efficiency and poverty reduction. Overall, regression results confirm the negative impact of health impediment on farmers …' agricultural efficiency. Simulation results show that improving farmers' agricultural efficiency by investing in farmers' health …"The A stochastic frontier production function is used to estimate agricultural efficiency index. Then, controlling for …

in Zambia is still very much an "affair of state" in that farmers' use of F1 hybrids is explained largely by inclusion in …

smallholder farmers in developing countries, and offers policy recommendations to help potentially profitable smallholders meet …

for many developing countries to strengthen the contribution their farmers make to national economic growth and poverty …

the demands of small farmers, set priorities, and provide transparency and accountability with regard to funding and …

resources between men and women is linked with production inefficiency, yet interventions targeting smallholder farmers often … focuses on key agricultural resources needed by poor female farmers to generate incomes and ensure their families' food … many promising strategies for channeling resources into the hands of female farmers to boost their agricultural …