Food demand is projected to increase significantly over the coming decades. Sustainable
intensification (SI) is essential to meet this demand. SI is particularly important in smallholder …

Ghana's agricultural sector is dominated by smallholder farmers who often face substantial
challenges such as limited access to improved production inputs and technology, financial …

This study examined the impact of agricultural credit and farm size on the technical efficiency
of rice productivity in Sindh, Pakistan. A cross-sectional random sampling technique was …

Farmers' participation in extension training and demonstration programs may unleash
farmers' potential and enable them to adopt improved production techniques to bring about …

Purpose–The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of agricultural credit on
technical efficiency of Ghanaian maize farmers using a unique dataset drawn from the …

In the current study, we compared technical efficiency of smallholder rice farmers with and
without credit in northern Ghana using data from a farm household survey. We fitted a …

Purpose Production credit is essential for enhancing the technical efficiency (TE) and the
welfare of smallholder farmers in Africa. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact …

Incorporating an ecological variable for the productive capacity of the grassland into the
production function is a new step toward conducting technical efficiency analysis for …

This study examined the adoption of rice cultivation technologies on farmers' technical
efficiency in Sagnarigu District. The stochastic frontier model was used to estimate the …

Irrigation is an important adaptation strategy to cope with climate change which reduces
vulnerability to water stress and improves crop productivity to feed millions. There is …