?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.relation=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F17418%2F&rft.title=Small+is+Beautiful%3A+Empirical+Evidence+of+an+Inverse+Relationship+between+Farm+Size+and+Productive+Efficiency+in+Small-Holder+Cassava+Production+in+Ideato+North+LGA+of+Imo+State&rft.creator=Okoye%2C+B.C&rft.creator=Agbaeze%2C+C.C&rft.creator=Asumugha%2C+G.N&rft.creator=Aniedu%2C+O.C&rft.creator=Mbanaso%2C+E.N.A&rft.subject=D6+-+Welfare+Economics&rft.subject=D61+-+Allocative+Efficiency+%3B+Cost-Benefit+Analysis&rft.description=This+study+examined+the+relationship+between+farm+size+and+technical+efficiency+in+small+holder+cassava+production+in+Ideato+LGA+of+Imo+state+using+data+from+a+2008+farm-level+survey+of+90+rural+households.+The+study+showed+a+strong+inverse+relationship+between+farm+size+and+technical+efficiency.+Smaller+farms+are+found+to+be+more+technically+efficient%2C+than+larger+farms.+These+results+favour+land+redistribution+policies+targeted+towards+giving+lands+to+the+small-holder+farmers.+Policies+of+de-emphasizing+cassava+production+in+the+estate+sector+while+encouraging+it+in+smallholdings+will+foster+equity+and+efficiency.&rft.date=2009&rft.type=MPRA+Paper&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.language=en&rft.identifier=https%3A%2F%2Fmpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de%2F17418%2F1%2FMPRA_paper_17418.pdf&rft.identifier=++Okoye%2C+B.C+and+Agbaeze%2C+C.C+and+Asumugha%2C+G.N+and+Aniedu%2C+O.C+and+Mbanaso%2C+E.N.A++(2009)%3A+Small+is+Beautiful%3A+Empirical+Evidence+of+an+Inverse+Relationship+between+Farm+Size+and+Productive+Efficiency+in+Small-Holder+Cassava+Production+in+Ideato+North+LGA+of+Imo+State.++++&rft.language=en