this study investigates issues on efficiency and elasticity of broiler production in peninsular malaysia. data from 296 broiler farms were subjected to sfa, dea and bootstrap methods for technical efficiency; translog and tobit regression analyses to estimate elasticity of production and determinants of efficiency respectively in broiler production. we found that farmers produce mean efficiency...

Small-scale dairy farming in Bangladesh is constrained mostly due to acute shortage, high price and seasonal fluctuation of energy and protein supplements. Poor economic conditions of dairy farmers do not allow them to purchase adequate conventional energy and protein supplements. Locally available non-conventional energy and protein sources can be used as alternatives, cheaper than conventiona...

Different types of annual and perennial crop species have been detected in cropland agroforestry (CAF), homestead (HAF) cropping (AC) system four Upazilas (Bagha, Charghat, Puthia Tanore) under Rajshahi district Bangladesh. The objectives the study were to assess compare farmer’s preference different agroforestry, systems, find out financial values among systems. sample size was 150 small farme...

the study investigated the constraints to farmers’ intention to pay for private irrigation in nandom district, ghana. using a key informant interviews and semi-structured questionnaires, the study collected data from 236 farmers. data was analyzed with descriptive and inferential statistics. kendall coefficient of concordance was used to determine the level of agreement among farmers in ranking...

this study was designed to investigate the demand for institutional credit among small scale farmers in imo state. a sample of 40 livestock and 50 food crop farmers were selected respectively using multistage random sampling technique. data were collected with a well structured questionnaire administered to a total of 90 randomly selected farmers. data collected were analyzed using descriptive ...

Abstract This paper studies the wild bootstrap–based test proposed in Cameron, Gelbach, and Miller (2008). Existing analyses of its properties require that number clusters is “large.” In an asymptotic framework which “small,” we provide conditions under unstudentized version valid. These include homogeneity-like restrictions on distribution covariates. We further establish a studentized may onl...