Damas Philip

TL;DR: In this article, the adoption of the improved maize varieties among households was found to be positively influenced by adult-literacy, family size, livestock wealth, access to output market and credit access for the new varieties.

TL;DR: In this paper, a stochastic frontier model has been used to determine the sources of inefficiency among maize farmers in Babati district in Tanzania, and the results show that the mean technical efficiency score for famers in the study area is 62.3% which implies that there is a significant room for increasing maize yield if farmers use the resources at their disposal efficiently.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors applied a Monte Carlo simulation approach to assess the economic feasibility of alternative rice farming systems operating in Tanzania while considering risk analysis for decision-makers with different risk preferences to make better management decisions.

TL;DR: A bio-economic simulation model using Monte Carlo simulation procedures is introduced to evaluate the economic viability of risky crop management practices so that the decision-maker can make better management decisions and suggest that increasing the plant population has a high probability of economic failure, particularly in the sub-humid zone.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluate the profitability of coffee production as well as constraints that farmers face during the production process using the gross margin approach and the results were summarized using descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, percentage, means, minima and maxima.