Zavale, Helder; Mabaya, Edward T.; Christy, Ralph D. - Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and … - 2005
The objectives of this paper are to estimate cost efficiency and investigate factors influencing the cost efficiency of …,908 smallholder farmers conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in 2002. Stochastic cost frontier and self … factors influencing the cost efficiency. To enhance the cost efficiency of producing maize, policy makers should put more …