efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to select … 180 cassava farmers in the region and from this sample, input-output data were obtained using the cost route approach. The …'s cassava farmers are not fully technically efficient, showing a mean score of .79%, and suggesting that opportunities still …

Transaction costs play a key role in the behaviour of smallholders in developing countries. We investigate smallholder … to measure the impact of a reduction in transaction costs on smallholders' decisions on tobacco crop area and production …

simultaneously determine the choice of market. These imply that policies that enhance productivity of these smallholders and market …