The study examined land use optimization among crop farmers in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Specifically, determined the optimal farm plan of crop farmers and examined the sensitivity of the optimum farm plan to changes in inputs in the study area. Multistage sampling technique was used to select 240 respondents for the study. Data for the study were obtained from primary source with the aid of well structured questionnaires and analysed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The optimum farm plan showed that the best enterprise is the mixture of maize/cowpea and it is recommended in the area at 1.78 ha. Land as a constraint is limited and is a tight resource while other inputs
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