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    Farm size, relative efficiency and agrarian policy in Côte d'Ivoire: profit function analysis of rice farms

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    Date
    1996
    Author
    Adesina, A.A.
    Djato, K.
    Type
    Journal Article
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    This paper examines the relative economic efficiency of small and large rice farms in Côte d'Ivoire using a profit function approach. No differences in the relative economic efficiency of small and large farms were found. This conclusion is robust under alternative model specifications. Agrarian reforms directed towards further concentration of landholding for large farms in Côte d'Ivoire cannot be justified based on economic efficiency. Results show that access to credit and use of modern rice varieties significantly increase profits. To improve technical efficiency of rice farms, an accelerated program to provide information, credit, improved seeds and other inputs is needed. When all the farms (i.e. large and small) are taken together, there is evidence of allocative inefficiency. Strategies are needed to remove such management related inefficiencies in rice production either through the development of a better market price information system or effective farmer-oriented technical training programs by rice extension workers.
    https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-5150(96)01181-4
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4521
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    https://doi.org/10.1016/0169-5150(96)01181-4
    IITA Subjects
    Grain Legumes; Policies And Institutions; Smallholder Farmers; Plant Production
    Agrovoc Terms
    Rice; Policies; Farms; Markets; Production
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Cote D'Ivoire
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