..., operational challenges and managerial inefficiencies of fishers. Therefore, this study examines the efficiency of artisanal inland capture fishers and the factors that affect their efficiencies. Design/methodology/approach The study employed cross-sectional data from inland capture fishers. The study used...

...Márcio Marcelo Gross; Adriano Mendonça Souza; Viviane de Senna Purpose This research aims to understand whether ownership structure, interpreted as a social indicator of the composition and organization of these companies, affects the debt and efficiency of agribusiness companies listed...

...Bertha Viviana Ruales Guzmán; Gloria Isabel Rodríguez Lozano; Oscar Fernando Castellanos Domínguez Purpose This research had two main objectives: To measure the productivity of companies in the Colombian dairy industry and to identify efficient decision-making units (DMUs) that can be used as work...

... farmers’ chemical fertilizer use and the associated rice production efficiency, based on different information sources (fertilizer traders, government extension agents or own/peer experience). Design/methodology/approach Using primary data, the present study estimates an ordered probit model...

... and efficiency of small-scale and marginal wheat farmers can be improved so that their households may benefit from zinc-fortified varieties. Design/methodology/approach The authors estimate a stochastic frontier production function model with data from a survey of wheat farmers conducted in Punjab, Pakistan...

... market efficiency and profits of the potato market chain, and factors that influence the profits. Design/methodology/approach The study focussed on potato farmers, traders and small-scale processors. It was conducted in Kabale and Mbale districts being the major potato producing areas in Uganda...