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AN ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF MIXED INTERCROPPING AND RELAY CROPPING AGROFORESTRY TECHNOLOGIES

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datacite.subject.fosAgricultural sciences
dc.contributor.authorKakhobwe, Boniface
dc.cosupervisor13b46b0b-b77a-4eec-8c03-ad34fa528e5f
dc.cosupervisor6c2493c2-fd35-43ad-8517-80d9d76d423a
dc.cosupervisorc882eff8-66ca-432e-9a41-1ea7cdc2966a
dc.date.accessioned2024-12-04T08:41:52Z
dc.date.available2024-12-04T08:41:52Z
dc.date.issued2007-11-01
dc.descriptionA THESIS SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF DEVELOPMENT STUDIES IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE IN AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
dc.description.abstractThe study was conducted in Zomba district with the main objective of assessing technical efficiency (TE) of mixed intercropping (MI) and relay cropping (RC) agroforestry technologies (AT). Study population consisted of 101 and 74 farmers practicing MI and RC agroforestry technologies, respectively, and 120 non-adopters of agroforestry (NA). Analyses involved three separate estimations of MI and RC agroforestry technologies, and NA of agroforestry stochastic frontier production functions (SFPF). Technical inefficiency (TI) components were simultaneously estimated with the TEs during the estimation of the SFPFs. Factors responsible for TI were separately regressed on the TI components of the three categories of farmers. Mean TE of MI, RC and NA were 0.62, 0.57 and 0.46, respectively. Results showed that the farmers have TIs with 51%, 33% and 38% of MI, RC and NA, respectively producing maize below the mean TE levels. Results also showed that age and education of household head in MI, age of household head and land fragmentation in RC and period of farming and land fragmentation in NA determine TI. The following recommendations were made in the study. There is need to address TIs by increasing accessibility and use of inorganic fertilizer, and by improving the quality of training of the farmers. There is also need to reduce TE variations through intensification of extension contact with the farmers. Finally, similar research should be extended to alley cropping and improved fallow agroforestry technologies.
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.unima.ac.mw/handle/123456789/390
dc.language.isoen
dc.schoolscentersoptionsb0e8094e-c230-4f28-8ae9-b0fc60729932
dc.subjectTechnical Efficiency of Mixed Intercropping
dc.subjectRelay Agroforestry technologies
dc.subjectAgroforestry technologies
dc.subjectRelay cropping
dc.subjectInorganic fertilizer
dc.subjectMixed intercropping
dc.subjectZomba
dc.subjectAgroforestry stochastic frontier production functions
dc.subjectLand fragmentation
dc.subjectFarmers
dc.supervisor9ba91319-998e-4ef2-b38b-adc5365739b0
dc.titleAN ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF MIXED INTERCROPPING AND RELAY CROPPING AGROFORESTRY TECHNOLOGIES
dc.title.alternativeA CASE OF ZOMBA DISTRICT IN MALAWI
dc.typetext::thesis::master thesis
dspace.entity.typePublication
oairecerif.author.affiliationUniversity of Malawi

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