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Title: :  Evaluation of Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Orange Farmers in Machakos County, Kenya
PaperId: :  22979
Published in:   International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education
Publisher:   IJARIIE
e-ISSN:   2395-4396
Volume/Issue:    Volume 10 Issue 2 2024
DUI:    16.0415/IJARIIE-22979
Licence: :   IJARIIE is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

Author NameAuthor Institute
Tom Maithya WambuaKenyatta University
Dr Bett Kiprotich EricKenyatta University
Prof. Bernard K. NjehiaKenyatta University

Abstract

Agricultural Economics
Technical efficiency, allocative efficiency, economic efficiency, data envelop analysis Kenya, Machakos county, orange production
Abstract Orange is one of the world’s main fruit trees with global availability, popularity and importance in contributing toward livelihoods transformation and improvement. This study attempts to estimate technical, allocative and economic efficiency levels and the influence of social economic and institutional factors on the levels of efficiency among the sampled 169 smallholder orange farmers within Machakos County in Kenya. This research finding established that, mean technical, allocative an economic efficiency among orange farmers were 60.94%, 79.59% and 48.50% respectively. Economic efficiency was strongly influenced by age, farming experience, irrigation, credit and cost of inputs. In order to enhance economic efficiency based on the analysis, the study proposed; encouragement and promotion of youth to take up orange farming, mobilization and organization of non-member farmers to form or join groups to gain to easier access to extension and credit, development of credit facilities tailored made to meet farmers’, needs, development of irrigation infrastructure for all year-round production and inputs prize stabilization mechanism through subsidies and vouchers.

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IJARIIE Tom Maithya Wambua, Dr Bett Kiprotich Eric, and Prof. Bernard K. Njehia. "Evaluation of Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Orange Farmers in Machakos County, Kenya" International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education Volume 10 Issue 2 2024 Page 1768-1779
MLA Tom Maithya Wambua, Dr Bett Kiprotich Eric, and Prof. Bernard K. Njehia. "Evaluation of Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Orange Farmers in Machakos County, Kenya." International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education 10.2(2024) : 1768-1779.
APA Tom Maithya Wambua, Dr Bett Kiprotich Eric, & Prof. Bernard K. Njehia. (2024). Evaluation of Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Orange Farmers in Machakos County, Kenya. International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, 10(2), 1768-1779.
Chicago Tom Maithya Wambua, Dr Bett Kiprotich Eric, and Prof. Bernard K. Njehia. "Evaluation of Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Orange Farmers in Machakos County, Kenya." International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education 10, no. 2 (2024) : 1768-1779.
Oxford Tom Maithya Wambua, Dr Bett Kiprotich Eric, and Prof. Bernard K. Njehia. 'Evaluation of Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Orange Farmers in Machakos County, Kenya', International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 10, no. 2, 2024, p. 1768-1779. Available from IJARIIE, https://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/Evaluation_of_Economic_Efficiency_of_Smallholder_Orange_Farmers_in_Machakos_County__Kenya_ijariie22979.pdf (Accessed : 01 April 2024).
Harvard Tom Maithya Wambua, Dr Bett Kiprotich Eric, and Prof. Bernard K. Njehia. (2024) 'Evaluation of Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Orange Farmers in Machakos County, Kenya', International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, 10(2), pp. 1768-1779IJARIIE [Online]. Available at: https://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/Evaluation_of_Economic_Efficiency_of_Smallholder_Orange_Farmers_in_Machakos_County__Kenya_ijariie22979.pdf (Accessed : 01 April 2024)
IEEE Tom Maithya Wambua, Dr Bett Kiprotich Eric, and Prof. Bernard K. Njehia, "Evaluation of Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Orange Farmers in Machakos County, Kenya," International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education, vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 1768-1779, Mar-App 2024. [Online]. Available: https://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/Evaluation_of_Economic_Efficiency_of_Smallholder_Orange_Farmers_in_Machakos_County__Kenya_ijariie22979.pdf [Accessed : 01 April 2024].
Turabian Tom Maithya Wambua, Dr Bett Kiprotich Eric, and Prof. Bernard K. Njehia. "Evaluation of Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Orange Farmers in Machakos County, Kenya." International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education [Online]. volume 10 number 2 (01 April 2024).
Vancouver Tom Maithya Wambua, Dr Bett Kiprotich Eric, and Prof. Bernard K. Njehia. Evaluation of Economic Efficiency of Smallholder Orange Farmers in Machakos County, Kenya. International Journal Of Advance Research And Innovative Ideas In Education [Internet]. 2024 [Cited : 01 April 2024]; 10(2) : 1768-1779. Available from: https://ijariie.com/AdminUploadPdf/Evaluation_of_Economic_Efficiency_of_Smallholder_Orange_Farmers_in_Machakos_County__Kenya_ijariie22979.pdf
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