Analyse De L'efficacité Technique Des Exploitations Agricoles Familiales À Maurice

N’Diaye, Marième

doi:10.19044/esj.2018.v14n9p143

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“…It was close to the average reported by Freud et al (1997) for the period from 1994 to 1996, when they estimated it at 500 kg.ha − 1 of unshelled grains for the department of Fatick. It was also close to the average yields of 504 and 506 kg.ha − 1 reported by Faye et al (2019) for farms located in various regions of the groundnut basin, and close to the average yield of 683 kg.ha − 1 reported by Ndiaye (2018) for Kaolack region in 2017. According to Lericollais (1972) in the Niakhar observatory, it was lower than in 1965 and 1967, when annual rainfall amounted 560 and 729 mm respectively, but it was higher than in 1966 and not signi cantly different from 1968 and 1969, when annual rainfall amounted 807, 335 and 711 mm respectively (Fig.…”

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Groundnut crops in resource-constrained farms in Senegal: an overlooked diversity of perceptions, practices, and performances.

Djiba,

Clermont-Dauphin,

Tounkara

et al. 2023

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Groundnut is the first cash crop and the main legume crop cultivated in rotation with the staple cereals in family farms of Senegal. Most agricultural research has focused on determining genotypes and management options to improve the yield. Conversely, little research has focused on the drivers of farmers’ management decisions. Here, for the first time, we assessed how the diversity of farmers’ resources endowments and perceptions influenced their practices and socioeconomic performances in groundnut cultivation in a Sub-Saharan region. The study was carried out in one of the driest and poorest area of the centre-west of Senegalese groundnut basin. We surveyed 46 farms selected by local facilitators, as being representative of three wealth levels. Both semi-structured and close questionnaires were used. High resource-endowed farms had the highest groundnut area proportion (28%). They used farm-saved seeds, more manure and synthetic fertilizers at the groundnut/millet rotation level than low resource-endowed farms. Their average groundnut unshelled grain yield (0.6 t.ha− 1) was the highest, although four times lower than achievable yield. Remarkably, most of their groundnut was self-consumed and they were the ones who developed novel cash crops such as watermelon. Their return on investment in groundnut, if all the harvest was sold, was the highest (843%). Regression tree analysis revealed that number of seeders and fattening livestock were priority resources determining the rate of groundnut area at the farms. Low resource-endowed farms perceived lack of tools and capital as priority constraints, while high resource-endowed farms most mentioned lack of capital and quality seeds. All farmers perceived multiple opportunities to maintain groundnut on farm, notably ecological services. Our findings highlighted that farms’ heterogeneity of perceptions and resources may be significant even within a homogeneous pedoclimatic region. They provide strong evidence that more targeted actions are needed to support the sustainability of groundnut in Senegal.

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Groundnut crops in resource-constrained farms in Senegal: an overlooked diversity of perceptions, practices, and performances.

Djiba,

Clermont-Dauphin,

Tounkara

et al. 2023

Preprint

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“…These inefficient farms, therefore, have room to improve their performance [3]. They will be able to refer to technically efficient farms to apply their best practices [4]. According to Gunther and Chauveau (2002), quoted by Ben Nasr et al, "this approach is particularly suitable for measuring the efficiency of firms combining several inputs to produce several outputs" [5].…”

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Analysis of Technical Efficiency and Determinants of Cereal Production on Family Farms in the Dogon Plateau in Mali

Dolo,

Ndiaye

2023

AJAEES

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The area of the Dogon plateau located in central-eastern Mali is an arid agricultural region with difficult morpho-pedological and climatic conditions where peasant populations derive their income and especially their food from agriculture. The objective of this study was to determine the level of technical efficiency of family farms in this area and subsequently to identify the factors explaining their inefficiency. Data were collected from a sample of 400 farms through a quantitative survey. The stochastic frontier production method was used to determine their efficiency scores. Truncated regression was used to identify farm inefficiencies. The results of the study show that in the Dogon Plateau area family farms have an average efficiency score of 72.75%, which means an overall loss of 27.25% of production factors. The maximum efficiency score is 92.60% against a minimum of 0.21%. In addition, it appears that less than 20% of farms in the area have a below-average technical efficiency score. The analysis of the determinants of the technical inefficiency of farms shows that the association of agriculture with livestock, the possession of agricultural land with a land title and the cultivation of onion/shallot positively and significantly influence the level of technical efficiency of family farms in the Dogon Plateau area. Contrary to our expectations, the decrease in cultivated areas due to the residual insecurity of our study area has no significant effect on the technical efficiency of the farms.

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“…The use of the TOBIT model for the analysis of determinants has shown that cocoa farming as main activity, acquiring land by inheritance or gift, marital status, producer age, and farm age impact technical efficiency positively. Ndiaye (2018) analyzed the technical efficiency of family farms in Mauritius. The nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) approach and the TOBIT model were used to measure effectiveness and identify its determinants.…”

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Technical Efficiency of Farms, and Fight Against Poverty: Case of the Cashew Sector in Côte d’Ivoire

Coulibaly¹,

Koné²,

Magloire³

et al. 2020

JAS

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Cashew was introduced in the north of Côte d’Ivoire to support the economy in the region. This study was conducted to evaluate the technical efficiency of cashew farms in Côte d’Ivoire. The technical efficiency of producers was measured using the Data Envelopment Analysis approach, and the determinants of this efficiency were identified using a TOBIT model. Data were collected in 4 regions: GBEKE, HAMBOL, PORO and WORODOUGOU. In the four regions studied, the average technical efficiency is 49.2% in Variable Scale Efficiency (VRS) and 38.3% in Constant Return to Scale (CRS). Based on our results, the producers in the study area were not efficient. The producers who follow the good practices, have a technical coefficient estimated at 74.2%, and superior to those who follow the good practices, of which, the coefficient is estimated at 70.2%, in Variable Scale Efficiency (VRS). The technical efficiency of farms was positively influenced by the age of farms and agricultural advisory services, and negatively influenced by the pruning practice. Income from cashew farming in the study area (21,816 to 37,987 CFAF/person/year according to region) is below extreme poverty line (CFA F 122,385/year/person), leading to deteriorating cashew/food terms of trade. Cashew farming is often used as a means of land appropriation and of getting credit. Its rapid expansion has dramatically reduced land for subsistence agriculture, raising an accute food security issue. Cashew farming has helped improve poverty indicators through macroeconomic policy. However, this impetus from the agricultural sector economy remains insufficient to boost the modernization of the agricultural sector. The country still has all assets (research institutes, schools of agronomy, skills etc.) to reverse this situation. Hence the he study recommends that producers capitalize on exogenous variables which can improve agricultural efficiency. It also recommends coaching organizations to use technical efficiency measurement and identification of effectiveness determinants to better guide their coaching. As for the Government, it should redouble efforts to implement the recommended solutions in order to avoid producer impoverishment, a barrier to harmonious development in this region of Côte d’Ivoire.

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Analyse De L'efficacité Technique Des Exploitations Agricoles Familiales À Maurice

Cited by 6 publications

References 16 publications

Groundnut crops in resource-constrained farms in Senegal: an overlooked diversity of perceptions, practices, and performances.

Groundnut crops in resource-constrained farms in Senegal: an overlooked diversity of perceptions, practices, and performances.

Analysis of Technical Efficiency and Determinants of Cereal Production on Family Farms in the Dogon Plateau in Mali

Technical Efficiency of Farms, and Fight Against Poverty: Case of the Cashew Sector in Côte d’Ivoire

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