加纳小农户木薯生产技术异质性的性别差异随机元前沿分析

IF 0.4 Q4 AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY

African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics-AFJARE Pub Date : 2021-06-30 DOI:10.53936/afjare.2021.16(2).10

Arnold Missiame, P. Irungu, Rose Adhiambo Nyikal

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本文评估了加纳Fanteakwa地区男性管理(MMF)和女性管理(FMF)木薯农场的技术效率差异以及所采用的木薯生产系统。本研究采用超对数随机元前沿模型对随机选取的300名木薯小农数据进行分析，发现MMF和FMF的平均元前沿技术效率(MTE)分别为0.06和0.03。MMF和FMF的技术间隙比(TGR)分别为0.25和0.04。结果表明，MMFs和FMFs在技术上都是低效的。然而，在MMFs上操作的生产技术相对优于在ffs上操作的生产技术，表现为MMFs的TGR相对较高。研究结果还表明，靠近市场、推广渠道、非农经济活动和正规教育是农民技术效率的主要影响因素。

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Gender-differentiated stochastic meta-frontier analysis of production technology heterogeneity among smallholder cassava farmers in Ghana

This paper assesses the differences in technical efficiency of, and the cassava production systems employed by, male-managed (MMF) and female-managed (FMF) cassava farms in the Fanteakwa District of Ghana. The study employs the translog stochastic meta-frontier model to analyse data obtained from 300 randomly selected smallholder cassava farmers and finds an average metafrontier technical efficiency (MTE) of 0.06 and 0.03 among MMF and FMF respectively. The technology gap ratios (TGR) are 0.25 and 0.04 for the MMF and FMF respectively. The results suggest that both MMFs and FMFs are technically inefficient. However, the production technology operated on MMFs is relatively superior to that operated on FMFs, as shown by the relatively higher TGR for MMFs. The results also reveal that proximity to markets, extension access, off-farm economic activities and formal education are the major contributors to the technical efficiency of the farmers.

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African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics-AFJARE AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS & POLICY-

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1.20

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期刊介绍： The African Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics (AfJARE)/Journal Africain d’Economie Agricole et des Ressources (JAEAR) is a publication of the African Association of Agricultural Economists (AAAE). The journal publishes original research about how African agriculture interacts with local and global economic systems and policy regimes in its impacts upon people. The scope of the journal covers the roles of markets, technology, policy, institutions and the natural environment in shaping the lives of well being of Africans engaged in agricultural activities. The journal strives to nurture and enhance the capacity of African professionals to conduct and publish scientific research and provides a venue for communicating and disseminating their findings. Multi-disciplinary, problem-oriented articles are encouraged. Submissions may deal with teaching, research extension, consulting, advising, entrepreneurship and administration. The Chief Editors and Editorial Board, under the general direction of the AAAE President, Executive Committee and Council are charged with implementing Journal policy to serve members of AAAE. The main section of the journal publishes technical research articles while a small section is devoted to publishing brief notes with important policy content and book reviews. The journal is a quarterly publication.