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dc.contributor.authorAlene, A.
dc.contributor.authorHassan, R.M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:23:47Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:23:47Z
dc.date.issued2003-03
dc.identifier.citationAlene, A.D. & Hassan, R.M. (2003). The determinants of farm-level technical efficiency among adopters of improved maize production technology in western Ethiopia. Agrekon, 42(1), 1-14.
dc.identifier.issn0303-1853
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4153
dc.description.abstractA translog stochastic production fronter was used to analyse the technical efficiency of small farmers using improved maize production technology in Western Ethiopia. The study estimated a mean technical efficiency for the entire sample of 76%, indicating that a significant potential for gains from efficiency improvement in maize production remains to be exploited even among users of improved technology. The study also revealed that farm size, education, access to credit and timely availability of modern inputs are important determinants of technical efficiency among maize producers in Ethiopia. Policies and strategies that promote rural education, credit, timely availability of inputs through better infrastructure and markets will be greatly instrumental in realising considerable gains in maize production with available farm resources through more efficient and appropriate use of improved technology.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectMaize
dc.subjectProduction
dc.subjectTechnology Transfer
dc.titleDeterminants of farmlevel technical efficiency among adopters of improved maize production technology in Western Ethiopia
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.typeJournal Article
dc.description.versionPeer Review
cg.contributor.crpPolicies, Institutions and Markets
cg.contributor.crpRoots, Tubers and Bananas
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Pretoria
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionEast Africa
cg.coverage.countryEthiopia
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country institute
cg.iitasubjectMaize
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
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