Resource allocation influences productivity or profitability of crop enterprises, particularly among smallholder agricultural systems, yet many empirical studies tend to ignore this fact. In this paper, we use profit efficiency measurement as a proxy for comparative advantage to decide the crop for specialization in the Ejura-Sekyedumase District in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Using farm level data from 199 respondents who cultivate maize and cowpea, we employ the stochastic frontier function to measure and compare the profit efficiencies of farmers cultivating the two crops. Results from the analysis showed that the profit efficiency of maize farmers ranges between 47 % and 96.7 % while that of cowpea farmers ranges between 50.3 % and 100...
Abstract Background Cocoyam is an important food security crop in Ghana because it stores better tha...
Maize is a major staple crop in Ghana which needs to be produced optimally towards food security and...
Maize is a major staple crop in Ghana which needs to be produced optimally towards food security and...
Cowpeas have been identified as one of the crops with the highest and cheapest source of protein whi...
Cowpeas have been identified as one of the crops with the highest and cheapest source of protein whi...
A lot of investment has been made in the agricultural sector of Ghana to increase agricultural produ...
Efficiency of sole cowpea production in Gombi Zone of Adamawa State Agricultural Development Program...
A lot of investment has been made in the agricultural sector of Ghana to increase agricultural produ...
This paper explored the effect of market participation intensity on productivity of smallholder cowp...
This study analyzes the level and determinants of technical efficiency of soybean farms in the Sabob...
This paper employs a stochastic frontier model to examine profit inefficiency of rice farmers in the...
This paper employs a stochastic frontier model to examine profit inefficiency of rice farmers in the...
The study applies the single-stage modelling stochastic frontier approach to investigate the perform...
The study applies the single-stage modelling stochastic frontier approach to investigate the perform...
This paper explored the effect of market participation intensity on productivity of smallholder cowp...
Abstract Background Cocoyam is an important food security crop in Ghana because it stores better tha...
Maize is a major staple crop in Ghana which needs to be produced optimally towards food security and...
Maize is a major staple crop in Ghana which needs to be produced optimally towards food security and...
Cowpeas have been identified as one of the crops with the highest and cheapest source of protein whi...
Cowpeas have been identified as one of the crops with the highest and cheapest source of protein whi...
A lot of investment has been made in the agricultural sector of Ghana to increase agricultural produ...
Efficiency of sole cowpea production in Gombi Zone of Adamawa State Agricultural Development Program...
A lot of investment has been made in the agricultural sector of Ghana to increase agricultural produ...
This paper explored the effect of market participation intensity on productivity of smallholder cowp...
This study analyzes the level and determinants of technical efficiency of soybean farms in the Sabob...
This paper employs a stochastic frontier model to examine profit inefficiency of rice farmers in the...
This paper employs a stochastic frontier model to examine profit inefficiency of rice farmers in the...
The study applies the single-stage modelling stochastic frontier approach to investigate the perform...
The study applies the single-stage modelling stochastic frontier approach to investigate the perform...
This paper explored the effect of market participation intensity on productivity of smallholder cowp...
Abstract Background Cocoyam is an important food security crop in Ghana because it stores better tha...
Maize is a major staple crop in Ghana which needs to be produced optimally towards food security and...
Maize is a major staple crop in Ghana which needs to be produced optimally towards food security and...