Technical efficiency analysis of maize production: evidence from Ghana

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dc.creatorBempomaa , Beatrice
dc.creatorAcquah , Henry de-Graft
dc.date2014-09-30
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dc.descriptionThe study applies the single-stage modelling stochastic frontier approach to investigate the performance of maize farmers in the Ejura-Sekyedumase District of Ghana. It estimates the level of technical efficiency and its determinants for 306 maize farmers. Findings indicated that land, labour and fertilizer influenced output positively whilst agrochemicals and seeds affected output negatively. A wide variation in output was also found among producers of maize. The study further revealed that age, sex and off-farm work activities were significant determinants of technical inefficiencies in production. Results from the maximum likelihood estimate of the frontier model showed that averagely, farmers were 67% technically efficient, implying that 33% of maize yield was not realized. The return to scale which measures the productivity level of farmers was 1.22, suggesting that the farmers are operating at an increasing returns to scale.
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dc.identifierhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/6322
dc.identifier10.19041/APSTRACT/2014/2-3/9
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2437/317683
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherUniversity of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/6322/5928
dc.rightsCopyright (c) 2014 University of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hungary
dc.sourceApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce; Vol. 8 No. 2-3 (2014); 73-79
dc.source1789-7874
dc.source1789-221X
dc.subjectTechnical Efficiency
dc.subjectProductivity
dc.subjectStochastic Frontier
dc.subjectElasticity
dc.subjectReturn to Scale
dc.titleTechnical efficiency analysis of maize production: evidence from Ghana
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
dc.typePeer-reviewed Article
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