Musa Hasen Ahmed|Kumilachew Alamerie Melesse
Impact of off-farm activities on technical efficiency: evidence from maize producers of eastern Ethiopia
Haramaya University|Haramaya University
article analyzes impact participation offfarm activities technical efficiency maize production eastern ethiopia combined propensity score matching stochastic production frontier model corrects sample selection bias resulting unobserved factors potentially affect households decision participate offfarm activities technical efficiency scores previous studies account probit model results indicate sex household head literacy spouse agricultural cooperative membership family size access market information significant effect farmers participation offfarm activities meantime found farmers participated offfarm activities significant technical efficiency gain compared nonparticipant counterparts