This study was designed to examine the impact of migrant remittances on the technical efficiency smallholder arable crop farm households in South Eastern Nigeria. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used in choosing the sample. Primary data collected from 120 respondents comprising 60 migrants’ remittance receiving households and non receiving households, respectively were used for the study. Data collected through the cost route method were analyzed using multiple regression analysis employing the stochastic frontier production function analysis in a single stage maximum likelihood estimation method and z test statistic. The results of data analyses show that household size, education, farming experience, and farm size were the significant determinants of technical efficiency of the remittance receiving households; while age, years of education and farm size were the significant determinants of technical efficiency of the non-remittance receiving households. The individual technical efficiency indices range from 0.12 - 1.00 for the remittance receiving households with a mean of 0.42 as against 0.10 – 0.98 for the non-remittance receiving households with a mean of 0.53. The t test revealed that the non-remittance receiving households were more technically efficient than the remittance receiving households in the use of farm resources. It was recommended that there is the need to encourage the households to pursue efficiency in resource utilization by exhibiting higher levels of entrepreneurial capabilities. Policies and programmes that could help them increase their efficiency especially the remittance receiving households should be put in place such as would encourage harnessing and optimizing the use of remittance income, as well as reallocation and redistribution of resources.

本研究旨在研究移民汇款对尼日利亚东南部小农可耕地农户技术效率的影响。在选择样本时采用了多阶段随机抽样技术。主要数据来自120个受访者，分别是60个移民汇款接收户和非接收户。采用单阶段最大似然估计随机前沿生产函数分析和z检验统计量的多元回归分析方法对成本路径法收集的数据进行分析。数据分析结果表明，家庭规模、教育程度、务农经验和农场规模是接收汇款家庭技术效率的重要决定因素;而年龄、受教育年限和农场规模是不接受汇款家庭技术效率的重要决定因素。个别技术效率指数的范围为:接收汇款家庭的0.12 - 1.00，平均值为0.42;非接收汇款家庭的0.10 - 0.98，平均值为0.53。t检验表明，未接收汇款的农户在使用农业资源方面比接收汇款的农户技术效率更高。有人建议，有必要鼓励家庭通过表现出较高水平的企业能力来追求资源利用的效率。应制定能够帮助它们提高效率的政策和方案，特别是对接收汇款的家庭，例如鼓励利用和优化汇款收入的使用，以及重新分配和重新分配资源。