Innovations in smallholder agricultural financing and economic efficiency of maize production in Ghana’s northern region

Innovations in smallholder agricultural financing and economic efficiency of maize production in Ghana’s northern region

This study used PSM and the selectivity-corrected framework for stochastic frontiers to examine how innovative agricultural finance practices of maize farmers in northern Ghana affect economic efficiency. We find, consistently, that users of innovative financing have higher technical (TE), allocativ...

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Main Authors: Mark Appiah-Twumasi, Samuel Arkoh Donkoh, Isaac Gershon Kodwo Ansah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2022-12-01
Series:Heliyon
Subjects:
Innovative financing
Economic efficiency
Sample selection stochastic frontier
Propensity score matching
Village savings and loans association
Ghana
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844022033758

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