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Technical efficiency and technology gap in Kenya’s tea industry: accounting for farm heterogeneity

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  • Vincent Ngeno
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The study used a cross-county survey from Kenya to investigate smallholder tea farmers’ performance using a stochastic metafrontier framework. According to the results, farmers in all four regions are falling short of their potential with the mean technical efficiency ranging from 0.69, 0.77, 0.61, and 0.74, respectively, for the Nandi, Mau, Kisii, and Kericho regions. Comparing its performance with the technology available in the industry, each region faces a technology gap. Even though some variables were not statistically significant, a combination of socioeconomic and farm-specific factors were identified as sources of technical inefficiency among farmers. The farmers in all regions, however, possess the potential to overcome technological constraints and achieve higher levels of productivity. Kenya Tea Development Agency Ltd should, therefore, enhance its efforts to help the farmers improve their management and technical skills on how to use their resources more efficiently.

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  • Vincent Ngeno, 2024. "Technical efficiency and technology gap in Kenya’s tea industry: accounting for farm heterogeneity," Journal of Development Effectiveness, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(2), pages 264-281, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:jdevef:v:16:y:2024:i:2:p:264-281
    DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2023.2217177
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