following specific objectives; determine the influence of (firm size, top management support competitive pressure, technological competence and organization learning ability) on e-commerce usage in the Kenya banking industry. Grounded on the Technological, Organizational and Environmental model (TOE), five hypotheses were tested in the study to determine the drivers of e-commerce usage.
Methods: A descriptive cross- sectional....

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ABSTRACT: The aim of the study is to examine how social networking can influence political awareness. The review of background further depicts that body of literature require focusing upon the fact that social media plays an immeasurable role in bring political awareness in public. The study aspires to evaluate and examine the role of social media networking in bringing political awareness among people. In order to study and explore this issue, researcher has gathered fresh research information. For this study, researcher has selected 6 social media users based in United Kingdom (UK). It can be further explained that the new worldview of online networking has contemporarily filled in as an essential medium of progress and improvement for individuals. Evidently, online networking apparatus is normal particularly regarding drawing in political mindfulness among individuals. It can be stated that the political activism can end up being powerful on the grounds that it empowers the native engagement........

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ABSTRACT: This study aimed to 1) describe the conditions and potential of English language learning media development based android, 2) Describe English learning media based android, 3) analyze the effectiveness of English learning applications based android; 4) analyze efficiency; 5) analyze the attractiveness of English instructional media through an android application. This research used the design of Research and Development by Borg and Gall consisting of 10 steps, but in this research only consists of 7 steps, that were: research and information collecting, planning, develop preliminary form of product, preliminary field testing, main product revision, operational field testing, and final product revision. The data were collected using observations, questionnaires...

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