Coffee production is the main economic activity for smallholder farmers in Rwanda; it is also
a major export crop. However, Rwandan coffee production has been facing structural …

Pakistan is one of the world's leading producers, exporters, and consumers of rice. This
study analyzes the technical efficiency of rice growing farmers in the Swat district of the …

We investigated the role of spatial dependency in the technical efficiency estimates of rice
farmers using panel data from the Central Visayan island of Bohol in the Philippines …

Irrigation is an important adaptation strategy to cope with climate change which reduces
vulnerability to water stress and improves crop productivity to feed millions. There is …

We compare farm level efficiency rankings derived from non-spatial and a variety of spatial
model specifications that account for unobserved heterogeneity in both the production and …

Mangrove swamp rice (MSR) production is critical for the diet of small farmers of coastal
Guinea-Bissau. In mangrove swamp agroecosystems, rice is grown during the rainy season …

Shrimp farming is a key component of Vietnamese aquaculture contributing~ 5% to their
gross domestic product annually. Environmental hazards and socio‐economic parameters …

The study adopts a Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) approach to estimate the technical
efficiency of cassava production in the Savannah Zone of Northern Ghana. A cross-sectional …

Swamp rice grows in marginal land that has a relatively high risk related to the level of
technical efficiency [1]. This farming is carried out in the dry season where water needs …

Nigeria, like all other rice consuming nations, has experienced a surge in domestic demand
for rice since 1970. However, local rice production has not been sufficient to meet local …