Influence of Wheat Varieties on Technical Efficiency and Production of Wheat Crop in Pakistan (In Selected Area of Punjab)

Fatima, Hina; Khan, Muhammad Aslam

doi:10.17582/journal.sja/2015/31.2.114.122

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“…This implies that a 1 percent increase in the quantity of chemical fertilizer (NPK) increases the level of coffee output by about 0.314 percent, ceteris paribus. This finding is consistent with our expectations, and concurs with other extisting studies that found a significant positive effect of fertilizer on the crop output, such as Fatima and Azeem [29] and Iráizoz et al [30]. The following highest elasticity was for organic fertilizer (manure and compost), with production elasticity equal to 0.275.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…We found that land size was associated with an elasticity coefficient of 0.162, implying that a 1 percent increase in the area under coffee plantation will lead to a 0.162 percent increase in coffee production. This finding conforms to prior expectations, and concurs with Khan et al [14], Fatima and Azeem [29], Theriault and Serra [26], and Balde et al [35]. Finally, the elasticity coefficient associated with pesticide input was found to be 0.120.…”

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Assessment of Technical Efficiency and Its Potential Determinants among Small-Scale Coffee Farmers in Rwanda

Ngango

Kim

2019

Agriculture

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Coffee production is the main economic activity for smallholder farmers in Rwanda; it is also a major export crop. However, Rwandan coffee production has been facing structural changes with a significant decline in production. Considering the importance of the coffee sector to rural livelihoods and its potential role in export earnings, there is a need to ensure that small-scale coffee farmers efficiently use scarce resources in their production activities. Thus, this study estimates the technical efficiency and possible sources of inefficiency in small-scale coffee farming in the Northern Province of Rwanda. Three hundred and twenty coffee farmers are sampled to carry out a simultaneous estimation of the stochastic production frontier and technical inefficiency model. The results indicate that the mean technical efficiency among small-scale coffee farmers is 82 percent, implying a potential to increase coffee production by 18 percent with the current level of resources and technology. Coffee production displays increasing returns to scale and factors such as education, access to credit, extension services, improved variety of coffee trees, cropping system, and land consolidation have a positive and significant effect on technical efficiency. Thus, development policies in the coffee sector might focus more on enhancing the accessibility of farmers to extension services and credit facilities. In addition, adoption of high-yielding and disease-resistant coffee varieties, better cropping systems, and management of coffee plantations in land consolidation might reduce technical inefficiency among coffee farmers in the Northern Province of Rwanda.

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Assessment of Technical Efficiency and Its Potential Determinants among Small-Scale Coffee Farmers in Rwanda

Ngango

Kim

2019

Agriculture

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“…We found that land size was associated with an elasticity coefficient of 0.20, implying that a 1 percent increase in the area under tomato plantation will lead to a 0.20 percent increase in tomato production. This finding conforms to prior expectations, and concurs with Pretty et al (2011), Zalkuw et al (2014), Fatima and Khan (2015), Ngango et al (2019).…”

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Analysis of Technical Efficiency and Its Potential Determinants among Smallholder Tomato Farmers in Siltie Zone, Southern Ethiopia

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Tefera²

2020

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Background: In developing world including Ethiopia, agricultural productivity was very low; especially where production is common on fragile lands and characterized by smallholder subsistence farming. One of the main reasons for low productivity is the inability of farmers to fully exploit available technologies and production techniques. Considering this in to account, this study analyzes the technical efficiency and its possible source of inefficiency in smallholder tomato farming in Siltie Zone Southern Ethiopia. Methods: By using three stage sampling, 175 randomly selected smallholder tomato farmers were sampled and stochastic frontier Cobb Douglas production model was applied. Results and Conclusion: The results indicate that the mean technical efficiency among smallholder tomato farmers is 81.7%, implying a potential to increase tomato production by 19.3% with the current level of resources and technology. The study further revealed that output responds positively to increases in technological factors of production. According to estimates of the inefficiency model among various factors sex of household head, frequency of weeding, diseases incidence and type of variety used were found to significantly affect the level of technical efficiency of tomato crop producers. Thus, development policies in the tomato sub sector might focus more on empowering women in resource allocation, adoption of high-yielding and disease-resistant tomato varieties and better management of tomato plantations might reduce technical inefficiency among tomato farmers in the study area.

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“…Studies in other agro-ecological zones of Pakistan have found lower technical efficiency in irrigated wheat production, such as [17][18][19]56]. It is very likely that the improved technical efficiency scores in our study were due to the higher education level and larger farm size of the sampled farmers in our study area.…”

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“…Therefore, improvement in technical efficiency, allocative efficiency, and groundwater use efficiency is more effective tools for reducing production costs. Previous studies have found that wheat farmers lack technical and groundwater use efficiency [17][18][19]. The drivers of technical and groundwater use efficiency have also been studied [17], and the results have revealed that beside the socio-economic characteristics of farmers, the ownership of tubewells significantly improves technical and irrigation efficiency.…”

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Levels of Technical, Allocative, and Groundwater Use Efficiency and the Factors Affecting the Allocative Efficiency of Wheat Farmers in Pakistan

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Abstract:In Pakistan, excessive lowering of the groundwater table has made crop irrigation costlier and without improving production efficiency, Pakistan's rural economy will be adversely affected. This study estimated the technical, allocative, and groundwater use efficiency of wheat producers, identified the factors affecting their allocative efficiency, and suggested policy implications from these results. The data were collected from 84 tubewell owners, 65 tubewell shareholders, and 75 water buyers. The technical, allocative, and groundwater use efficiency were estimated by the Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) method, and the important factors affecting the allocative efficiency were identified by two-limit tobit regression analysis. The results highlighted that the tubewell owners, tubewell shareholders, and water buyers had above 90% technical and groundwater use efficiency. However, allocative efficiency was substantially lower for all groups, indicating that wheat production costs could be significantly reduced by the optimal allocation of inputs. The allocative efficiency of wheat farmers decreased significantly with the increasing capacity of the tubewells, with the sharing of tubewells, and with the use of tractor-operated tubewells. The results imply that wheat farmers should be provided with technical and decision-making support to select an appropriate tubewell system that minimises their cost of production and improves their allocative efficiency. Furthermore, the resource allocation system of tubewell shareholders should be further studied to improve the allocative efficiency of wheat farmers.

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Influence of Wheat Varieties on Technical Efficiency and Production of Wheat Crop in Pakistan (In Selected Area of Punjab)

Cited by 11 publications

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Assessment of Technical Efficiency and Its Potential Determinants among Small-Scale Coffee Farmers in Rwanda

Assessment of Technical Efficiency and Its Potential Determinants among Small-Scale Coffee Farmers in Rwanda

Analysis of Technical Efficiency and Its Potential Determinants among Smallholder Tomato Farmers in Siltie Zone, Southern Ethiopia

Levels of Technical, Allocative, and Groundwater Use Efficiency and the Factors Affecting the Allocative Efficiency of Wheat Farmers in Pakistan

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