ABSTRACT
Low price competitiveness of Tanzania produced rice driven by high production costs calls attention to developing ways of improving efficiency in production. This study was conducted to analyse production costs and factors influencing choice of inputs provider in smallholder irrigated rice production. Specifically, it focused on comparing costs of production, determining factors influencing smallholder irrigated rice farmers’ choice of inputs provider and analysing production cost efficiency. Data were collected from four cooperative irrigation schemes in Pwani and Morogoro regions involving 200 farmers. Production costs were quantified using enterprise budgeting technique and differences analysed using T-test. Factors influencing choice of inputs provider were determined using Logit model. Translog stochastic cost frontier was used for cost efficiency analysis. Study findings indicate that, costs of production stands at 315.47USD/MT. Farmers purchasing inputs through irrigation scheme cooperative had lower production costs than farmers purchasing from other input providers. Factors influencing choice of production inputs provider were distance from the cooperative to nearest town, membership in other organizations, extension services, input quality satisfaction and availability of cash and credit payment mode (p
KANGILE, R (2021). Efficiency In Production By Smallholder Rice Farmers Under Cooperative Irrigation Schemes In Pwani And Morogoro Regions, Tanzania. Afribary. Retrieved from https://afribary.com/works/efficiency-in-production-by-smallholder-rice-farmers-under-cooperative-irrigation-schemes-in-pwani-and-morogoro-regions-tanzania
KANGILE, RAJABU "Efficiency In Production By Smallholder Rice Farmers Under Cooperative Irrigation Schemes In Pwani And Morogoro Regions, Tanzania" Afribary. Afribary, 14 May. 2021, https://afribary.com/works/efficiency-in-production-by-smallholder-rice-farmers-under-cooperative-irrigation-schemes-in-pwani-and-morogoro-regions-tanzania. Accessed 04 May. 2024.
KANGILE, RAJABU . "Efficiency In Production By Smallholder Rice Farmers Under Cooperative Irrigation Schemes In Pwani And Morogoro Regions, Tanzania". Afribary, Afribary, 14 May. 2021. Web. 04 May. 2024. < https://afribary.com/works/efficiency-in-production-by-smallholder-rice-farmers-under-cooperative-irrigation-schemes-in-pwani-and-morogoro-regions-tanzania >.
KANGILE, RAJABU . "Efficiency In Production By Smallholder Rice Farmers Under Cooperative Irrigation Schemes In Pwani And Morogoro Regions, Tanzania" Afribary (2021). Accessed May 04, 2024. https://afribary.com/works/efficiency-in-production-by-smallholder-rice-farmers-under-cooperative-irrigation-schemes-in-pwani-and-morogoro-regions-tanzania