Impact of Improved Rice Variety on Productivity Among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana

Authors

  • Edward Tsinigo Innovations for Poverty Action, Accra, Ghana
  • Kwasi Ohene-Yankyerah Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.
  • Simon Cudjoe Fialor Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v5i2.164-169.989

Keywords:

NERICA, improved rice variety, unimproved rice variety, productivity

Abstract

Advancement in agricultural technologies is seen to result in the shift in production functions. The study was conducted to establish the impact of the improved rice variety on productivity in the Ejura-Sekyedumase and Atebubu-Amantin Municipalities of Ghana. The study was based on the survey of 208 rice farmers using a three-stage stratified sampling method. The study used a structured questionnaire to collect input-output data from the rice farmers. Data were analysed using the Cobb-Douglas production function. The study found that the technical change associated with the introduction of the improved rice variety was of the non-neutral type. Further, the adoption of the improved rice variety has increased rice productivity by about 46% for the adopters. The main determinants of productivity for the adopters were seed, land, fertiliser, herbicide, and education. Productivity among the non-adopters was positively influenced by seed, land, herbicide, and fertiliser. The study concluded that the improved rice variety has superior yield advantage. The study recommends for the simultaneous promotion of improved rice varieties and their recommended inputs to increase rice productivity.

Author Biographies

Edward Tsinigo, Innovations for Poverty Action, Accra, Ghana

Research/Evaluation, Research Associate

Kwasi Ohene-Yankyerah, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, and Extension; Senior Lecturer

Simon Cudjoe Fialor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

Department of Agricultural Economics, Agribusiness, and Extension; Senior Lecturer

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Published

28.02.2017

How to Cite

Tsinigo, E., Ohene-Yankyerah, K., & Fialor, S. C. (2017). Impact of Improved Rice Variety on Productivity Among Smallholder Farmers in Ghana. Turkish Journal of Agriculture - Food Science and Technology, 5(2), 164–169. https://doi.org/10.24925/turjaf.v5i2.164-169.989

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Agricultural Economics