This paper aims at assessing the impact of the government hydro-agricultural facilities on the rice farmers’ technical efficiency in the Senegal River valley. Results estimations showed that farming in thesefacilities
increaseson average the technical efficiency by 5.17 %. The technical efficiency determinants analysis from
an exponential function estimation, using a nonlinear least squares method, reveals that, besides the
treatment, the combined effects between this one and the distance from the house to the plot, the educations’
level, the household sizeand the householder gender are statistically significant on efficiency. The major
policy implications are:(i) the Government should keep on providing these kinds of agricultural
infrastructure to farmers; (ii) the establishment of a sustainable Fund for Supporting Agricultural Research
and Scaling out Agricultural Research Achievements would strengthen capacities of Research and Extension
Services to address many issues in the rural areas.
Real Time Impact Factor:
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Author Name: Cheikh Ahmadou Bamba NGOM
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Keywords: Agricultural Facilities, Impact Assessment, Senegal, River Valley, Technical Efficiency
ISSN: 2547-9733
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EOI/DOI: 10.29023/alanyaakademik.290280
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