The relationship between mechanization services and farm efficiency remains a debate in
agricultural production. To empirically test the effects of farmers' mechanization service use …

An increase in farm productivity and income is crucially linked to farm mechanization.
Labour shortage in rural areas and frequent extreme weather events have made a …

This research was conducted to explore the factors affecting the technical efficiency (TE) of
rice producers and its determinants at the farm level. We used a multi-stage sampling …

Purpose Data envelopment analysis (DEA) has wide applications in the agricultural sector to
evaluate the efficiency with crisp input and output data. However, in agricultural production …

Over the past three decades, the cereal subsector in Ghana has contributed immensely to
food security in the country. However, limited evidence exists on the production performance …

BACKGROUND Previous studies found that mixed cropping combined with duck co‐culture
(MCDC) system could improve the efficiency of grain production and positively affect soil …

Purpose This study examines the adoption of cotton combine services and its impact on farm
technical efficiency in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan. The research aims to determine whether …

Background Syria is a developing country whose economy is still dominated by the
agricultural sector. The agricultural sector is considered as the main source of food in Syria …

The study used a cross-county survey from Kenya to investigate smallholder tea farmers'
performance using a stochastic metafrontier framework. According to the results, farmers in …

Technology adoption requires technical information to support decision-making and
encourage broader acceptance. Recognizing the significance of alternate wetting and …