Purpose
Production credit is essential for enhancing the technical efficiency (TE) and the welfare of smallholder farmers in Africa. The purpose of this paper is to examine the impact of credit on smallholders’ TE using cross-sectional data from 223 maize-producing households in Northern Ghana.
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Martey, E.
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Wiredu, A.
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Etwire, Prince M.
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Kuwornu, J.K.M.
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[The impact of credit on the technical efficiency of maize-producing households in northern Ghana]
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The impact of credit on the technical efficiency of maize-producing households in northern Ghana
The rapid growth of mobile phones in Ghana has opened up the possibility of delivering timely and useful weather and market information to farmers at costs lower than traditional agricultural extension services. In this paper, we assess the usefulness, constraints, and factors likely to influence...
Etwire, Prince M.
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Buah, S.S.J.
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Ouédraogo, Mathieu
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Partey, Samuel T.
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Martey, Edward
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Dayamba, Sidzabda Djibril
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Bayala, Jules
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[An assessment of mobile phone-based dissemination of weather and market information in the Upper West Region of Ghana]
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An assessment of mobile phone-based dissemination of weather and market information in the Upper West Region of Ghana
This paper established a positive relationship between market orientation and intensity of commercialization among rural farm households in northern Ghana. The IV Tobit regression estimate suggests that intensity of maize commercialization is significantly determined by education, agro-ecology, h...
Martey, E.
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Etwire, Prince M.
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Wiredu, A.N.
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Ahiabor, B.D.K.
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[Establishing the link between market orientation and agricultural commercialization: empirical evidence from Northern Ghana]
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Establishing the link between market orientation and agricultural commercialization: empirical evidence from Northern Ghana