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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
decision sciences
Economic efficiency of smallholder maize producers in Western Kenya: A DEA meta-frontier analysis
International Journal of Operational Research, Volume 4, No. 3, Year 2009
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Description
Maize is the main staple food for most Kenyan households, and it predominates where smallholder, as well as large-scale, farming takes place. In the sugarcane growing areas of Western Kenya, there is pressure on farmers on whether to grow food crops, or grow sugarcane, which is the main cash crop. Further, with small and diminishing land sizes, the question of productivity and efficiency, both for cash and food crops is of great importance. This paper, therefore, uses a two-step estimation technique (DEA meta-frontier and Tobit Regression) to highlight the inefficiencies in maize cultivation, and their causes in Western Kenya. Copyright © 2009, Inderscience Publishers.
Authors & Co-Authors
Mulwa, Richard Mwanza S.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Emrouznejad, Ali
United Kingdom, Birmingham
Aston Business School
Muhammad, Lutta W.
Kenya, Nairobi
Kenya Agricultural Research Institute
Statistics
Citations: 70
Authors: 3
Affiliations: 2
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1504/IJOR.2009.023284
ISSN:
17457645
e-ISSN:
17457653
Research Areas
Food Security
Study Locations
Kenya