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Differentials in technical efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar: a Cobb Douglas stochastic frontier production approach

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Title Differentials in technical efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar: a Cobb Douglas stochastic frontier production approach
 
Creator Okoye, B.C.
Abass, A.
Bachwenkizi, B.
Asumugha, G.N.
Alenkhe, B.
Ranaivoson, R.
Randrianarivelo, R.
Rabemanantso, N.
Ralimanana, I.
 
Subject cassava
madagascar
food security
 
Description Open Access Journal
This study employed the Cobb–Douglas stochastic frontier production function to measure the level of technical efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select 180 cassava farmers in the region and from this sample, input–output data were obtained using the cost route approach. The parameters of the stochastic frontier production function were estimated using the maximum likelihood method. The results of the analysis showed that individual farm-level technical efficiency was about 79%. The study found education, gender and age to be indirectly and significantly related to technical efficiency at a 1% level of probability, and to household size at a 5% level. The coefficient for occupational status was positive and highly significant at a 1% level. The results show that the study’s cassava farmers are not fully technically efficient, showing a mean score of .79%, and suggesting that opportunities still exist for increasing efficiency among the farmers. There is a need, therefore, to ensure that these farmers have access to the appropriate inputs, especially land and capital. The results also call for land reform policies to be introduced, aimed at making more land available, especially to the younger and full-time female farmers.
 
Date 2016-12-31
2016-03-08T13:36:39Z
2016-03-08T13:36:39Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Okoye, B. C., Abass, A., Bachwenkizi, B., Asumugha, G., Alenkhe, B., Ranaivoson, Randrianarivelo, R., Rabemanantsoa, N. & Ralimanana, I. (2016). Differentials in technical efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar: a Cobb Douglas stochastic frontier production approach. Cogent Economics & Finance, 4(1), 1-10
2332-2039
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72500
https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2016.1143345
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1-10
application/pdf
 
Publisher Informa UK Limited
 
Source Cogent Economics and Finance