Boahen Atta Oppong

Technical Efficiency and Production Risk of Maize Production: Evidence from Ghana

Boahen Atta Oppong, Edward Ebo Onumah & Samuel Asuming-Brempong · Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology · 2016

This paper analyzed maize production efficiency in Ghana due to differences in efficiency. The stochastic frontier model with flexible risk properties is applied with 232 farms from the Brong-Ahafo Region. Findings  of the study were the translog model best fits the mean output f...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJAEES/2016/26014

Poultry Farms Risk Management by Insurance: Evidence from Ghana

Cosmos Adjei, D. P. K. Amagashie, H. Anim-Somuah & Boahen Atta Oppong · Journal of Economics, Management and Trade · 2016

This study assessed poultry farmers’ decision to pay for poultry insurance in the Dormaa Municipality of Ghana, from a random sample of 100 commercial chicken producers. The paper employed the Contingent Valuation and Tobit models. The results showed that 72% of farmers are willi...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJEMT/2016/26636