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dc.contributor.authorAdesina, A.A.
dc.contributor.authorDjato, K.
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-04T11:25:05Z
dc.date.available2019-12-04T11:25:05Z
dc.date.issued1996
dc.identifier.citationAdesina, A. & Djato, K. (1996). Farm size, relative efficiency and agrarian policy in Côte d'Ivoire: profit function analysis of rice farms. Agricultural Economics, 14(2), 93-102.
dc.identifier.issn1069-5150
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/4521
dc.description.abstractThis 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.
dc.language.isoen
dc.subjectRice
dc.subjectPolicies
dc.subjectFarms
dc.subjectMarkets
dc.subjectProduction
dc.titleFarm size, relative efficiency and agrarian policy in Côte d'Ivoire: profit function analysis of rice farms
dc.typeJournal Article
cg.contributor.affiliationWest Africa Rice Development Association
cg.contributor.affiliationCentre Ivorien de Recherches Economiques et Sociales, Côte d'Ivoire
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionWest Africa
cg.coverage.countryCote D'Ivoire
cg.isijournalISI Journal
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research institute
cg.iitasubjectGrain Legumes
cg.iitasubjectPolicies And Institutions
cg.iitasubjectSmallholder Farmers
cg.iitasubjectPlant Production
cg.accessibilitystatusLimited Access
local.dspaceid100771
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/0169-5150(96)01181-4


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