The Impact of Credit and Training on Farmers Efficiency: A Semi‐Parametric Meta‐Frontier Analysis
Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Volume 70, Issue 2, Page 457-469, April 2026.ABSTRACT Smallholder farmers in developing countries face several constraints, which affect their productivity. To reduce these constraints and enhance productivity, government and non‐governmental agencies implement programmes that provide credit and training to farmers.
Anthony Baffoe‐Bonnie +1 more
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مجله اقتصاد و توسعه کشاورزی, 2016 Introduction: Food processing industries are one of the major industrial groups in developing countries which play an important role in the economic development of these countries.
M. Nabishahikitash +2 more
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Nigeria Agricultural Journal, 2014 This study employed a translog stochastic frontier profit function to measure the level and determinants of economic efficiency in Mushroom Production. A multi-stage randomised sampling technique was used in selecting 30 mushroom farmers from each of the three Agricultural Zones of Abia State.
Kalu, CA, Ogbueghu, OU, Mbanasor, JA
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An Analysis of Allocative Efficiency of Wheat Growers in Northern Pakistan [PDF]
Restricted translog production model is used to estimate the allocative efficiency of wheat growers in Peshawar Valley. It is found that average allocative efficiency is 72 percent.
Dilawar Khan, Muhammad Bashir
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One‐Way Versus Two‐Way Postacquisition Integration Efforts: Theory and Evidence
Journal of Economics &Management Strategy, Volume 35, Issue 2, Page 354-375, Summer 2026.ABSTRACT We develop a theory of postacquisition integration that distinguishes between one‐way (acquirer‐only) and two‐way (mutual) effort strategies. We argue that the method of payment—cash versus shares—may serve as an ex ante commitment mechanism to a particular integration strategy, where cash deals align with unilateral effort, and share deals ...
Albert Banal‐Estañol +3 more
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Quality of Service, Efficiency and Scale in Network Industries: An analysis of European electricity distribution [PDF]
, 2005 Quality of service is of major economic significance in natural monopoly infrastructure industries but is generally not reflected in efficiency analysis.
Growitsch, Christian +2 more
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Alternative Soil Fertility Management Options in Malawi - An Economic Analysis [PDF]
In this paper, we analyze the factors that influence the productivity of maize among smallholder farmers, given that unfavourable output and input market conditions throughout the 1990s have compelled smallholder farmers into unsustainable agricultural ...
Sauer, Johannes, Tchale, Hardwick
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EXAMINATION OF ALTERNATIVE HETEROSCEDASTIC ERROR STRUCTURES USING EXPERIMENTAL DATA [PDF]
Impacts of alternative specifications for heteroscedastic error structures are examined by estimating various production functions for corn in Central Texas. Production- and profit- maximizing levels of input and the shape of the profit equation obtained
Capps, Oral, Jr. +2 more
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Economic performance of exotic dairy cattle under smallholder conditions in the marginal zones of Kenya using three analytical approaches [PDF]
Smallholder exotic dairy cattle have been adopted in the dry marginal zones of Kenya from the high potential areas over the last two decades contrary to the opinion of experts.
Hoag, Dana L. +2 more
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Analysing the efficiency of Portuguese pension funds : a stochastic frontier model [PDF]
, 2007 This paper examines technical efficiency of Portuguese pension funds management companies, using a stochastic frontier model in order to obtain estimates of economies of scale and scope.
Barros, Carlos Pestana +2 more
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