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| Title: | Technical inefficiency of commercial maize producers in South Africa: A stochastic frontier production function approach |
| Authors: | Sartorius von Bach, H.J.
Townsend, R.F.
van Zyl, J. |
| Issue Date: | 1998-06 |
| Abstract: | A stochastic frontier production function is defined for panel data on maize producing regions of
South Africa. Technical inefficiency effects are assumed to be a function of climatic conditions, time
and the terms of trade facing maize producers. The model is derived using nine years of data for the
six major maize production regions of South Africa. The results demonstrate how maize farmers
have increased their efficiency in the face of a cost-squeeze. The increased efficiency seems to be
driven by lower levels of intermediate input use when facing higher costs and uncertain weather
conditions. |
| URI: | http://purl.umn.edu/54787 |
| Institution/Association: | Agrekon>Volume 37, Issue 2, June 1998 |
| Total Pages: | 9 |
| From Page: | 162 |
| To Page: | 170 |
| Collections: | Volume 37, Issue 2, June 1998
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