Efficiency in Production by Smallholder Rice Farmers By Kangile

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Efficiency in Production by Smallholder Rice Farmers : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing : 9786139446858 : 6139446856 : 29 Jan 2019 : Tanzanian produced rice is not competitive because of high production costs. The study was conducted to analyze production cost efficiency and factors underlying farmers' decision making in purchase of inputs. The study used cross sectional data from 200 farmers that belong to four cooperative irrigation schemes in Coast and Morogoro regions. Two stage sampling and econometric models were used for sampling and analysis respectively. The study found rice output and prices for labour, fertilizer and irrigation water to significantly affect costs of production. Unit cost of production were found to be reducing by increasing rice productivity (p

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