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| Provedor de dados: |
AgEcon
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| País: |
United States
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| Título: |
Measurement and Sources of Technical Inefficiency in the Tunisian Citrus Growing Sector
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| Autores: |
Dhehibi, Boubaker
Lachaal, Lassaad
Elloumi, Mohamed
Messaoud, Emna B.
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| Data: |
2007-07-02
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| Ano: |
2007
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| Palavras-chave: |
Technical Efficiency
Stochastic frontier production function
Citrus farms
Tunisia
Productivity Analysis
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| Resumo: |
This paper investigates farm level technical inefficiency of production and its determinants in a sample of 150 citrus producing farms in Tunisia using a stochastic frontier production function approach applied to cross section data. Results indicate that technical efficiency of production in the sample of citrus producing farms investigated ranges from a minimum of 26.84% to a maximum of 97.98% with an average technical efficiency estimate of 86.23%. This suggests that citrus producers may increase their production by as much as 13.77% through more efficient use of production inputs. Further, the estimated coefficients in the technical inefficiency model indicate the positive effect on technical efficiency of the share of productive trees, the agricultural training, irrigation operations and the experience of farmer.
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| Tipo: |
Conference Paper or Presentation
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
25945
http://purl.umn.edu/9391
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| Editor: |
AgEcon Search
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| Relação: |
European Association of Agricultural Economists>103rd Seminar, April 23-25, 2007, Barcelona, Spain
103rd EAAE Seminar 'Adding Value to the Agro-Food Supply Chain in the Future Euromediterranean Space'
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| Formato: |
16
application/pdf
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