Technical Efficiency of Rice Farmers in Northern Ghana

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dc.contributor.authorSeidu Al-hassan
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-16T11:55:44Z
dc.date.available2019-04-16T11:55:44Z
dc.date.issued2008-04-02
dc.descriptionSB 191 . R5 A679 2008en_US
dc.description.abstractExamining the level of farm-specific technical efficiency of farmers growing irrigated and non-irrigated rice in Northern Ghana, this study fitted cross-sectional data into a transcendental logarithmic (translog) production frontier. The study concludes that rice farmers are technically inefficient. There is no significant difference in mean technical efficiencies for non-irrigators (53%) and irrigators (51%). The main determinants of technical efficiency in the study area are education, extension contact, age and family size. Providing farmers with both formal and informal education will be a useful investment and a good mechanism for improving efficiency in rice farming. There is also need for training more qualified extension agents and motivating them to deliveren_US
dc.description.sponsorshipAERCen_US
dc.identifier.isbn9966-778-26-8
dc.identifier.urihttps://publication.aercafricalibrary.org/123456789/398
dc.publisherAERCen_US
dc.relation.ispartofseriesResearch paper;Research paper 178
dc.subjectRice irrigation - Ghanaen_US
dc.subjectAgricultural Productivity - Ghanaen_US
dc.subjectAgricultural Productivityen_US
dc.titleTechnical Efficiency of Rice Farmers in Northern Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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