Sustainability of Sheep and Goat Production Systems under United Arab Emirates’ Aridland Constraints

Sherif, Sherin; Al-Shorepy, S. A.; Al-Juboori, A.; Fathelrahman, Eihab

doi:10.1016/j.apcbee.2014.03.033

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“…This research paper expands on the Sherif [21] conference proceeding paper to include stochastic frontier analysis utilizing the approach proposed by Coelli et al [18]. Using the stochastic frontier methodology has an advantage over the deterministic approach in that it enables estimation of the technical efficiency distribution, as well as the inclusion of technical inefficiency sources.…”

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“…The reported annual total production of sheep and goats by number were 7661 and 5845 animals, respectively, with coefficients of variation of 135% for sheep and 120% for goats. Ten percent of sheep/goat farmers reported meeting market demands, whereas 38% claimed they do not, and 52% did not respond to that question (Sherif et al [21]).…”

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“…The model's F-ratio was 287.557 (model statistically significant), adjusted R-squared = 0.827 (all of the estimated variables explain 82.7% of the variations in the level of output); and the significant variables in the above estimated equation at less than the 1% level are Rhodes, alfalfa, wheat bran, wheat, protein concentrate, labor and water. The Standardized beta coefficients showed that the most prominent variables in affecting the level of output are, respectively labor, alfalfa, protein concentrate, wheat bran, water, wheat and Rhodes (Sherif et al [21]).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The table shows that all of the prominent variable inputs are overutilized as their MVPx compared to their corresponding prices, Px, are less than one. Moreover, an elasticity of production of Rhodes, for instance, of 0.053 means that if the input level increases by 100%, output would increase by 5.3%, and so on, for the remainder of the regression coefficients (Sherif et al [21]).…”

Section: Sheep Deterministic Model: Allocative (Price) Efficiencymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This could be due to overutilization of these two inputs due to recruiting cheap expatriate labor. The standardized beta coefficients showed that the most prominent variables in affecting the level of goat output are, respectively, alfalfa, wheat bran, protein concentrate and wheat (Sherif et al [21]). Table 3 summarizes the allocative efficiency results of the variable inputs used in the production of goats.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Small Ruminant Production System Efficiency under Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Arid Land Conditions

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Sheep and goat production systems in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) operate under scarce natural resource constraints. A cross-sectional survey that covered 661 mixed farms, including major sheep and goat production, was conducted in the three regions of Abu Dhabi Emirate (Al-Ain, Western Region and Abu Dhabi city) during 2012. A Cobb-Douglas, double-logarithmic stochastic frontier production function and maximum likelihood estimation were applied to estimate important economic derivatives and the associated risk of small ruminant production in this arid area. The highest impact of an input on the output level was found to be labor for raising sheep and alfalfa grass for raising goats. Both labor and alfalfa variables were found to be overutilized for sheep and goat production, respectively. Overall, the results indicate that average technical efficiency is 0.62 for raising sheep and only 0.34 for raising goats in the study area. Technical efficiency analysis included measuring the frequency of farms at each level of estimated technical efficiency in the range between zero and one. Zero for the technical efficiency coefficient indicates a lack of technical efficiency in resource use. The results of this study indicated that only 1% of the sheep farms show a technical efficiency coefficient of 0.25 or less; the same can be said for OPEN ACCESSAgriculture 2014, 4 289 41% of goat producers. However, these technical efficiencies were found to be more than 0.75 for 12% and 5% of the sheep and goat farms, respectively. Overall, goat farming in the UAE was found to be less efficient than sheep production. The results also indicated that flock size and type of breed were the most influential factors relative to other factors, and both show a positive relationship with technical efficiency. Other than flock size, factors, such as owners' years of experience and management practices, were found to be more influential on goat farming system efficiency relative to sheep farming.

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Small Ruminant Production System Efficiency under Abu-Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Arid Land Conditions

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Production Systems of Small Ruminants in the Abu-Dhabi Emirate, Uae

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The study was conducted to understand the small ruminants' production systems in the Abu-Dhabi Emirate of the United Arab Emirates and investigate information about utilization, management practices, opportunity and challenges, using a survey. Stratified random samples of 326 farmers from all regions of the Abu-Dhabi Emirate were interviewed. Among these, only 18.7% of the breeders were females. Emirati farmers were keeping small ruminants mainly for home consumption while less than 5% were keeping them as a business. The main purpose for keeping small ruminants in the Abu-Dhabi Emirate was meat production as 97% and 94% for sheep and goat production, respectively, while milk production was of less concern. Farmers were mostly keeping mixed flocks of 16 sheep and 18 goat breeds, in addition to different crossbreds. The major sheep breeds in the Emirate were Najdi, Awassi (Nuaimi) and Orb whiles the major goat breeds were Local goats, Ardi, Salali, Pakistani and Omani. Differences exist among most studied variables due to different regions, property types, flock size and type. Although, most farmers do not interfere with the daily care of their flocks, the satisfactory proportion of farms were applying many advised management practices. Though, still some good practices are needed to be applied in farmers flocks. The findings of this study create a baseline for understanding the production system of small ruminants in Abu-Dhabi Emirate as the first step in a sustainable production improvement and execution of effective extension program to farmers and labor to improve productivity.

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Sustainability of Sheep and Goat Production Systems under United Arab Emirates’ Aridland Constraints

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