Technical efficiency analysis of maize production: evidence from Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorBempomaa , Beatrice
dc.contributor.authorAcquah , Henry de-Graft
dc.date.accessioned2021-06-28T11:15:19Z
dc.date.available2021-06-28T11:15:19Z
dc.date.issued2014-09-30
dc.description.abstractThe 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.en
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dc.identifier.citationApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce, Vol. 8 No. 2-3 (2014) , 73-79
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.19041/APSTRACT/2014/2-3/9
dc.identifier.eissn1789-7874
dc.identifier.issn1789-221X
dc.identifier.issue2-3
dc.identifier.jatitleAPSTRACT
dc.identifier.jtitleApplied Studies in Agribusiness and Commerce
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2437/317683en
dc.identifier.volume8
dc.languageen
dc.relationhttps://ojs.lib.unideb.hu/apstract/article/view/6322
dc.rights.accessOpen Access
dc.rights.ownerUniversity of Debrecen, Faculty of Economics and Business, Hungary
dc.subjectTechnical Efficiencyen
dc.subjectProductivityen
dc.subjectStochastic Frontieren
dc.subjectElasticityen
dc.subjectReturn to Scaleen
dc.titleTechnical efficiency analysis of maize production: evidence from Ghanaen
dc.typefolyóiratcikkhu
dc.typearticleen
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