Profit efficiency among maize farmers and implications for poverty alleviation and food security in Ghana
In this study, we analysed the profit efficiency of Ghanaian maize farmers using data collected from 576 farmers in four agro ecological zones of Ghana. The stochastic frontier translog profit function was the main method of analysis. We find that maize production in Ghana is profitable but profitab...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Scientific African |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2468227619307677 |