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| dc.contributor.author | Tewabe Mihret | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-29T11:34:36Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-07-29T11:34:36Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2021-07-29 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.bdu.edu.et/handle/123456789/12291 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This study aimed to estimate Technical, Allocative and Economic efficiency level of farmers in Sorghum production and to identify factors that affect Technical, Allocative and Economic efficiency levels of sorghum producers using cross sectional data collected from 223 sample households based on multistage sampling technique in 2018/19 production season. The study used Cobb-Douglas production function form with stochastic frontier model. Whereas, Tobit model was also used to identify factors affecting Technical efficiency, Allocative efficiency and Economic efficiency level of sorghum producers. The maximum likelihood estimates of the stochastic production frontier model indicated that land; oxen, labor and NPS fertilizer inputs allocated for Sorghum production significantly determined Sorghum output. The estimated mean value of Technical efficiency, Allocative efficiency and Economic efficiency showed that there is a potential for increasing output of Sorghum by 31.8%, decreasing cost of production inputs by 14.8% and the overall cost of Sorghum production may decrease by 42.2 percent respectively given the existing technological level in the study area. The result of the Tobit model indicated that education of the household head, livestock holding, total farm size the household cultivated, level of sorghum commercialization and extension access positively and significantly affected Technical efficiency. But, land fragmentation measured in terms of number of parcels affected Technical efficiency negatively and significantly. Farm size and extension access affected Allocative efficiency positively and significantly but, education and land fragmentation were affected Allocative efficiency negatively and significantly. Education, livestock, total farm size, commercialization index, credit access and extension access affected EE positively and significantly while, land fragmentation affected Economic efficiency negatively and significantly. This indicated that there is a room to increase Sorghum output in the study area. Therefore, the policies and strategies of the government and other concerned bodies should take into consideration about the above mentioned factors to improve Sorghum production in the study area. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.subject | Agricultural Economics | en_US |
| dc.title | ANALYSIS OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF SORGHUM PRODUCER FARMERS: THE CASE OF RAYA KOBO DISTRICT, NORTH WOLLO ZONE, ETHIOPIA. | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
