This study analyzed relationship between techn ical efficiency and socio-economic variables of cassava farmers in … relationship exists between technical efficiency and cassava output (0.542), farm income (0.612), processing cost (- 0.414), gari … sampled cassava farmers in Nigeria. Multiple regression result showed that variation in technical efficiency is explained by …

at examining gender differentials in farm resource ownership and how it affects the technical efficiency in maize …

envelopment analysis. The frontier represents the minimum applicable level of efficiency of inputs given the current level of … yields, technologies, and managerial ability among the farmers which can be used as a benchmark for efficiency improvement of … rice farms. Two-stage DEA methodology of efficiency analysis was applied. The empirical results revealed that the technical …

This study sheds light on how study specific-characteristics impact mean technical efficiency (MTE) in Nigerian … contain quantitative results on sources of technical efficiency differences usually incorporating socio-economic variables …. Based on this, fifty three percent identified educations as a significant determinant of technical efficiency while thirty …

In this paper, farm level technical efficiency of production and its determinants are investigated in a sample of 51 … indicates their positive effect on technical efficiency. In addition, results indicated that estimated technical efficiency of … by 17% on average to produce the same amount of cereal output. Finally, the lower level of efficiency but higher yield …

technical efficiency (TE) is performed following a two-step procedure. First, a random coefficient specification of the …-level data from eastern, central and western provinces in China. Our results provide evidence that technical efficiency is …

Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach was used to estimate technical efficiency and followed by regressing the … technical efficiency scores to farm specific characters under tobit regression model. Primary data was collected from random … samples of 240 (120 from each) coffee famers. Mean technical efficiency score was 0.89 and 0.83 in organic and conventional …

This study estimates a stochastic production frontier to measure technical efficiency (TE) using farm-level survey data …

producers and the quantity produced orange. This mismatch between variables can signal a lack of efficiency in the citrus sector …. In this context, the study aimed to examine the technical efficiency of citrus properties in the State of Sao Paulo in … envelopment analysis to calculate the levels of technical efficiency and Tobit econometric model to understand the determinants of …