in technical efficiency of the two systems. Results show although rice cultivation through Bolon involved higher cost … to single transplanting. The estimate of tech nical efficiency shows the farmers practicing the Bolon system are more …

of scale in Kenyan dairy in terms of relative profit efficiency at different levels of output, and identify policy and … model approach was used to analyze the determinants of profitability and inefficiency. Unit profitability per farm ranged … of scale of farm, inefficiency significantly contributed to variability in profitability across farms. Scale had no …

productivity and efficiency levels in maize production in CA and conventional farming. The analysis is based on a three year panel … sample of smallholder farming households and employing a stochastic production frontier model compare productivity and … technical efficiency between CA and conventional farming. Study results indicate that CA technology is implemented in relatively …

economic efficiency of smallholder Irish potato producers in Kenya by drawing on data from random sample of 130 smallholder … efficiency components and a two-limit Tobit model is used to derive efficiency indices as a function of a vector of socio … efficiency is 0.39 with a range of 0.12 - 0.66. Education, access to extension, access to credit and membership in a farmers …

The object of the present paper is to analyze the productivity of marketing cooperatives incorporating environmental … marketing cooperatives in the fruit and vegetables sector to consider improvement in productivity and sound environmental … so-called Operative Programs (OP). The present study analyses the total factor productivity (TFP) related to …

, however, dairy productivity and profitability levels are still dramatically low, with tremendous scope for dairy development. … particular in India. Relying on a unique set of household-level data from the state of Punjab, we study the biggest dairy company … in the world (Nestlé) in India and compare its vertical spillover effects on upstream suppliers to other market channels …

Using plot level production data from a nation-wide survey in India, we study the impact of irrigation on crop … productivity, land prices and cropping intensities. Our main identification strategy is based on a sufficient number of households … investments to improve access and quality of irrigation in India. …

micronutrient intake on productivity of house-hold engaged in agricultural labor in India by applying a two-stage least squares (2 … to reduced productivity of afflicted population groups are believed to be substantial. This paper examines the impact of …SLS) estimation technique. The micronutrient under investigation is iron. The results indicate that productivity, measured …

ecosystem. However, the changes in physical yield are not true measures of productivity from efficiency perspective. Total … factor productivity (TFP) is a true measure of economic efficiency of any technology impact. The paper addresses the crucial …A serious concern has been raised recently on the long run sustainability of the productivity effects of Green …

Multi-year nationwide survey data is used to estimate maize yield response functions and determine profitability of … soil conditions in two major agro-climatic zones. Profitability of fertilizer use is determined for each group of … significant impact on the profitability of fertilizer use. Greater distances and transport costs from provincial centers erode the …