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Title: The effect of the adoption of yam minisett technology on the technical efficiency of yam farmers in the forest-savanna transition zone of Ghana
Contributor(s): Asante, Bright Owusu (author); Villano, Renato  (author)orcid ; Battese, George E  (author)
Publication Date: 2014
Handle Link: https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14974
Abstract: This paper uses cross-sectional data collected from 375 smallholder yam farmers in Ghana in 2010 to examine whether the adoption of yam minisett technology had an effect on the technical efficiency of production of the yam farmers. We correct for endogeneity in adoption and employ stochastic frontier analysis to investigate the effect of adoption of the technology on the technical efficiency of production. Our analysis suggests average technical efficiencies of 85.4% and 89.2% in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions respectively. In addition, the effect of adoption of the technology on the technical efficiency of smallholder farmers was positive and significant in the Ashanti region, but negative in the Brong Ahafo region. Our results provide information to improve the uptake of production technologies and their effect on smallholder yam farmers in Ghana.
Publication Type: Journal Article
Source of Publication: African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 9(2), p. 75-90
Publisher: African Association of Agricultural Economists, Association Africaine des Agroeconomistes
Place of Publication: Kenya
ISSN: 2521-9871
1993-3738
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: 140201 Agricultural Economics
Fields of Research (FoR) 2020: 380101 Agricultural economics
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2008: 820299 Horticultural Crops not elsewhere classified
910210 Production
Socio-Economic Objective (SEO) 2020: 150510 Production
Peer Reviewed: Yes
HERDC Category Description: C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal
Publisher/associated links: http://www.afjare.org/vol-9-no-2.php
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