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    Technical efficiency and productivity potential of cocoa farmers in West African countries

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    Date
    2008-09
    Author
    Binam, Joachim N.
    Gockowski, J.
    Nkamleu, G.B.
    Type
    Journal Article
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    This paper uses survey data to examine the technical efficiency and productivity potential of cocoa farmers in West and Central Africa. Separate stochastic frontier models are estimated for farmers in Cameroon, Ghana, Nigeria, and Côte d’Ivoire, along with a stochastic metaproduction frontier to obtain alternative estimates for the technical efficiencies of farmers in the different countries. The mean productivity potential of cocoa farmers is also estimated, by using a decomposition result applied to both the national and the metaproduction frontiers. The determinants of technical efficiency are assessed to identify the reasons for differences across countries.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1049.2008.00065.x
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/3536
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1746-1049.2008.00065.x
    IITA Subjects
    Cocoa; Climate Change; Plant Production; Handling, Transport, Storage And Protection Of Agricultural Products
    Agrovoc Terms
    Cocoa Farmers; Efficiency; Metaproduction Frontier; Productivity Potential; Technological Gap
    Regions
    Africa; West And Central Africa
    Countries
    Cote D'Ivoire; Ghana; Nigeria; Cameroon
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