This paper examines the relative economic efficiency of small and large rice farms in Côte d'Ivoire using a profit function approach. No differences in the relative economic efficiency of small and large farms were found. This conclusion is robust under alternative model specifications. Agrarian ...
Adesina, A.A.
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Djato, K.
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[Farm size, relative efficiency and agrarian policy in Côte d'Ivoire: profit function analysis of rice farms]
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Farm size, relative efficiency and agrarian policy in Côte d'Ivoire: profit function analysis of rice farms
Chianu, J.N.
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Ohiokpehai, O
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Okoth, Peter F.
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Roing, K
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Adesina, A.A.
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Naidoo, P
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Opondo, J
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Sanginga, Nteranya
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[A model for promoting a versatile crop that has remained minor: the case of soybean in Kenya]
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A model for promoting a versatile crop that has remained minor: the case of soybean in Kenya
Crop promotion is critical for market creation and rural growth in Africa. How to achieve this for crops, other than major staples (e.g., maize) and traditional export crops (e.g., tea), remains a problem since most African countries tend to focus policy attention to major staples and traditional...
Chianu, J.N.
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Ohiokpehai, O
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Vanlauwe, Bernard
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Adesina, A.A.
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Groot, Hugo de
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Sanginga, Nteranya
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[Promoting a versatile but yet minor crop : Soybean in the farming systems of Kenya]
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Promoting a versatile but yet minor crop : Soybean in the farming systems of Kenya
This paper analyzed the factors that affect the adoption of chemical fertilizers by rice farmers in Côte d'lvoire using a Tobit model. The results show that the major factors that positively influence farmers' use of fertilizers in rice fields are cultivation of lowlands, use of mechanization, fa...
Adesina, A.A.
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[Factors affecting the adoption of fertilizers by rice farmers in Cote dIvoire]
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Factors affecting the adoption of fertilizers by rice farmers in Cote dIvoire