“The priority of the research is to measure developed technical efficiency between irrigated and non-irrigated rice farmers in Northern Ghana with the aim of providing recommendations on how to increase rice production. The specific objectives are to: Examine the level of technical efficiency between irrigated and non-irrigated rice
farmers in Northern Ghana. Derive farm-specific technical efficiency associated with input use and to relate the derived measure to farmers’ social, economic and demographic characteristics; and provide policy recommendations for improving rice production. The study uses quantitative techniques to investigate the levels of technical efficiency between irrigated and non-irrigated rice farmers. The derived technical inefficiencies for the farm groups are then related to farmer social, economic and demographic features as well as farm characteristics in order to measure the determinants of technical efficiency in paddy farms in Northern Ghana.”
