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To evaluate the technical and economic efficiencies of smallholder irrigated tomato farming and identify key determinants affecting resource use efficiency.

February 12, 2018International Journal of Vegetable Science

Resources Use Efficiency of Irrigated Tomato Production of Small-scale Farmers

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LWLeake Gebresilassie WeldegiorgisMekelle University GMGidey Kidu MezgeboUniversity College Cork HGHareg Gebre-egzabher GebremariamMekelle University

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals suboptimal resource use among smallholder tomato farmers, indicating that education, experience, and pesticide management significantly improve production efficiency.

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To evaluate the technical and economic efficiencies of smallholder irrigated tomato farming and identify key determinants affecting resource use efficiency.
Surveyed input and output parameters from a sample of 179 small-scale farmers practicing irrigated tomato production.
Estimated technical and economic efficiency scores using a Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production model.
Identified factors influencing efficiency variations using a Tobit regression model.
Mean technical efficiency was 0.75 due to inefficient labor and seed utilization, while mean economic efficiency was 0.67 due to suboptimal land, labor, seed, and fertilizer cost allocation.
Formal education level, tomato farming experience, and pesticide application demonstrated positive, significant associations with both technical and economic efficiencies.

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Weldegiorgis et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a10dede841c44b1306482d0 https://doi.org/10.1080/19315260.2018.1438552

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Cross-sectional analysis reveals suboptimal resource use among smallholder tomato farmers, indicating that education, experience, and pesticide management significantly improve production efficiency.

Resources Use Efficiency of Irrigated Tomato Production of Small-scale Farmers

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Resources Use Efficiency of Irrigated Tomato Production of Small-scale Farmers

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