@article{OWUSU:254156,
      recid = {254156},
      author = {OWUSU, Victor},
      title = {TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION BY MAIZE  FARMERS IN THREE AGRO-ECOLOGICAL ZONES OF GHANA},
      journal = {Review of Agricultural and Applied Economics (RAAE)},
      address = {2016-10-16},
      number = {395-2016-24362},
      pages = {12},
      month = {Oct},
      year = {2016},
      note = {http://roaae.org/issue/review-of-agricultural-and-applied-economics-raae-vol-19-no-22016/?article=technical-efficiency-of-technology-adoption-by-maize-farmers-in-three-agro-ecological-zones-of-ghana},
      abstract = {Using a farm household data from 3 agroecological zones of  Ghana, this paper investigates the causal relationship  between the adoption of improved maize variety and  technical efficiency or productivity. The empirical results  show a positive relationship between the adoption of  improved maize variety and technical efficiency or  productivity of farmers in the Semi-deciduous forest and  Guinea Savannah zones. Generally, adopters of improved  maize variety are about 6% to 8% more efficient than  non-adopters. The estimated percentage increase in  productivity due to the adoption of improved maize variety  is about 53%. In the Semi-deciduous forest agroecological  zone, adopters of improved maize variety are about 25% to  36% more efficient than non-adopters whilst in the Guinea  Savannah agroecological zone, adopters of improved maize  variety are about 15% to 26% more efficient than  non-adopters. The estimated percentage increase in  productivity due to adoption of the improved maize variety  is about 8% in the Semi-deciduous forest zone and about 11%  in the Guinea Savannah zone. The impact of adoption on  technical efficiency in the Transitional zone is however  negative. Adopters of improved maize variety are 7% to 8%  less efficient than non-adopters and the estimated  percentage decrease in productivity due to adoption of the  improved maize variety is about 15%. Food safety net  policies should pay attention to increased development and  dissemination of improved crop varieties suitable to  different agroecological zones.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/254156},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.254156},
}