Drivers of technical efficiency and technology gaps in Ghana’s mango production sector: A stochastic metafrontier approach Amos
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Mango production and exports in Ghana have been increasingly volatile over the past years. After
the successful take-off of the sector in the early 2000s, output and international market share
decreased. In this study, the reasons for the lacklustre performance on the production side are
considered using cross-country survey data from Ghana. In particular, technical inefficiencies and
technology gaps of smallholder mango producers are analysed. A metafrontier framework allows for
separating production inefficiencies caused by bad agronomic and management practices from
technology gaps. The results show that each production zone requires (a) specific targeting
programme(s) in order to improve technical efficiency.