Assessing the impact of crop specialization on farms’ performance in vegetables farming in Benin:: a non-neutral stochastic frontier approach

Alphonse G. Singbo; Grigorios Emvalomatis; Oude Lansink Alfons

Assessing the impact of crop specialization on farms’ performance in vegetables farming in Benin: a non-neutral stochastic frontier approach

Alphonse G. Singbo, Grigorios Emvalomatis, Oude Lansink Alfons

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Abstract

A non-neutral stochastic distance function model is used to examine whether output specialization has an impact on the economic performance of vegetable producers in Benin. Specialization is assumed to have an effect on the production frontier and on the distance to the production frontier (technical inefficiency). The technology is found to exhibit diseconomies of scope, indicating that vegetable producers have an incentive for specialization. At the same time, the degree of specialization has a positive effect on technical efficiency. From a policy perspective, the findings imply that current government policies to encourage diversification may lead to a lower performance.

Original language	English
Number of pages	28
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Agricultural and Applied Economics Assocation 2103 AAEA & CAES joint Annual meeting - Washington, United States Duration: 4 Aug 2013 → 6 Aug 2013 http://www.aaea.org/2012am

Conference

Conference	Agricultural and Applied Economics Assocation 2103 AAEA & CAES joint Annual meeting
Abbreviated title	AAEA
Country/Territory	United States
City	Washington
Period	4/08/13 → 6/08/13
Internet address	http://www.aaea.org/2012am

Keywords

Farm performance
Specialization
Impact
Input distance function
Non-neutral stochastic frontier

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Singbo, A. G., Emvalomatis, G., & Alfons, O. L. (2012). Assessing the impact of crop specialization on farms’ performance in vegetables farming in Benin: a non-neutral stochastic frontier approach. Paper presented at Agricultural and Applied Economics Assocation 2103 AAEA & CAES joint Annual meeting, Washington, United States. http://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/aaea13/149172.html

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Singbo, AG, Emvalomatis, G & Alfons, OL 2012, 'Assessing the impact of crop specialization on farms’ performance in vegetables farming in Benin: a non-neutral stochastic frontier approach', Paper presented at Agricultural and Applied Economics Assocation 2103 AAEA & CAES joint Annual meeting, Washington, United States, 4/08/13 - 6/08/13. <http://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/aaea13/149172.html>

Assessing the impact of crop specialization on farms’ performance in vegetables farming in Benin: a non-neutral stochastic frontier approach. / Singbo, Alphonse G.; Emvalomatis, Grigorios; Alfons, Oude Lansink.
2012. Paper presented at Agricultural and Applied Economics Assocation 2103 AAEA & CAES joint Annual meeting, Washington, United States.

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