Abstract Indtroduction Currently, Ethiopia is following an agricultural development-led
industrialization strategy with a major goal of hel** agriculture grow so that it can …

Background Cocoa contributes immensely to Nigeria's economy; it is about 40% of
agricultural exports and it is the main source of livelihood for over 200,000 rural households …

Background A large majority of Ethiopians and the poor living in rural areas are deriving
their livelihood from agriculture. The existence of inefficiency in production comes from …

Onions are a significant source of revenue and food security for households. Despite their
importance in human nutrition, economic benefit, and area coverage, in Ethiopia, onion …

Background Potato is one of the major staple crops in the Eastern and Central Africa sub-
region. Its importance continues to rise due to increased urbanization and demand for potato …

The challenge of food security in Nigeria hinges on several factors of which poor technical
efficiency is key. Using a stochastic frontier framework, we estimated the technical efficiency …

Access to credit is crucial to improve farm performance as it allows farmers to procure inputs
and technology. However, on the empirical front, evidence of the impact of agricultural credit …

This paper evaluates the performance of maize farmers in three agroecological zones in
Ghana. A metafrontier model is used to estimate the average technical efficiencies and …

This study was aimed to measure the level of technical efficiency and identify its
determinants in wheat crop for smallholder farmers in south Wollo zone, Ethiopia. A multi …

The aim of this study was to determine the level of technical efficiency of smallholder teff
producers and identify factors affecting technical efficiency of smallholder farmers in teff …