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Dhungana, Basanta R.; Nuthall, Peter L.; Nartea, Gilbert V.. |
Efficiency has been proven to be an important managerial tool in improving total factor productivity in agriculture. The four sources of economic inefficiency: allocative, technical, pure technical and scale inefficiency of a sample of seventy-six Nepalese rice farmers were examined using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) decomposition method. The inefficiency indices computed by the DEA were then used as the dependent variable in a Tobit (censored) regression model using decision- makers’ attributes as the explanatory variables. The results revealed relatively large inefficiencies among the farms sampled. The average economic, allocative, technical, pure technical and scale inefficiencies were 34%, 13%, 24%, 18%, and 7% respectively. There is also a... |
Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Efficiency; Frontier; DEA; Rice farming; Tobit regression; Socioeconomic attributes; Risk attitude; Crop Production/Industries. |
Ano: 2000 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/123630 |
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Thibbotuwawa, Manoj; Mugera, Amin W.; White, Benedict. |
This article investigates the production efficiency of rice farming in Sri Lanka using cross section survey data of 90 farms. Past studies on rice farming have mostly focused on technical efficiency (TE). Here, we examine technical efficiency, allocative efficiency (AE) and cost efficiency (CE) using the data envelopment analysis (DEA) approach. On average, the farms were 87% technically efficient; irrigated farms were more efficient (88%) than rain-fed farms (82%). Average cost, allocative and scale efficiencies were 73%, 84% and 87%. Bias corrected TE estimate suggests an expected output expansion of 25% with a given input combination in order to become fully efficient as opposed to 16% based on the original estimates. In addition, a second stage Tobit... |
Tipo: Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Technical efficiency; Cost efficiency; Bootstrap; Rice farming; Sri Lanka; Crop Production/Industries. |
Ano: 2012 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/124423 |
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