Assessment of profit efficiency among sweet yellow passion fruit farmers in Mbeere south Embu county, Kenya
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Date
2016
Authors
Mwita, A. C.
Maina, M.
Nyairo, N. M.
Ramasawmy, B.
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Elewa Biosciences
Abstract
The main purposes of this research was to assess the profit efficiency of sweet yellow passion
fruit farmers and also determine the socioeconomic and institutional determinants to profit
inefficiency of sweet yellow passion farmers located in Mbeere south district, Embu County in
Kenya. A stochastic profit frontier approach was adopted. The study used primary data
obtained by administering a structured questionnaire to 79 randomly selected sweet yellow
passion fruit farmers. The study showed that the profit efficiency levels ranged from 23% to 90%
with a mean of 76% implying that an estimated 24% profit loss was being made due to a
combination of both technical and allocative inefficiencies. The study also found out that the
frequency of farming experience, group membership and access to market information
influence profit efficiency significantly. Therefore, it is recommended that extension education
investments should be scaled up through producer organizations to improve agricultural
productivity and agricultural marketing through proper search and use of marketing
information
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Research Article
Keywords
Profit efficiency, Stochastic profit frontier, Sweet yellow passion fruit, Kenya