Technical Efficiency of Soybean Farmers in the Northern Region of Ghana.

Technical Efficiency of Soybean Farmers in the Northern Region of Ghana.

This paper assesses the technical efficiency of soybean farmers in the Northern Region of Ghana. The maximum likelihood estimation technique was used for the estimations in a one-step approach through the translog production function. A sample size of 168 soybean farmers was used for the study. Far...

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Main Authors:	Abdul Rashid S. Mohammed, Seidu Al-hassan, D. P. K. Amegashie
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Africa Development and Resources Research Institute (ADRRI) 2016-08-01
Series:	Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences
Online Access:	https://journals.adrri.org/index.php/adrrijafs/article/view/248

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