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Impact of infestation by parasitic weeds on rice farmers' productivity and technical efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa

dc.contributor.authorNcho, S.A.
dc.contributor.authorMourits, M.
dc.contributor.authorDemont, M.
dc.contributor.authorAdegbola, P.Y.
dc.contributor.authorLansink, A.O.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:08:12Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:08:12Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationN'cho, S.A., Mourits, M., Demont, M., Adegbola, P.Y. & Lansink, A.O. (2017). Impact of infestation by parasitic weeds on rice farmers' productivity and technical efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa. African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, 12(1), 35-50.
dc.identifier.issn1993-3738
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/1759
dc.description.abstractRice production is crucial for food security and income generation in sub-Saharan Africa. However, productivity and technical efficiency levels in rice production systems are severely constrained by biotic constraints such as parasitic weeds. This paper assesses the impact of infestation by parasitic weeds on rice farmers’ technical efficiency and examines the potential role of managerial factors in improving technical efficiency. Household and field survey data were collected from rice farmers in Cote d’Ivoire and Benin in West Africa. A stochastic frontier production function was estimated, which allows for identifying the levels of exogenous factors that prevent farmers from improving technical efficiency levels. The results suggest that farmers cope with parasitic weeds through learning from experiencing infestations by parasitic weed. The results will assist national extension in designing segmented training programmes that are better tailored to rice farmers’ needs and preventing food security from being jeopardized by parasitic weeds.
dc.description.sponsorshipNetherlands Organisation for Scientific Research
dc.format.extent35-50
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectRice
dc.subjectFood Security
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.subjectRain-Fed Rice
dc.subjectParasitic Weeds
dc.subjectSub-Saharan Africa
dc.subjectStochastic Frontier Model
dc.subjectTechnical Efficiency
dc.titleImpact of infestation by parasitic weeds on rice farmers' productivity and technical efficiency in sub-Saharan Africa
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationWageningen University and Research Centre
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Rice Research Institute
cg.contributor.affiliationInstitut National des Recherches Agricoles du Bénin
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryBenin
cg.coverage.countryCote D'Ivoire
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectFood Security
cg.iitasubjectPests Of Plants
cg.iitasubjectPlant Diseases
cg.iitasubjectResearch Method
cg.iitasubjectWeeds
cg.journalAfrican Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics
cg.howpublishedFormally Published
cg.accessibilitystatusOpen Access
local.dspaceid83117
cg.targetaudienceScientists


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