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    Does agricultural cooperative membership impact technical efficiency of maize production in Nigeria: An analysis correcting for biases from observed and unobserved attributes

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    Date
    2021-01-22
    Author
    Olagunju, K.O.
    Ogunniyi, A.I.
    Oyetunde-Usman, Z.
    Omotayo, A.O.
    Awotide, B.A.
    Type
    Journal Article
    Review Status
    Peer Review
    Target Audience
    Scientists
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    The formation of agricultural cooperatives has been widely promoted as an agricultural development policy initiative to help smallholder farmers cope with multiple production and marketing challenges. Using a nationally representative survey dataset of smallholder maize producers from rural Nigeria, this study assesses the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on technical efficiency (TE). We based our estimation approach on the combination of a newly developed sample selection stochastic production frontier model with propensity score matching to control for possible selectivity biases from both observables and unobservables. We estimate stochastic meta-frontiers to examine TE differences between cooperative members and non-members. Our results reveal that TE levels of members are consistently higher than that of non-members. This calls for continued policy incentives targeted at encouraging farmers to form as well as participate in agricultural cooperatives.
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245426
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    https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12478/7742
    Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
    https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0245426
    Research Themes
    Social Science and Agribusiness
    IITA Subjects
    Agribusiness
    Agrovoc Terms
    Development; Parastatals; Agroindustrial Sector; Maize; Production; Agricultural Cooperatives; Agricultural development
    Regions
    Africa; West Africa
    Countries
    Nigeria
    Hubs
    Headquarters and Western Africa Hub
    Journals
    Plos One
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