Technical efficiency of smallholder honey farmers in Jimma zone, Ethiopia

This study analyzes technical efficiency and determinants of the efficiency of honey production in the Gomma and Gera districts of the Jimma zone. The data were obtained from 194 randomly selected honey-producing smallholder farmers. A Cobb - Douglas stochastic frontier production analysis with the...

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Published in:	RUDN Journal of Economics
Main Authors:	Hailemariam Legesse, Yadeta Bekele, Mulubrihan Bayissa, Tsega Lemma
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) 2020-12-01
Subjects:	stochastic frontier technical efficiency smallholder farmers ethiopia
Online Access:	http://journals.rudn.ru/economics/article/viewFile/23489/18105

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