*2.1.2 Education*

Number of years spent in school was found to be positively and significantly related to the output of tomato farmers [11, 48]. Educated households were exposed to information and able to manage farm production better [49]. The higher the level of education, the more enlightened a farmer becomes in adopting new innovation with its multiplier effect on increased output. According to [39] in Cameroon, on tomato production, higher level of education of farmers results in increasing technical efficiency of farmers. This is justifiable as new techniques, and innovations are introduced daily especially with the presence of research institutions. Households that are educated will adopt such novel techniques and technologies and increase their technical efficiency. Presumably due to their enhanced ability to acquire technical knowledge, which makes them move close to the frontier output. Since most authors confirmed positive effect of education on technical efficiency, the factor can be adjudged to improve productivity.
