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Efficiency of food production under old and new technology: the case of farmers within and outside the extension package program in Ethiopia

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  • Arega D. Alene
  • Rashid M. Hassan

    (International Institute of Tropical Agriculture, Malawi
    University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Abstract

This paper measures the technical, allocative, and economic efficiencies of farmers within and outside the Extension Package Program (EPP) in high and low potential agro-ecological zones in eastern Ethiopia. Within-group farmer efficiencies are analyzed relative to respective technologies to examine performance variation under traditional and improved technology. The results showed considerable efficiency variation not only among farmers outside EPP who mainly used traditional technologies, but also among farmers within the EPP who used improved technological packages. The results further showed that, in the high potential zone, farmers within the EPP used a superior technology, whereas both groups in the low potential zone used a homogenous technology, confirming the lack of appropriate technologies for less-favored agricultural areas. Education, credit, and the share of the leading cropping system are significantly related to production efficiency. The results suggest that an integrated credit, extension, and input supply system with appropriate technologies would raise food production efficiency.

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  • Arega D. Alene & Rashid M. Hassan, 2008. "Efficiency of food production under old and new technology: the case of farmers within and outside the extension package program in Ethiopia," Journal of Developing Areas, Tennessee State University, College of Business, vol. 41(2), pages 233-249, January-M.
    • Handle: RePEc:jda:journl:vol.41:year:2008:issue2:pp:233-249
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    1. Hailu, Getu & Weersink, Alfons & Minten, Bart J., 2015. "Rural Organizations, Agricultural Technologies and Production Efficiency of Teff in Ethiopia," 2015 Conference, August 9-14, 2015, Milan, Italy 211702, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
    2. Dehua Zhang & Haiqing Wang & Sha Lou & Shen Zhong, 2021. "Research on grain production efficiency in China’s main grain producing areas from the perspective of financial support," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 16(3), pages 1-16, March.
    3. Getu Hailu & Alfons Weersink & Bart Minten, 2017. "Determinants of the Productivity of Teff in Ethiopia," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 29(4), pages 866-892, August.

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    Keywords

    Production efficiency; extension programs; stochastic frontiers; efficiency decomposition; Ethiopia.;
    All these keywords.

    JEL classification:

    • D13 - Microeconomics - - Household Behavior - - - Household Production and Intrahouse Allocation
    • Q12 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Micro Analysis of Farm Firms, Farm Households, and Farm Input Markets

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