13pgs, This article examines the effects of neighborhood on the farmer's technical efficiency (TE) level, adopting a stochastic frontier and spatial Durbin regression models. Our study exploits a three-wave household-level panel data from the Ethiopian Rural Socioeconomic Survey (ERSS) collected between 2011 and 2015. We find that farmers have an average TE score of 53%, implying a substantial potential for improvement in the production level. We further find that there is a positive and statistically significant spatial interdependence in TE levels between farms in neighboring communities. Input use, education, and other demographic characteristics are found to have significant positive direct and indirect effects. The findings suggest that policies and programs targeting productivity improvements in agriculture need to consider spatial spillover effects.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes2 Document Number: D01238
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Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, U.S. Agency for International Development. Islamabad, Pakistan. 61 pages, This is the first report of the evaluation of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)/Government of Pakistan (GOP)Forestry planning and Development (FPD) project (391-0481). The project is designed to strengthen the capability of federal, provincial and local institutions to design, implement and evaluate policies and programs for increasing the production of fuelwood and timber in Pakistan.
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: KerryByrnes4; Folder: Green Revolution Game File Document Number: D01655
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Kerry J. Byrnes Collection, Institute of British Geographers, 7 pages.
