Agricultural Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia: A Stochastic Frontier Approach

Agricultural Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Farmers in Ethiopia: A Stochastic Frontier Approach

In the past decade, to improve crop production and productivity, Ethiopia has embarked on an ambitious irrigation farming expansion program and has introduced new large- and small-scale irrigation initiatives. However, in Ethiopia, poverty remains a challenge, and crop productivity per unit area of...

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Main Authors:	Markose Chekol Zewdie, Michele Moretti, Daregot Berihun Tenessa, Zemen Ayalew Ayele, Jan Nyssen, Enyew Adgo Tsegaye, Amare Sewnet Minale, Steven Van Passel
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	MDPI AG 2021-03-01
Series:	Land
Subjects:	a technology-flexible stochastic frontier approach Ethiopia irrigation user and non-user farmers large-scale irrigation user farmers small-scale irrigation user farmers
Online Access:	https://www.mdpi.com/2073-445X/10/3/246

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