Analysis of Production Efficiency, Productivity Variances and Resource Allocation among Smallholder Farmers of Soybean Producers: Evidence from Benishangul-Gumuz Region Ethiopia

Abstract

Soybean is among the important pulse crops grown in different parts of Ethiopia as stable food and income generation source. The country has immense potentials for soybean production and popularized in different parts of the country with multiple food and economic advantages for smallscale farmers. It is used as food for home consumption, raw materials for local factories and feed for animal as indicated by Abebe (2017) and Sisay (2017). According to Tinsley (2009) and Adelodun (2011) soybean crop has relatively high protein content (about 40%) with a good balance of the essential amino acids, unsaturated and non-cholesterol fatty acid (approximately 20%) and contains vitamins such as thiamine, niacin, riboflavin, choline, vitamins E and K, which are necessary for normal body growth and development.