TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION BY MAIZE FARMERS IN THREE AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF GHANA
| dc.creator | OWUSU, Victor | |
| dc.date | 2017-04-01T19:50:51Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-07-09T11:15:13Z | |
| dc.description | Using a farm household data from 3 agroecological zones of Ghana, this paper investigates the causal relationship between the adoption of improved maize variety and technical efficiency or productivity. The empirical results show a positive relationship between the adoption of improved maize variety and technical efficiency or productivity of farmers in the Semi-deciduous forest and Guinea Savannah zones. Generally, adopters of improved maize variety are about 6% to 8% more efficient than non-adopters. The estimated percentage increase in productivity due to the adoption of improved maize variety is about 53%. In the Semi-deciduous forest agroecological zone, adopters of improved maize variety are about 25% to 36% more efficient than non-adopters whilst in the Guinea Savannah agroecological zone, adopters of improved maize variety are about 15% to 26% more efficient than non-adopters. The estimated percentage increase in productivity due to adoption of the improved maize variety is about 8% in the Semi-deciduous forest zone and about 11% in the Guinea Savannah zone. The impact of adoption on technical efficiency in the Transitional zone is however negative. Adopters of improved maize variety are 7% to 8% less efficient than non-adopters and the estimated percentage decrease in productivity due to adoption of the improved maize variety is about 15%. Food safety net policies should pay attention to increased development and dissemination of improved crop varieties suitable to different agroecological zones. | |
| dc.identifier | Other:doi: 10.15414/raae.2016.19.02.39-50 | |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.22004/ag.econ.254156 | |
| dc.identifier | https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/254156/files/RAAE_2_2016_Owusu.pdf | |
| dc.identifier | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/254156 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/626079 | |
| dc.language | eng | |
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| dc.source | http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/254156 | |
| dc.title | TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION BY MAIZE FARMERS IN THREE AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF GHANA | |
| dc.type | Text |