Assessing pure technical efficiency of dairy farms in Turkey

Demircan, Vecdi; Binici, Turan; Zulauf, Carl

doi:10.17221/3127-agricecon

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“…These results are in agreement with the general belief that improvement of human capital enables farmers to use farm resources more efficiently [34]. As suggested in the literature, educated farmers often perform better in farm management and are receptive to new technologies compared to their less educated counterparts, hence the high efficiency level [35,36]. The impact of extension services on TE supports, a priori, that the farmers who sought and/or received more extension services, like technological advice and training programs, often exhibit higher efficiency in farming compared to those who have less or no contact with the extension staff [27,33,37].…”

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confidence: 90%

Investigating Yield Variability and Inefficiency in Rice Production: A Case Study in Central China

2016

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Insufficient and high variability in rice yield is a threat to food security in China, prompting the need for strategies to mitigate yield variability and increase productivity. This study investigates the presence of production risk and technical inefficiency for a sample of rice farms in the Xiangyang city of China using a stochastic production frontier framework. Results from the risk function reveal that labor and better soil quality have significant risk-reducing effects while machinery exerts a significant risk-increasing effect on rice production. The estimated mean technical efficiency score is 84%, suggesting that, on average, farmers could increase their rice production by 16%, without increasing the existing input levels by improving their management techniques. Factors that significantly affect technical efficiency are the age of farmers, female ratio, access and use of extension services, off-farm income, and the size of cultivated land. Results from this study suggest that yield variability and technical inefficiency in rice production can be reduced by appropriate choice of input combinations and elimination of mistakes in the production process through efficient management practices. Strategies, such as providing better extension services, loosening liquidity constraints facing farmers, and expanding rice farmers' producing area, would help to achieve minimum inefficiency in production.

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confidence: 90%

Investigating Yield Variability and Inefficiency in Rice Production: A Case Study in Central China

2016

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“…Similar results were reported for farmers in Turkey (Alemdar and Işik, 2008;Gul et al, 2009;Demircan et al, 2010;Parlakay et al, 2015), Pakistan (Battese et al, 1996), Cameroon (Binam et al, 2004), and Nigeria (Idiong, 2007). However, some authors stated that there was a negative relationship between education level and efficiency (Kaliba and Engle, 2004;Alemdar and Ören, 2006;Cinemre et al, 2006;Koc et al, 2011;Parlakay et al, 2015).…”

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Technical efficiency of goat farming in Turkey: a case study of Isparta province

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-This study estimates the technical efficiency of goat rearing in the province of Isparta in Turkey using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The data used were collected from 92 goat farmers using the stratified sampling method by means of a questionnaire. The technical efficiency of the goat farming varied widely between 0.13 and 1.00. The mean efficiency of 92 goat farms was calculated to be 0.44 and 0.66 for constant and variable returns to scale assumptions, respectively. The greatest slacks were in feedstuff concentrates and labour used. The most significant factors affecting efficiency of goat production were farmer experience, cooperative membership, milk yield per goat, and family and hired labour. Technical efficiency should be improved by providing farmers with well-organised education, an extension program, and research and development programs on goat rearing.

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“…More research in this fi eld was done using the stochastic frontier methods for the measurement and assessment of the technical (and scale) effi ciency in agriculture, e.g. in Bravo-Ureta and Rieger (1991), Battese and Coelli (1995), Demircan et al (2010) and in Rasmussen (2010).…”

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Profitability of dairy and suckler cows breeding on Czech farms

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2012

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Th e EU Common Agricultural Policy enables to provide coupled payments for cattle breeding. Th e article compares the profi tability in dairy cows and suckler cows breeding under the Czech agricultural policy and market conditions. It is approved that particularly very large farms with an extensive suckler cows breeding on permanent grassland are oversupported and realize rents. Based on the analytical results, suggestions to distribute the supports more eff ectively and fairly, particularly those under the Council Regulation (EC) No. 73/2009, Article 68, are presented.

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Assessing pure technical efficiency of dairy farms in Turkey

Cited by 21 publications

References 29 publications

Investigating Yield Variability and Inefficiency in Rice Production: A Case Study in Central China

Investigating Yield Variability and Inefficiency in Rice Production: A Case Study in Central China

Technical efficiency of goat farming in Turkey: a case study of Isparta province

Profitability of dairy and suckler cows breeding on Czech farms

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