This article analyses the technical efficiency of maize production in Zimbabwe's smallholder farming communities following the fast-track land reform of the year 2000 with a view of highlighting key entry points for policy. Using a randomly selected sample of 522 smallholder maize producers, a...

In an effort to address the decline in maize productivity, the government of Zimbabwe in 2016/17 endorsed a special program for input support named command agriculture scheme (CAS). Against this background, the study questioned the beneficiaries' technical efficiency and factors that influence...