...Soumyadwip Das; Sumit Kumar Maji Purpose Agriculture is the backbone of the Indian economy. Over 50% of the workforce is engaged in the agricultural sector, and at least 14% of India's GDP emanates from the farm sector. The present study aims to assess the technical efficiency of paddy farmers...

... a sample of 230 Brazilian agribusiness cooperatives in the year 2022 were analyzed. We combined cluster analysis, data envelopment analysis (DEA) and Tobit regression models. Findings Cooperatives in the sample presented low technical efficiency (TE) scores, with average efficiency levels of 21.85...

... of climate change on farm technical efficiency in rural Cameroon and suggest ways for improvement. Design/methodology/approach We employ a two-step approach to assess whether the efficiency of these farms is vulnerable to climate change. In the first step, we calculate efficiency using the stochastic...

...Marcelo Castro; Alvaro Reyes Duarte; Andrés Villegas; Luis Chanci Purpose The aim of this study is to estimate the technical efficiency of the massive and economically important crop of rice in Ecuador, and then conduct a comparison between groups of farmers with and without insurance. Design...

...Melkamu Girma Koricho; Musa Hasen Ahmed Purpose This study examines the impact of access to credit on the technical efficiency (TE) of maize-producing smallholder farmers in Ethiopia and explores factors determining credit utilization. Design/methodology/approach The study relies on nationally...

...Anthony Siaw; Yuansheng Jiang; Martinson Ankrah Twumasi; Wonder Agbenyo; Gideon Ntim-Amo; Frank Osei Danquah; Ernest Kwarko Ankrah Purpose The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of access to credit on technical efficiency (TE) of maize farmers in a developing country, Ghana. Design...

... the propensity of farmers’ taking microcredit and its effect on beneficiaries’ technical efficiency, productivity, profitability and domestic production of chicken and eggs, farm performance. The authors addressed selection biases with the PSM and answered the research question of whether farmers...

...Yiorgos Gadanakis; Gianluca Stefani; Ginerva Virginia Lombardi; Marco Tiberti Purpose The purpose of this paper is to provide empirical evidence on the relationship between capital structure and technical efficiency (TE) for Italian cereal farms during the 2008–2014 period. Emphasis is given...

...Edward Martey; Alexander N. Wiredu; Prince M. Etwire; John K.M. Kuwornu Purpose Production credit is essential for enhancing the technical efficiency (TE) and the welfare of smallholder farmers in Africa. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of credit on smallholders’ TE using cross...

.... Design/methodology/approach Using 2016 cross-sectional data of plantain farmers, the authors employ the Cobb–Douglas stochastic frontier production function to determine the technical efficiency (TE) of each farmer. Current plantain quantity produced by farmers and the TE are then used to estimate...

...Paul Kwame Nkegbe Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the relationship between credit access and technical efficiency of smallholder crop farmers in northern Ghana. Design/methodology/approach The study uses a random sample of 445 farming households in the three northern regions...

...Sonia Afrin; Mohammed Ziaul Haider; Md. Sariful Islam Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impact of financial inclusion on the enhancement of paddy farmers’ technical efficiency (TE). The impact was evaluated rigorously from different dimensions which could be useful...

...Abdul-Hanan Abdallah Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of agricultural credit on technical efficiency of Ghanaian maize farmers using a unique dataset drawn from the database of Sub-Saharan Africa’s intensification of food crops agriculture (Afrint II) in 2008 period...

..., and farm income increases. The paper aims to discuss these issues. Design/methodology/approach – A stochastic frontier production function is used to estimate technical efficiency of FCS banks and associations. Findings – A significant difference is found in efficiency between large and small...