Sources of technical inefficiency of smallholder farmers in milk production in Ethiopia

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dc.creatorAdane, Z.
dc.creatorShiferaw, K.
dc.creatorGebremedhin, Berhanu
dc.date2016-05-15
dc.date2016-07-07T07:53:07Z
dc.date2016-07-07T07:53:07Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T17:05:39Z
dc.descriptionThis paper estimates technical inefficiency in milk production of smallholder dairy farmers in the highlands of Ethiopia and identified factors associated with the observed inefficiency using a stochastic frontier production function approach. The analysis utilizes a cross-section data collected from 1,277 farm households. The result indicates a mean technical efficiency of 55%, suggesting a sizeable technical inefficiency in milk production. The result further shows that household wealth, education level and access to markets as well as institutions are the main drivers of technical efficiency in dairy production. Evidently, by improving smallholder access to market and institutions as well as investing on adult education can bring considerable gain in milk production.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/75990
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/142002
dc.languageen
dc.publisherAcademic Journals
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceAdane, Z., Shiferaw, K. and Gebremedhin, B. 2016. Sources of technical inefficiency of smallholder farmers in milk production in Ethiopia. African Journal of Agricultural Research 11(19):1777-1786
dc.subjectdairies
dc.subjectlivestock
dc.titleSources of technical inefficiency of smallholder farmers in milk production in Ethiopia
dc.typeJournal Article

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