The Relationship Between Farm Size and the Technical Inefficiency of Production of Wheat Farmers in Eastern Orange Free State, South Africa
Author: Sipho A. Ngwenya
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 18
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Author: Sipho A. Ngwenya
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 18
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Johan Van Zyl
Publisher: World Bank Publications
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 56
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Timothy J. Coelli
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2005-07-22
Total Pages: 376
ISBN-13: 9780387242651
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSoftcover version of the second edition Hardcover. Incorporates a new author, Dr. Chris O'Donnell, who brings considerable expertise to the project in the area of performance measurement. Numerous topics are being added and more applications using real data, as well as exercises at the end of the chapters. Data sets, computer codes and software will be available for download from the web to accompany the volume.
Author: Luis Fabián Brunstein
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Published: 2002
Total Pages: 494
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Kizito Mazvimavi
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Published: 2004
Total Pages: 226
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Published: 2013
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Alemayehu Bashe
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Published: 2023-01-26
Total Pages: 23
ISBN-13: 3346801993
DOWNLOAD EBOOKScientific Study from the year 2023 in the subject Agrarian Studies, , course: Agricultural Economics research, language: English, abstract: Production improvement through the use of improved technologies and increasing efficiency of inputs in cereal production in general and wheat production in particular might be an important alternative to settle food security problem in Ethiopia. Wheat is the first cash crop produced in Angecha District, kembata Tambaro zone, with a total area covered of 4567.5ha. But, the efficiency of producers that they could not use available resources on hand was taken as a great attention. So this study was aimed to analyze the levels of technical, allocative and economic efficiencies of wheat producers; and determining factors for inefficiency in farmers’ wheat production by using cross sectional data from randomly selected 123 households in 2018/19 production year. The study used both primary and secondary data sources and stochastic production frontier approach was used to estimate the level of efficiencies. Ordinary least square estimation was used to identify factors that affect inefficiencies of sample farmers’ in study area. The regression model result indicated that input variables like land and seed were the significant variables to increase the yield of wheat output. 55.63%, 55.47% and 30.85% were the estimated mean values of technical, allocative and economic efficiencies respectively, which indicate the presence of inefficiency in wheat production in the study area. Model result indicated that technical inefficiency positively and significantly affected by sex of the household head, and negatively affected by age, farm experience, land fragmentation, credit access and total livestock unit. Similarly, allocative inefficiency positively and significantly affected by sex and negatively by credit access and total livestock holdings. In addition, economic inefficiency negatively and significantly affected by credit access and total livestock holdings. The policy measures implied from the results include: working further for quality seed and sustainable land management, expansion of gender sensitive and youth based strengthening of the extension services and trainings, strengthening the existing credit institutions services, and expansion of new livestock technologies in the study area.
Author: Herman D. van Schalkwyk
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-03-10
Total Pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9086861687
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book assesses the institutional, technical and market constraints as well as opportunities for smallholders, notably, emerging farmers in disadvantaged areas such as the former homelands of South Africa. Emerging farmers are previously disadvantaged black people who started or will start their business with the support of special government programs. Public support programs have been developed as part of the Black Economic Empowerment strategy of the South African government. These programs aim to improve the performance of emerging farmers. This requires, first and foremost, upgrading the emerging farmers skills by providing access to knowledge about agricultural and entrepreneurial practices. To become or to remain good farmers they also need access to suitable agricultural land and sufficient water for irrigation and for feeding their cattle. Finally, for emerging farmers to be engaged in viable farming operations, various factors need to be in place such as marketing and service institutions to give credit for agricultural inputs and investments; input markets for farm machinery, farm implements, fertilizers and quality seeds; and accessible output markets for their end products. This book develops a policy framework and potential institutional responses to unlock the relevant markets for smallholders.