Measurement of Technical, Allocative, Economic, and Scale Efficiency of Rice Production in Arkansas Using Data Envelopment Analysis

Watkins, K. Bradley; Hristovska, Tatjana; Mazzanti, Ralph; Wilson, Charles E.; Schmidt, Lance

doi:10.1017/s1074070800000651

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“…A number of studies have been carried out to analyse the efficiency of agriculture using the DEA. Examples of such studies include Chavas and Aliber (1993), Sharma et al (1999), Dhungana et al (2004), Murthy et al (2009), andWatkins et al (2014). There is a particular dearth of studies that should analyze the economic efficiency of smallholder vegetable farms.This study is an attempt to evaluate the efficiency of farms so as to be able to generalize the findings at the national level.…”

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Efficiency of small scale vegetable farms: policy implications for the rural poverty reduction in Nepal

Shrestha¹,

Huang²,

Gautam³

et al. 2016

AGR ECON-CZECH

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Poverty and hunger reduction are intertwined challenges and enduring issues in the world, particularly in developing countries. Improvement in the effi ciency in vegetable farming helps the farmers increase the per capita income, reduce poverty and eventually improve the livelihood of smallholder farmers. Th is paper evaluates economic effi ciency of vegetable farms in Nepal using a non-parametric data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach. Th e results show evidence to suggest that vegetable farms in Nepal have a considerable potential for improving the vegetable production effi ciency with a greater access to improved seed, agricultural credit, and training and extension services. Some policies options with regard to the vegetable production technology, and support services for farmers in general and women farmers in particular, are suggested to increase the farm effi ciency. While some of these support services are currently available, we suggest that a more focus be given to creating the improved market access, to the women focused extension, and to training packages for the sustainable production. Th ese support services can lead to increases in the farm income and to reduce poverty.

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Section: Theoretical and Empirical Analysismentioning

confidence: 99%

Efficiency of small scale vegetable farms: policy implications for the rural poverty reduction in Nepal

Shrestha¹,

Huang²,

Gautam³

et al. 2016

AGR ECON-CZECH

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“…Some studies have applied both approaches to the same sets of data [such as Reinhard et al (2000); Wadud and White (2000); Iráizoz et al (2003); Latruffe et al (2004); Alene et al (2006); Ghorbani et al (2010); Theodoridis and Anwar (2011)] and found that the estimation result of both approaches is not much different. This evidence shows that the choice of which approach to be used is somewhat arbitrary (Dhungana et al, 2004;Watkins et al, 2014).…”

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“…This study used the DEA approach because it does not impose parametric restrictions on the underlying technology (Chavas & Aliber, 1993;Featherstone et al, 1997;Fletschner & Zepeda, 2002;Wu & Prato, 2006;Watkins et al, 2014). Framework of the discussion in this paper is followed sequentially by methodology, results and discussion, and conclusion.…”

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An Analysis of Technical Efficiency Variation in Indonesian Rice Farming

Haryanto¹,

Talib²,

Salleh³

2015

JAS

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Rice farming in Indonesia has an important role as a sector producing staple food for almost all of the population and provides a livelihood for millions of people in rural areas. Conditions of rice farming in Indonesia are quite unique because it is scattered in many island with diversity of social and economic characteristics of farmers, environmental conditions, and potential production. This study apply two-stage Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to estimate technical efficiency and analyses the determinants of technical efficiency rice farming based on farm level data collected by the Central Bureau of Statistics the Republic of Indonesia. The results showed that the average technical efficiency in all the rice-producing regions in Indonesia is moderate to High. This study suggest that policy to increase the technical efficiency in Indonesian rice farming should be prioritized on the use of certified seeds, control of pests and diseases, government assistance, education and irrigation.

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“…Besides the method of cultivation, the efficient of production input usage also very determines the production of rice farming (Hormozi et al, 2013;Ojogho and Alufohai, 2010;Wen et al, 2011;Maruyama et al, 2014;Watkins et al, 2014). The effort of rice production increasing through the efficiency of input usage became the right choice.…”

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Socio-Economic and Technical Efficiency Level of Organic Rice Farming with System of Rice Intensification: A Case Study in Morowali Regency Indonesia

Alam¹

2015

American Journal of Applied Sciences

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This research aimed to (1) analyze technical efficiency level of rice farming with System of Rice Intensification and non-System of Rice Intensification and (2) analyze the factors that affected technical efficiency of rice farming. The research was conducted in Morowali Regency Indonesia. The populations in this research were farmer associations of water users, who membered as many as 104 household heads. Sampling was done by census. The number of samples that were used as many as 104 household heads, 47 household heads of rice farmers with System of Rice Intensification and 57 household heads of farmers with non-System of Rice Intensification. The result showed rice farming with System of Rice Intensification had a higher technical efficiency level when compared with rice farming with non-System of Rice Intensification. This was due to rice farming with System of Rice Intensification had more farmers who used organic fertilizers. The usage of organic fertilizers, age of farmers, education of farmers, frequency of following extension and System of Rice Intensification affected toward the technical efficiency of rice farming. Farmers could increase organic rice production with System of Rice Intensification.

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Measurement of Technical, Allocative, Economic, and Scale Efficiency of Rice Production in Arkansas Using Data Envelopment Analysis

Cited by 48 publications

References 29 publications

Efficiency of small scale vegetable farms: policy implications for the rural poverty reduction in Nepal

Efficiency of small scale vegetable farms: policy implications for the rural poverty reduction in Nepal

An Analysis of Technical Efficiency Variation in Indonesian Rice Farming

Socio-Economic and Technical Efficiency Level of Organic Rice Farming with System of Rice Intensification: A Case Study in Morowali Regency Indonesia

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