Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/279873 
Year of Publication: 
2021
Citation: 
[Journal:] Open Economics [ISSN:] 2451-3458 [Volume:] 4 [Issue:] 1 [Year:] 2021 [Pages:] 118-132
Publisher: 
De Gruyter, Warsaw
Abstract: 
Improved seed is one of the crucial ingredients for promoting agricultural productivity, farmers' livelihood, and global food security. The present study uses an endogenous treatment regression model (ETRM) to evaluate the impacts of improved seed maize technology (ISMT) adoption on technical efficiency and productivity using data from maize farmers in northern Ghana. The findings show that ISMT adoption impacts positively on technical efficiency. Adoption of ISMT enhanced technical efficiency by 16.1% and increased maize productivity by 33.8%. The study recommends dissemination of improved maize seeds to farmers and other interventions such as provision of fertilizer to enhance farmers' technical efficiency and productivity.
Subjects: 
adoption
endogenous treatment-regression model
stochastic frontier analysis
technical efficiency
Tolon District
JEL: 
C21
D24
Q12
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Document Type: 
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