Binam, J.N. and Tonyè, J. and Wandji, N. (2004) Factors affecting the technical efficiency among smallholder farmers in the slash and burn agriculture zone of Cameroon. Food Policy, 29 (5). pp. 531-545.
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Abstract
This paper estimates technical efficiency among smallholder farmers in the slash and burn agriculture zone of Cameroon and identifies sources of inefficiency using detailed survey data obtained from 450 farmers over 15 villages throughout the 2001/02 growing season. We find that the mean levels of technical efficiency are 77%, 73% and 75%, respectively, for groundnut monocrop, maize monocrop and maize-groundnut farming systems suggesting the existence of substantial gains in output and/or decreases in cost with available technology and resources. The efficiency differences are explained significantly by credit, soil fertility, social capital, distance of the plot from the access road and extension services. Policy recommendations are drawn from these findings
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Technical efficiency; Slash and burn agriculture; Stochastic frontiers |
| Author Affiliation: | Institute of Agricultural Research for Development (IRAD), Farming Systems, Economy and Rural Sociology Division, P.O. Box 2067, Yaoundé-Messa, Cameroon |
| Subjects: | Social Sciences > Agricultural Economics |
| Divisions: | General |
| Depositing User: | Ms K Syamalamba |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Oct 2011 08:28 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2011 08:28 |
| Official URL: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2004.07.013 |
| URI: | http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/2735 |
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