Article purchased; Published online: 27 June 2017Applying stochastic frontier Cobb–Douglas production function, the study assessed the efficiency of sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas) producers in the Southern region of Ethiopia. The study revealed the existence of fairly large technical inefficiency in sweet potato production. The technical efficiency ranged from 12.6 to 93.7%, with more than half of the producers above the mean efficiency level (66.1%). This suggests that there is room for output gains through technical efficiency improvement. If the average producers in the study region are to achieve the technical efficiency level of the most efficient producer in the sample (93.7%), they can realize nearly 30% output gains. The analysis of...
Open Access JournalThis study aimed to estimate the Technical Efficiency (TE) of youth crop farmers ...
This study established the level of technical efficiency and its determinants among the informal and...
Nigeria is a major producer of sweet potato in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study looked at resour...
The level of yield among sweet potato farmers is on a decline; low output and yield differences was ...
This study examined Sweet Potato (SwP) production efficiency in Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling tec...
Sweet potato value addition is increasingly being popularized among producers due to its potential t...
Ethiopia, with a population of about 81 million, is the second-most populous country in sub-Saharan ...
Ethiopia is one of the major potato producing countries of the Sub-Saharan Africa region where potat...
The study investigated sweet potato production for poverty alleviation in Nasarawa State of Nigeria....
Copyright: © 2015 Ali S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the C...
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) is a very important staple carbohydrate food in sub-saharan A...
The National Agriculture Policy stresses the involvement of all stakeholders in decision making as o...
Viable sweet potato production is hard to achieve with indiscriminate use of farm inputs, resulting ...
peer reviewedPromotion of improved crop varieties is an effective means of increasing farm productiv...
Sweet potatoes are an important traditional food crop in Ethiopia, valued by farmers for their versa...
Open Access JournalThis study aimed to estimate the Technical Efficiency (TE) of youth crop farmers ...
This study established the level of technical efficiency and its determinants among the informal and...
Nigeria is a major producer of sweet potato in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study looked at resour...
The level of yield among sweet potato farmers is on a decline; low output and yield differences was ...
This study examined Sweet Potato (SwP) production efficiency in Nigeria. A multi-stage sampling tec...
Sweet potato value addition is increasingly being popularized among producers due to its potential t...
Ethiopia, with a population of about 81 million, is the second-most populous country in sub-Saharan ...
Ethiopia is one of the major potato producing countries of the Sub-Saharan Africa region where potat...
The study investigated sweet potato production for poverty alleviation in Nasarawa State of Nigeria....
Copyright: © 2015 Ali S, et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the C...
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) is a very important staple carbohydrate food in sub-saharan A...
The National Agriculture Policy stresses the involvement of all stakeholders in decision making as o...
Viable sweet potato production is hard to achieve with indiscriminate use of farm inputs, resulting ...
peer reviewedPromotion of improved crop varieties is an effective means of increasing farm productiv...
Sweet potatoes are an important traditional food crop in Ethiopia, valued by farmers for their versa...
Open Access JournalThis study aimed to estimate the Technical Efficiency (TE) of youth crop farmers ...
This study established the level of technical efficiency and its determinants among the informal and...
Nigeria is a major producer of sweet potato in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). This study looked at resour...