Technical inefficiency among food crops farmers in Imo State was estimated using stochastic
translog production frontier. The mean output of food crops farmers was 20.3 tons/ha, which
is 9.6 tons/ha less than the expected food crops output of 30 tons/ha, and the mean level of
technical inefficiency was 61.5 percent with a wide range from 21.24 – 98.13 percent. Major
determinants of technical inefficiency were education, household size, farm size, access to
credit, extension contact, farming experience and family labour use. There are still
opportunities for increasing technical efficiency, productivity and farm income in food crops
production in Imo state if these factors and given the desired attention.