This study was carried out to estimate the technical and economic efficiencies of poultry
farmers in Imo State, Nigeria. The data was collected with semi-structured questionnaire
from 140 randomly selected poultry farmers. A stochastic frontier production function was
estimated by using the maximum likelihood estimation technique to obtain the technical
and economic efficiencies of poultry farmers. The mean technical efficiency of poultry
farmers was 75 percent, while their mean economic efficiency was 21 percent. The
generalized likelihood test indicated that, the poultry farmers are not fully technically and
economically efficient in resource use. There is 79% allowance to increase economic
efficiency of poultry farmers by improvement in technical efficiency.