EFFICIENCY DIFFERENTIAL IN RICE PRODUCTION TECHNOLOGIES IN GHANA: A COMPARISON BETWEEN STOCHASTIC AND BIAS-CORRECTED METAFRONTIER APPROACHES
Productivity in rain-fed and irrigated rice farming ecosystems are very important for Ghana’s self-sufficiency in rice. This paper, therefore, provides a synthesis of the irrigated and rain-fed rice farming ecosystems in Ghana using recent advances in the production economics literature. Specificall...
Main Author: | Rebecca Owusu |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics
2020-01-01
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Series: | International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics |
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Online Access: | https://www.foodandagriculturejournal.com/vol8.no1.pp97.pdf |
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