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Allocative efficiency, employment and rice production risk: An analysis of small holder paddy farms in the Upper East Region of Ghana
Ghana Journal of Development Studies
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Allocative efficiency, employment and rice production risk: An analysis of small holder paddy farms in the Upper East Region of Ghana
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Seidu, Al-hassan
Sarpong, Daniel B Al-Hassan, Ramatu |
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A production function analysis was used to investigate resource use efficiency by smallholder rice farmers in the Upper East region of Ghana and its impact on employment. Data was collected from a random sample of 440 farmers during the 2001/2002 cropping seasons. Empirical results show that smallholder rice farmers are allocatively inefficient in the use of labour, bullock and fertilizer. Non-irrigators created more job opportunities in the study area than irrigators. Smallholder farmers have developed coping mechanisms in order to minimize the negative impact of rice production risks. A programme to accelerate the provision of education and credit is needed. The education programme should include both formal and non-formal elements. This is important for the improvement of farmers' abilities to retrieve and process information regarding modern agricultural technology. Effective farmer-centered technical training programmes are needed to build the capacities of small-scale farmers in resource mobilization and use. Research is also needed in areas of reducing rice production risks. Ghana Journal of Development Studies Vol.1(2) 2004: 142-163 |
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Faculty of Integrated Development Studies, University for Development Studies, Ghana
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2005-07-28
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjds/article/view/35011
10.4314/gjds.v1i2.35011 |
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Ghana Journal of Development Studies; Vol 1, No 2 (2004); 142-163
0855-6768 |
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eng
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https://www.ajol.info/index.php/gjds/article/view/35011/24932
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© 2018 The authors.The Ghana Journal of Development Studies is published twice a year (May & October) by the Faculty of Integrated Development Studies as a service to development related research.No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any means; electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise, without the written authorisation of the publisher and copyright owner.The content is licensed uder a CC-BY license.
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