Technical Efficiency of Rabbit Production among Small Holder Farmers in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria

The study measured the level of technical efficiency and its determinants among rabbit farmers in Ivo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria using stochastic frontier production function. Multi-stage sampling technique was used to select 60 rabbit farmers from which data were collected using well-structured questionnaire and oral interview. The estimated technical efficiency of rabbit farmers ranged from 56% to 95.0% with a mean of 23.0%. The educational level, rearing experience and access to credit were the determinants of technical efficiency of the rabbit farmers. There is a need in Improving farmers’ access to education, credits and drugs and vaccines at lower costs in order to enhance farmers’ technical efficiency for the sustainability of rabbit production especially now the conventional livestock is becoming costly