Women now make up the majority of the agricultural sector in developing countries, but
recent evidence suggests that not only is their productivity constrained by a lack of …

Investigating the impact of public subsidies on farm technical efficiency is becoming a critical
issue in applied agricultural policy analysis. This article presents a meta-analysis of …

This paper examines the interplay between Malawi's input subsidy and access to extension
services, and the impact of both on farm productivity and food security using Malawi's …

The article provides a conceptual framework and discusses research methods for analyzing
pluralistic agricultural advisory services. The framework can also assist policy-makers in …

Small-scale farming involves millions of households in the EU and plays an important role in
the rural economy. A significant percentage of these farms produce commodities for the …

Abstract Agricultural Extension Services (AES) aim to improve farming knowledge that helps
in increasing crop production and the technical efficiency of paddy farmers in Bangladesh …

Previous research on agricultural innovation has focused on the role farm-level
characteristics have with respect to rate of innovation adoption. While these studies often …

This article brings together the stochastic frontier framework with impact evaluation
methodology to compare technical efficiency (TE) across treatment and control groups using …

Abstract Agricultural Extension Services (AES) have the potential to increase agricultural
productivity and sustainability. Although an extensive body of literature investigates into the …

The effect of subsidies on the performance of farms has received a great deal of attention in
the literature, although results are inconclusive. Furthermore, much of the related literature …