Technical Efficiency of Rice Production at the Tono Irrigation Scheme in Northern Ghana

Donkoh, Samuel A.; Ayambila, Sylvester Nsobire; Abdulai, Shamsudeen

doi:10.9734/ajea/2013/1448

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“…Nonetheless, the more experienced maize farmers were not cost efficient. This finding is consistent with Donkoh et al (2013) who found experience to be significant in determining the efficiency of tomato farmers at the Tono irrigation scheme in the Upper East region. Okike et al (2004) further emphasized that experience is an important factor that contributes to technical efficiency because of expected acquisition of dexterity in doing the same task over a period of time in this case maize cultivation.…”

Section: Determinants Of Output Production Cost Technical and Cost supporting

confidence: 91%

Assessing the Economic Efficiency of Maize Production in Northern Ghana

Abdulai¹,

Nkegbe²,

Donkor³

2017

Ghana J. Dev. Stud.

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Section: Determinants Of Output Production Cost Technical and Cost supporting

confidence: 91%

Assessing the Economic Efficiency of Maize Production in Northern Ghana

Abdulai¹,

Nkegbe²,

Donkor³

2017

Ghana J. Dev. Stud.

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“…Hal yang sama juga ditunjukkan pada penelitian Donkoh et al (2013) bahwa benih dan tenaga kerja berpengaruh positif terhadap peningkatan produksi padi di Ghana. Namun berbeda dengan penelitian Tijani (2006) yang menunjukkan bahwa tenaga kerja berpengaruh negatif terhadap produksi padi di Negeria.…”

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Analisis Efisiensi Teknis Usahatani Padi Semi Organik Di Kecamatan Cigombong, Bogor

Gultom¹,

Winandi²,

Jahroh³

2016

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ABSTRAKPengembangan padi semi organik di Kecamatan Cigombong cukup berprospek. Namun, produktivitas padi semi organik di Kecamatan Cigombong masih tergolong rendah karena inefisiensi dalam penggunaan input atau faktorfaktor produksi. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah 1) menganalisis faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi produksi usahatani padi semi organik di Kecamatan Cigombong; 2) menganalisis efisiensi teknis usahatani padi semi organik di Kecamatan Cigombong; dan 3) menganalisis tingkat pendapatan yang diperoleh dalam usahatani padi semi organik di Kecamatan Cigombong. Metode penelitian menggunakan fungsi produksi stochastic frontier dengan metode Maximum Likelihood Estimation (MLE). Penelitian dilakukan di Kecamapatan Cigombong pada Bulan Januari 2013 hingga Desember 2013. Pengambilan sampel dilakukan secara purposive. Data yang digunakan dalam penelitian merupakan jenis data cross section dan diperoleh melalui wawancara langsung kepada petani sampel.Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa variabel luas lahan (X1), benih (X2), kompos (X3), urea (X4). dan tenaga kerja (X5) berpengaruh nyata terhadap produksi dengan nilai koefisien positif. Variabel luas lahan, kompos, dan urea berpengaruh nyata terhadap produksi padi semi organik pada tingkat kepercayaan 95%, benih berpengaruh nyata pada tingkat kepercayaan 90%, dan tenaga kerja berpengaruh nyata pada tingkat kepercayaan 85%. Hasil penelitian juga menunjukkan bahwa usahatani padi semi organik yang dilakukan oleh petani responden di Kecamatan Cigombong tergolong efisien secara teknis (nilai mean efisiensinya sebesar 0,78). Status kepemilikan lahan merupakan sumber inefesiensi teknis yang berpengaruh nyata meningkatkan efisiensi teknis. Selain itu, usahatani padi semi organik di Kecamatan Cigombong tergolong menguntungkan (keuntungan Rp 3.233.498,09) dan layak diusahakan (nilai R/C ratio atas biaya tunai sebesar 1,42 dan nilai R/C ratio atas biaya total sebesar 1,24). Kata kunci: Efisiensi Teknis, Padi Semi Organik, Stochastic Frontier ABSTRACTThe development of semi-organic rice in Cigombong Sub-district is quite prospective. However, semi-organic rice productivity in Cigombong Sub-district is still relatively low due to the inefficiencies in the use of inputs or production factors. The aims of this study are 1) to analyze the factors that influence the production of semi-organic rice farming in Cigombong Sub-district; 2) to analyze the technical efficieny of semi-organic farming in Cigombong Sub-district; and 3) to analyze the income of semi-organic farming in Cigombong Sub-district. Stochastic Frontier Production function with Maximum likelihood estimation method is used to analyze the problems. The research was done in Cigombong Subdistrict between January 2013 -December 2013. Purposive sampling was used to take the research sample. This research used cross section data by direct interview to the sample farmers.The research shows that land variable, seed, compost, urea and labour have positive significant effects on semi-organic rice production. Land variable, compost, da...

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“…Translog production function is a widely used flexible form for representation of the productive technology [15,20,27]. Considering single output and five inputs, the translog production model is specified as…”

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“…This was expected as agriculture in Ghana and Northern Ghana is dominated by males who are more favored in accessing production resources and information compared to females who are burdened with household and other social obligations like caring for children in the household. Abatania et al [14], Donkoh et al [15] and Amoah et al [40] also found gender to have significant influence on technical efficiency. Other socio-economic characteristics of farmers, such as age and education level, were significant at 1% and 5%, respectively, with inverse relationships with technical efficiency.…”

Section: Determinants Of Technical Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Do NGOs and Development Agencies Contribute to Sustainability of Smallholder Soybean Farmers in Northern Ghana—A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach

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NGOs and development agencies have a conspicuous presence in facilitating capacity building, access to production resources and markets. Capacity building by NGOs and development agencies is expected to contribute to farm efficiency and sustainability by promoting and enhancing fertilizer use as well as increasing soil fertilities. However, the influence of these factors on technical efficiency as an important dimension of sustainability has not been further explored in Ghana. This study therefore assesses the influence of NGOs on technical efficiency among smallholder soybean farmers by applying stochastic frontier analysis. The data collected from 349 smallholder soybean producers in the three northern regions of Ghana are employed for the analysis. Results show that the mean technical efficiency of soybean production is 0.885, indicating a growth potential of 11.5%. Land area, agro-chemicals and seeds contribute to production growth while labor is over used. We find that NGO facilitation as well as group membership influences technical efficiency. Furthermore, farmers facilitated by NGOs and development agencies are 4.4 p.p. more efficient than non-facilitated farmers. Our study therefore implies that production and efficiency can be improved by providing more services to farmer group members and sustainable interventions from NGOs and social programs.

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Technical Efficiency of Rice Production at the Tono Irrigation Scheme in Northern Ghana

Cited by 38 publications

References 17 publications

Assessing the Economic Efficiency of Maize Production in Northern Ghana

Assessing the Economic Efficiency of Maize Production in Northern Ghana

Analisis Efisiensi Teknis Usahatani Padi Semi Organik Di Kecamatan Cigombong, Bogor

Do NGOs and Development Agencies Contribute to Sustainability of Smallholder Soybean Farmers in Northern Ghana—A Stochastic Production Frontier Approach

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