Technical efficiency and agricultural sustainability–technology gap of maize producers in Fars province of Iran

Pourzand, Farnaz; Bakhshoodeh, Mohammad

doi:10.1007/s10668-013-9501-x

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“…This study provides substantiation of both environmental and technical values to rice farmers and policy makers in order to encourage the use of these production methods. As observed by Pourzand and Bakhshoodeh (2014), "farmers can simultaneously achieve economic and environmental objectives if they improve the technical efficiency of their use of polluting inputs" (p. 672).…”

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Technical and environmental efficiency of eco-friendly rice production in the upstream region of the Vietnamese Mekong delta

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Can

Takahashi

et al. 2018

Environ Dev Sustain

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Although public policy makers, farmers, and agricultural experts have invested considerable efforts to promote environmentally friendly rice production methods, the adoption of these practices is quite low in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. One explanation for this is an underestimation of the environmental and economic values of these practices. The present study aimed at estimating environmental and technical efficiencies for all methods of rice production and then comparing each method in terms of efficiencies and economic benefits. Survey data included responses from farmers who used either ecofriendly or conventional rice cultivation methods. Latent class stochastic frontier analysis shows that the average technical efficiency across all methods was 85.02% and environmental efficiency across all methods was 22.58%. Among individual methods, floating rice had the highest technical and environmental efficiency scores. Ecologically engineered rice had the lowest economic and environmental performance. The average environmental efficiency of conventional rice production was 16.25%, which is significantly higher than that of ecologically engineered rice, large-scale rice, and GlobalGAP rice. The results indicate considerable overuse of agrochemical inputs and also point to other specific factors of production that influence these efficiencies. Several public policy and agricultural management recommendations are derived from the study.

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Technical and environmental efficiency of eco-friendly rice production in the upstream region of the Vietnamese Mekong delta

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Takahashi

et al. 2018

Environ Dev Sustain

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Technical Efficiency in Chilean Agribusiness Industry: A Metafrontier Approach

Lakner

Brenes‐Muñoz²,

Brümmer

2017

Agribusiness

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This study models the technical efficiency in the Chilean agribusiness industry between 2001 and 2007 by taking into consideration the structural differences between the different subsectors meat, fruit & vegetables, dairy, milling, and bakery. We analyze firm data from the Annual National Industrial Survey (ENIA) totaling 2,940 observations using a stochastic frontier model combined with a metafrontier model. We observe dynamic developments in the subsectors meat, fruit & vegetables, and dairy, with a pronounced export‐orientation. We show that especially meat and fruit & vegetables firms have experienced positive technological change, whereas dairy firms are exhibiting a slight decrease in efficiency and technical change. The milling and bakery subsectors, which mainly produce for the domestic market, show a rather constant status in efficiency and technical change. The results confirm that an in‐depth analysis of subsectors is necessary to evaluate the competitiveness of the agribusiness industry in Chile. [EconLit citations: D24; Q13].

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Technical efficiency of cocoa farms at varying elevation levels in Davao City, Philippines: implications to sustainable upland farming systems

Durano,

Sarmiento,

Digal

et al. 2024

J. Mt. Sci.

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Technical efficiency and agricultural sustainability–technology gap of maize producers in Fars province of Iran

Cited by 8 publications

References 32 publications

Technical and environmental efficiency of eco-friendly rice production in the upstream region of the Vietnamese Mekong delta

Technical and environmental efficiency of eco-friendly rice production in the upstream region of the Vietnamese Mekong delta

Technical Efficiency in Chilean Agribusiness Industry: A Metafrontier Approach

Technical efficiency of cocoa farms at varying elevation levels in Davao City, Philippines: implications to sustainable upland farming systems

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