Technical, Economic, and Allocative Efficiency in Peasant Farming: Evidence From the Dominican Republic

Bravo‐Ureta, Boris E.; Pinheiro, António E.

doi:10.1111/j.1746-1049.1997.tb01186.x

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“…Formal education improves the farmers' understanding of new and advanced farming techniques, which leads to increased productivity. In other words, farmers with four or more years of schooling exhibited higher levels of technical efficiency (Bravo-Ureta and Pinheiro, 1997). This finding is associated with Battese et al (1996); Coelli and Battese (1996); Romain and Lambert (1995) and Seyoum et al (1998).…”

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confidence: 52%

Factor Affecting Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Rubber Farming in Northeast Thailand

Poungchompu

Chantanop

2015

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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With the increase of rubber production, Para rubber farmers in Northeastern Thailand have faced the limited physical and socio-economic conditions that have given rise to the improvement of technical efficiency. This study investigated the technical efficiency of Para rubber farmers. A multi-stage random sampling technique was used to collect cross sectional data on 300 farmers. The data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier analysis. The results revealed that the variance of gamma and sigma squared of the frontier production function was significant at a level of p = 0.01. All inputs (except chemical fertilizer) are major factors that have influenced the changes in the output of Para rubber production. The mean technical efficiency index for the farmers was found to be 0.573 and the efficiency factors, which were comprised of age of farmers, education, gender and age of the rubber trees, were found to be the significant factors that affected the variation in technical efficiency among the farmers. The policy implication of the study is that technical efficiency of Para rubber could be increased by 42.7% by improving the use of available resources. Thus, the government should give more education about rubber production, including tapping trees and managing farms because this education will impact the knowledge that can be applied to farming techniques in order to enhance efficiency.

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confidence: 52%

Factor Affecting Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Rubber Farming in Northeast Thailand

Poungchompu

Chantanop

2015

American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences

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“…It has been employed in many empirical studies, particularly, those relating to agriculture of developing countries (Brave-ureta andPinheiro (1997), Ajibefin, et al (2002) etc.). The estimated Cobb-Douglas stochastic frontier production function is assumed to specify the technologies adopted by the cassava farmers in the study areas, which can be specified in the following form: Where 'ln' represents logarithm to base e; subscripts ij denotes to the j-th observation of the i-th farmer; Yi = value of total output of both cassava and its bi-products measured in kg; X 1 = age of the farmers X 2 = farm size (total cultivated land area under cassava production) in hectares; X 3 = labor days (in man days); X 4 = quantity of seed/seedling (cassava stem cuttings) planted (in number); X 5 = quantity of chemical fertilizers (in kgs); X 6 = quantity of organic fertilizers (in kgs); V ij = a symmetric error component that accounts for random effects and exogenous shocks; ij  ≤ 0 = a one sided error component that measures technical inefficiency.…”

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confidence: 99%

Cost benefit analysis of cassava production in Sherpur district of Bangladesh

Afreen

Haque

2014

J Bangladesh Agric Univ

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The present study was designed to analyze the cost, benefit and profitability of cassava production in selected areas of Sherpur district in Bangladesh. Data were collected by interviewing a representative sample of 100 practicing cassava farmers, taking each 50 sample from traditional farmers of Jhinaigati and commercial cassava farmers of Sreebardi Upazila. Analyses showed that per hectare cost incurred for cassava was BDT 41,417.22 in Jhinaigati whereas BDT 53,642.59 in Sreebardi Upazila. The average return for cassava was BDT 103,297.58 and BDT 159,527.70 in Jhinaigati and Sreebardi Upazila respectively. Average gross margin for cassava was BDT 61,880.36 and BDT 105,885.10 in Jhinaigati and Sreebardi Upazila respectively. Results of the financial analysis indicate that investment in cassava is profitable since BCR was for cassava were 2.49 and 2.99 in Jhinaigati and Sreebardi Upazila respectively. The technical efficiency analysis reveals that technical inefficiency effects presence in cassava production in the study areas. The estimates for the stochastic frontier cost functions parameters imply that as some cost factors, e.g., cost of labor, power tiller, seedlings, fertilizer, and interest on operating capital increased, total production cost increased. Hence, these variables are important determinants of cassava production in the study area. In a nutshell, though the technical inefficiency exists in the cassava production, it is profitable and, therefore, be replicated in other areas of Bangladesh.

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“…Several efficiency measurement studies (Bravo-Ureta and Pinheiro, 1997;Nyemeck et al, 2003;Nkamleu, 2004) have first estimated stochastic frontiers to predict firm-level efficiencies and then regress these predicted efficiencies upon farm-specific variables in an attempt to explain variations in output between firms in an industry. This is usually referred as a two-stage procedure.…”

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THE EFFECT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE ON THE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF TEFF (<i>ERAGROSTISTEF</i>) PRODUCERS

Elias

Nohmi

Yasunobu

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American Journal of Applied Sciences

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Teff (Eragrostistef) is a major staple food crop in Ethiopia, but smallholder teff production is characterized by persistently low average yield. A major government effort aimed at raising the productivity and competitiveness of smallholder agriculture in Ethiopia involved reforming and implementing agricultural extension service known as Participatory Demonstration and Training Extension System (PADETES). Therefore, this study investigates the effect of agricultural extension service and other factors on the Technical Efficiency (TE) of teff producers in northern Ethiopia. Using cross sectional data we compare TE level of teff producers who are participants and non-participants of Agricultural Extension (AE) program. We address self-selection in to AE program participation using propensity score matching method. Translog stochastic frontier production function is used for TE analysis. The empirical results reveal that, AE program participants' and non-participants' farms have an average TE of 72 and 71% respectively. Both groups of farms have considerable overall technical inefficiencies, suggesting the existence of immense potentials for enhancing production through more efficient use of available technology and resources. Determinants of TE are explained significantly by livestock ownership, credit and improved seed. Based on the results, we derive policy recommendations to improve farmers' teff production performance. These policy measures include the provision of extension services related to technical skill and farm management capacity of the farmers, demand driven livestock extension service, greater access to credit and increasing the availability, quality and adoption of improved seed.

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Technical, Economic, and Allocative Efficiency in Peasant Farming: Evidence From the Dominican Republic

Cited by 200 publications

References 36 publications

Factor Affecting Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Rubber Farming in Northeast Thailand

Factor Affecting Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Rubber Farming in Northeast Thailand

Cost benefit analysis of cassava production in Sherpur district of Bangladesh

THE EFFECT OF AGRICULTURAL EXTENSION SERVICE ON THE TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY OF TEFF (<i>ERAGROSTISTEF</i>) PRODUCERS

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