Assessing the technical efficiency of maize producers with Imazapyrresistant maize for Striga control in Western Kenya
Imazapyr-Resistant Maize (IRM) is a weed control technology, not yet well adopted in the Striga prone area in Western Kenya. The adoption may expand in the future because it enhances maize production via efficiency gains. As to help farmers maximize the maize output affected by Striga for so long in...
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| author | Mignouna, Djana B. Manyong, Victor M. Mutabazi, K.D. Senkondo, E. Oleke, J.M. |
| author_browse | Manyong, Victor M. Mignouna, Djana B. Mutabazi, K.D. Oleke, J.M. Senkondo, E. |
| author_facet | Mignouna, Djana B. Manyong, Victor M. Mutabazi, K.D. Senkondo, E. Oleke, J.M. |
| author_sort | Mignouna, Djana B. |
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| description | Imazapyr-Resistant Maize (IRM) is a weed control technology, not yet well adopted in the Striga prone area in Western Kenya. The adoption may expand in the future because it enhances maize production via efficiency gains. As to help farmers maximize the maize output affected by Striga for so long in time, research and development initiatives with substantial participation of the private sector to shift to this novel technology have been made in Western Kenya. A multistage random sampling technique was used to select a total of 600 households from Nyanza and Western provinces for this study. Stochastic production frontier analysis was the analytical method and the study revealed that the mean technical efficiency in the maize production sector is 70% indicating some inefficiencies of maize production. Technical inefficiency effects were influenced by household size along with farm size. Enhancing the technical efficiency will increase net returns of maize production enterprises, hence, improving livelihoods of maize producers. |
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| spelling | CGSpace774332025-11-11T10:07:48Z Assessing the technical efficiency of maize producers with Imazapyrresistant maize for Striga control in Western Kenya Mignouna, Djana B. Manyong, Victor M. Mutabazi, K.D. Senkondo, E. Oleke, J.M. maize production enterprise fertilizers stochastic imazapyr Imazapyr-Resistant Maize (IRM) is a weed control technology, not yet well adopted in the Striga prone area in Western Kenya. The adoption may expand in the future because it enhances maize production via efficiency gains. As to help farmers maximize the maize output affected by Striga for so long in time, research and development initiatives with substantial participation of the private sector to shift to this novel technology have been made in Western Kenya. A multistage random sampling technique was used to select a total of 600 households from Nyanza and Western provinces for this study. Stochastic production frontier analysis was the analytical method and the study revealed that the mean technical efficiency in the maize production sector is 70% indicating some inefficiencies of maize production. Technical inefficiency effects were influenced by household size along with farm size. Enhancing the technical efficiency will increase net returns of maize production enterprises, hence, improving livelihoods of maize producers. 2012-03 2016-10-27T08:30:39Z 2016-10-27T08:30:39Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77433 en Open Access application/pdf Academic Journals Mignouna, D.B., Manyong, V., Mutabazi, K.D., Senkondo, E. & Oleke, J.M. (2012). Assessing the technical efficiency of maize producers with Imazapyr-resistant maize for Striga control in Western Kenya. Journal of Development and Agricultural Economics, 4(8), 245-251. |
| spellingShingle | maize production enterprise fertilizers stochastic imazapyr Mignouna, Djana B. Manyong, Victor M. Mutabazi, K.D. Senkondo, E. Oleke, J.M. Assessing the technical efficiency of maize producers with Imazapyrresistant maize for Striga control in Western Kenya |
| title | Assessing the technical efficiency of maize producers with Imazapyrresistant maize for Striga control in Western Kenya |
| title_full | Assessing the technical efficiency of maize producers with Imazapyrresistant maize for Striga control in Western Kenya |
| title_fullStr | Assessing the technical efficiency of maize producers with Imazapyrresistant maize for Striga control in Western Kenya |
| title_full_unstemmed | Assessing the technical efficiency of maize producers with Imazapyrresistant maize for Striga control in Western Kenya |
| title_short | Assessing the technical efficiency of maize producers with Imazapyrresistant maize for Striga control in Western Kenya |
| title_sort | assessing the technical efficiency of maize producers with imazapyrresistant maize for striga control in western kenya |
| topic | maize production enterprise fertilizers stochastic imazapyr |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77433 |
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