Skip to main content

Table 6 Input elasticities.

From: Achieving sustainable development goals on no poverty and zero hunger: Does technical efficiency of Ghana’s maize farmers matter?

Input

Elasticity

Quantity of fertilizer

0.49

Quantity of herbicide

0.18

Quantity of pesticide

0.01

Quantity of seed

0.73

Quantity of labour

− 0.25

Quantity of manure

− 0.05

Quantity of land

1.15

Quantity of capital

− 0.49

  1. Scale elasticity, 3.327
Back to article page

Agriculture & Food Security

ISSN: 2048-7010