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Differentials in technical efficiency among smallholder cassava farmers in Central Madagascar: A Cobb Douglas stochastic frontier production approach

B.C. OkoyeNational Root Crops Research Institute, UmuahiaPMB 7006, Abia State, NigeriaCorrespondence[email protected]
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A. AbassInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Regional Hub for Eastern Africa 25, Light Industrial Area, Mikocheni B, Dar es SalaamPMB 34441TanzaniaView further author information
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B. BachwenkiziInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Regional Hub for Eastern Africa 25, Light Industrial Area, Mikocheni B, Dar es SalaamPMB 34441TanzaniaView further author information
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G. AsumughaNational Root Crops Research Institute, UmuahiaPMB 7006, Abia State, NigeriaView further author information
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B. AlenkheInternational Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Regional Hub for Eastern Africa 25, Light Industrial Area, Mikocheni B, Dar es SalaamPMB 34441TanzaniaView further author information
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R. RanaivosonCentre National d Recherche Appliquee au Developpement Rural (FOFIFA), Ambatobe, AntananarivoB.P. 1690 101, MadagascarView further author information
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R. RandrianariveloCentre National d Recherche Appliquee au Developpement Rural (FOFIFA), Ambatobe, AntananarivoB.P. 1690 101, MadagascarView further author information
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N. RabemanantsoaCentre National d Recherche Appliquee au Developpement Rural (FOFIFA), Ambatobe, AntananarivoB.P. 1690 101, MadagascarView further author information
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I. RalimananaCentre National d Recherche Appliquee au Developpement Rural (FOFIFA), Ambatobe, AntananarivoB.P. 1690 101, MadagascarView further author information
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Caroline ElliottHuddersfield University, UKView further author information
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Article: 1143345 | Received 10 Oct 2015, Accepted 08 Jan 2016, Published online: 18 Feb 2016

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