Despite its frequent use in policy discussions on future agricultural production, both the
concept of the yield gap and its determinants are understood differently by economists and …

This study assesses the technical efficiency and its determinants of maize farmers in the
Eastern Region of Ghana. A multi stage random sampling procedure was employed to …

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mengukur efisiensi teknis, efisiensi alokatif, dan efisiensi
ekonomi usahatani jagung, serta faktor-faktor apa yang memengaruhi inefisiensi teknis …

Jagung (Zea mays) merupakan salah satu komoditas sumber utama karbohidrat dan protein
setelah beras berpeluang dikembangkan di Gorontalo. Permasalahan pengembangan …

The current world food crisis has necessitated alternative policy actions in most countries,
including increased investment in agricultural research and development. This study uses …

ABSTRACT The Malawi Farm Input Subsidy Program (FISP) was praised for turning the
country's food deficit into a surplus after inception in 2005. It is, however, not clear whether …

Adoption of technology is an important factor in economic development. The thrust of this
study was to establish factors affecting adoption of QPM technology in Northern zone of …

The decline in agricultural productivity in Nigeria is linked to a host of factors ranging from
unsustainable growth policies, inadequate funding and infrastructures, low levels of value …

Farming requires the utilization of available inputs as efficiently as possible to optimize
production, farmers being primary managers of land and other productive resources, need to …

As in most developing countries, agricultural production in Ethiopia is dominated by
subsistence-based smallholder farmers, whose production and incomes from the sector are …