TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION BY MAIZE FARMERS IN THREE AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF GHANA

Using a farm household data from 3 agroecological zones of Ghana, this paper investigates the causal relationship between the adoption of improved maize variety and technical efficiency or productivity. The empirical results show a positive relationship between the adoption of improved maize variety...

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Main Author: Victor OWUSU
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Slovak University of Agriculture 2016-11-01
Series:Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics
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Online Access:http://roaae.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/RAAE_2_2016_Owusu.pdf