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The study was aimed at analyzing the technical efficiency in maize production of smallholder farmers in Mecha district, West Gojjam, ANRS. Cross sectional data from 120 maize producer farmers were collected during 2004/05 production season. The estimated results of the Cobb-Douglas frontier model with inefficiency variables shows that the mean technical efficiency of the farmers in the production of maize is 78 percent. This implies that maize productivity can be increased by 22 percent given the existing technological level. Thus currently farmers are not using production inputs efficiently in such a way that they give their maximum potential. The discrepancy ratio gamma ( ), which measures the relative deviation of output from the frontier level due to inefficiency, was about 66 percent. This implies that about 66 percent of the variation in maize production (yield) among the sample respondents was attributed to technical inefficiency effects. The estimated stochastic production frontier (SPF) model also indicates that DAP fertilizer, Area, Labor and Pesticide are significant determinants of maize production level."
The Kenya Maize Data Base Project (MDBP) was established in 1992 with the help of the Rockefeller Foundation, the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT) and the US Agency for International Development.
Maize is staple crop for ensuring food security of the majority of the population. Based on a two-period panel data of 2017 and 2019 production seasons, we examined the efficiency status of 483 maize producing farmers in the central rift valley of Ethiopia. For the analysis, different time-variant panel stochastic frontier estimation models were applied. We found that land, seed, fertilizer, farm labor, and farm tools had significant positive elasticity considering the producers' efficiency status. The quality of land used for maize production had a significant impact on farm efficiency gain. The covariates of household size, livestock ownership, extension contact, and credit access were also important in reducing the inefficiency of the maize producers. The mean technical efficiency over the panel period was found to be 62%, whereas the time-varying and the time-invariant efficiency components accounted for 86% and 71%, respectively. Despite the observed gap from the recommended rate, the intensity of fertilizer use increased on average by 18.6% during the panel period. Hence, enhanced access to production inputs and the identified determinant factors were important in approaching the higher frontier in maize production in the study areas.
Maize is an important food crop in Ghana, accounting for more than 50 percent of the country’s total cereal production. The Ghana Grains Development Project (1979–1997) and the Food Crops Development Project (2000–2008) made major investments to improve maize yield. Despite these efforts, the average maize yield in Ghana remains one of the lowest in the world, much lower than the average for Africa south of the Sahara.
Intended for policymakers and scholars, the 15 contributions in this volume are divided into two sections: the first provides six country case studies of the evolving maize economies of Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi, Kenya, Ghana, and Nigeria. The second part synthesizes major technological, institutional, and policy issues with chapters on research and extension, soil fertility, seed and fertilizer delivery systems, and marketing and price policy. Paper edition (754-0), $29.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR