Abstract
In Benin republic, yam plays an important role both in production systems and in people’s food security and trade. In view of the decline in agricultural yields in recent years combined with strong population growth, it is essential today to analyse the technical efficiency of yam producers in order to formulate the best recommendations for relaunching yam production. The objective of this paper is to analyse the technical efficiency of yam producers in Benin and its determinants. To achieve this objective, data were collected from 150 yam producers living in the Municipality of Glazoué. A stochastic production frontier is used to analyse the technical efficiency of the yam producer. The results revealed that the mean efficiency score of producers is around 80%. This implies that yam production could be increase by 20% through better use of available resources such as land, labour, herbicides, taking into account the state of technology. Access to credit and mobile phone ownership increase the inefficiency of actors while experience in agricultural production, age and household size reduce the inefficiency of producers.
Highlights
Yam is one of Benin’s main food crops
This study analysed the technical efficiency of yam producers in the Municipality of Glazoué in Benin based on a sample of 150 producers
The results revealed that yam production is very poorly mechanized with little use of off-farm inputs
Summary
Yam is one of Benin’s main food crops. It plays an important role both in production systems and in people’s food security and trade. Over the same time horizon, yam yield fell from 14.48 tonnes/Ha in 2008 to 13.08 tonnes/Ha in 2015, a 10% decrease compared to its 2008 level. This means that the increase in production observed over the period would probably be due to extensive agriculture. According to Farrell (1957), improving efficiency has a positive impact on productivity by saving resources. This reduces discrepancies between current and potential results (Audibert, 1997)
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