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The Efficiency of Traditional and Hybrid Maize Production in Eastern Ethiopia: an extended efficiency decomposition approach by Arega D. Alene and Rashid M, Hassan,

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: ; Volume 15, number 1Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISSN:
  • 0963-8024
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HC800 JOU
Online resources: Summary: The productive efficiencies of traditional and hybrid maize producers in eastern Ethiopia are derived using an efficiency decomposition technique that we extend to account for scale effects. The paper illustrates the sensitivity of the conventional approach to scale effects. The results revealed high inefficiency among both traditional and hybrid maize producers. High inefficiency among hybrid maize producers is consistent with the argument that food production gains from improved agricultural technologies have not been realised in poor countries like Ethiopia due mainly to poor support services, including extension, education, credit and input supply.
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Journal Article Journal Article Main Library - Special Collections HC800 JOU (Browse shelf(Opens below)) vol. 15, no. 1 (pages 91-116) SP2053 Not for loan For In house Use

The productive efficiencies of traditional and hybrid maize producers in eastern Ethiopia are derived using an efficiency decomposition technique that we extend to account for scale effects. The paper illustrates the sensitivity of the conventional approach to scale effects. The results revealed high inefficiency among both traditional and hybrid maize producers. High inefficiency among hybrid maize producers is consistent with the argument that food production gains from improved agricultural technologies have not been realised in poor countries like Ethiopia due mainly to poor support services, including extension, education, credit and input supply.

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