This article analyses the technical efficiency of maize production in Zimbabwe's smallholder farming communities … selected sample of 522 smallholder maize producers, a stochastic frontier production model was applied, using a linearised Cobb … efficiency. The study finds that maize output responds positively to increases in inorganic fertilisers, seed quantity, the use …

In an effort to address the decline in maize productivity, the government of Zimbabwe in 2016/17 endorsed a special … districts of Zimbabwe as case studies. The study used a cross-sectional survey of 240 households randomly selected through a … technical efficiency of A1 smallholder command agriculture maize farmers. The study revealed that A1 smallholder command …

technical efficiency of 233 smallholder maize farmers in Tanzania and provides an empirical analysis of the determinants of … inefficiency with the aim of finding way to increase smallholders’ maize production and productivity. Results shows that … efficiencies of smallholder maize farmers range from 0.011 to 0.910 with a mean of 0.606. Low levels of education, lack of …

of these programs. This article considers one such program, the Zambian Food Reserve Agency (FRA), which purchases maize … from smallholder farmers at a pan-territorial price that typically exceeds maize market prices in surplus production areas … effects of the FRA's maize marketing activities on smallholder farm household welfare. Results suggest that FRA activities …

Mexico and Central Americathat explored these issues for commodity maize and high value vegetables respectively. Thebenefits … producers to markets. Thereis less incentive for maize farmers to organize themselves to access output markets as thetransaction …

of these programs. This article considers one such program, the Zambian Food Reserve Agency (FRA), which purchases maize … from smallholder farmers at a pan-territorial price that typically exceeds maize market prices in surplus production areas … effects of the FRA's maize marketing activities on smallholder farm household welfare. Results suggest that FRA activities …