Technology adoption and technical efficiency in maize production in rural Ethiopia

• Published in: African journal of agricultural and resource economics Vol. 14; no. 3; pp. 184 - 201
• Main Authors: Geffersa, Abebayehu Girma, Agbola, Frank W, Mahmood, Amir
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: 01.09.2019
• Edition: 311
• Subjects: Crop Production/Industries; Ethiopia; improved maize; propensity score matching; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies; technical efficiency; technology adoption

Farm efficiency analysis provides significant insights into farms’ potential to enhance agricultural productivity. This article reports on an investigation of technology adoption and technical efficiency (TE) in the Ethiopian maize sector. We estimated TE while accounting for the potential technolog...