Productivity of the hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency in Ghana's fish farms
This paper examines the productivity of hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency of fish farms in Ghana. A modified Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function which accounts for zero usage of family and hired labour is employed on cross-sectional data of 150 farme...
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| author | Edward Ebo ONUMAH Bernhard BRÜMMER Gabriele HÖRSTGEN-SCHWARK |
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| description | This paper examines the productivity of hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency of fish farms in Ghana. A modified Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function which accounts for zero usage of family and hired labour is employed on cross-sectional data of 150 farmers collected in 2007. The results reveal that family labour, hired labour, feed, seed, land, other costs and extension visit have a reasserting influence on fish farm production. Findings also show that family and hired labour used for fish farming production in Ghana may be equally productive. The combined effects of operational and farm specific factors (age, experience, land, gender, pond type and education) influence technical inefficiency although individual effects of some variables may not be significant. Mean technical efficiency is estimated to be 79 percent. Given the present state of technology and input level, the possibility of enhancing production can be achieved by reducing technical inefficiency by 21 percent through adoption of practices of the best fish farm. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5e5fc0f5d2c94baa9b1764d0489b389e2023-02-23T03:23:56ZengCzech Academy of Agricultural SciencesAgricultural Economics (AGRICECON)0139-570X1805-92952010-02-01562798810.17221/38/2009-AGRICECONage-201002-0004Productivity of the hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency in Ghana's fish farmsEdward Ebo ONUMAH0Bernhard BRÜMMER1Gabriele HÖRSTGEN-SCHWARK2Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August University, Göttingen, GermanyDepartment of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Georg-August University, Göttingen, GermanyDepartment of Animal Sciences, Georg-August University, Göttingen, GermanyThis paper examines the productivity of hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency of fish farms in Ghana. A modified Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function which accounts for zero usage of family and hired labour is employed on cross-sectional data of 150 farmers collected in 2007. The results reveal that family labour, hired labour, feed, seed, land, other costs and extension visit have a reasserting influence on fish farm production. Findings also show that family and hired labour used for fish farming production in Ghana may be equally productive. The combined effects of operational and farm specific factors (age, experience, land, gender, pond type and education) influence technical inefficiency although individual effects of some variables may not be significant. Mean technical efficiency is estimated to be 79 percent. Given the present state of technology and input level, the possibility of enhancing production can be achieved by reducing technical inefficiency by 21 percent through adoption of practices of the best fish farm.https://agricecon.agriculturejournals.cz/artkey/age-201002-0004_productivity-of-the-hired-and-family-labour-and-determinants-of-technical-inefficiency-in-ghana-s-fish-farms.phpghanafish farmstechnical inefficiencyhired and family labourstochastic frontier |
| spellingShingle | Edward Ebo ONUMAH Bernhard BRÜMMER Gabriele HÖRSTGEN-SCHWARK Productivity of the hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency in Ghana's fish farms Agricultural Economics (AGRICECON) ghana fish farms technical inefficiency hired and family labour stochastic frontier |
| title | Productivity of the hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency in Ghana's fish farms |
| title_full | Productivity of the hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency in Ghana's fish farms |
| title_fullStr | Productivity of the hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency in Ghana's fish farms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Productivity of the hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency in Ghana's fish farms |
| title_short | Productivity of the hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency in Ghana's fish farms |
| title_sort | productivity of the hired and family labour and determinants of technical inefficiency in ghana s fish farms |
| topic | ghana fish farms technical inefficiency hired and family labour stochastic frontier |
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