Contract farming (CF) arrangements have the potential to address market failures and
improve technology adoption, productivity, and welfare. In Ghana, government and donors …

It is widely perceived that African farmers are under-utilizing inorganic fertilizer. However,
very little long-term evidence from farmers' fields, accounting for variations in agro …

This paper investigates household food waste in the context of inefficient food production.
Food waste is typically defined as the proportion of edible food that goes unconsumed …

Policy makers presently lack access to quantified estimates–and hence an explicit
understanding–of energy consumption efficiency within households, creating a potential gap …

Maize is an important staple crop in Ethiopia. Reducing the yield gap-the difference between
actual and (water-limited) potential yield-has wide implications for food security and policy …

Boserup's pioneering theory holds that rising population density can be accompanied by
sustainable agricultural intensification. But can this positive relationship be sustained …

This article examines how different components of an agricultural innovation system interact
to determine levels of technical inefficiency in developing‐country agriculture. The analysis …

This study examines the production and efficiency of wildland fire suppression effort. We
estimate the effectiveness of suppression resource inputs to produce controlled fire lines that …

This paper estimates a stochastic production using household survey data to analyze the
relationship between farmers' health impediments and agricultural production efficiency in …

This study estimates the technical efficiency measures of maize producing farm households
in Ethiopia using stochastic frontier (SF) panel models that take different approaches to …