Labour productivity among small- holder cassava farmers in South East agro ecological zone, Nigeria.

The study employed a Cobb-Douglas regression technique to measure labour productivity in the southeast agro ecological zone. A multistage random sampling technique was used to select 240 respondents from the zone in 2008. The study found gender and age to be negative and significantly related to labour productivity at 1.0% level of probability. The coefficients for fertilizer and hired labour were positive and also significant at 1.0% level of probability. The coefficient for land ownership was positive and household size negative, both significant at 10.0% level of probability. The results calls for polices aimed at making more lands available especially to women who are stronger, as well as production inputs like fertilizer.   Key word: Cobb-Douglas, labour productivity and cassava.