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Resource allocation and productivity of cereal state farms in Ethiopia
Author(s) -
Mirotchie Mesfin,
Taylor Daniel B.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
agricultural economics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.29
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1574-0862
pISSN - 0169-5150
DOI - 10.1111/j.1574-0862.1993.tb00241.x
Subject(s) - productivity , returns to scale , production (economics) , economics , agricultural economics , agricultural science , resource (disambiguation) , scale (ratio) , state (computer science) , production function , resource allocation , microeconomics , mathematics , geography , environmental science , economic growth , computer science , market economy , computer network , algorithm , cartography
Using a translog production function, cereal production on state farms in Ethiopia between 1980 and 1985 was analyzed. The farms were found to be operating at constant returns to scale. Manual labor was under‐utilized, while machinery and other modern inputs were over‐utilized. Elasticities of substitution between labor and these over‐utilized inputs were low.