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| Dhehibi, Boubaker; Lachaal, Lassaad; Karray, B.; Chebil, Ali. |
| The aim of this paper is to investigate the relative contribution of technical efficiency, technological change and increased input use to the output growth of the Tunisian olive oil growing farms using a stochastic frontier production function approach applied to panel data for the period 1995- 1997. The proposed methodology is based on the use of a flexible translog functional form. Results indicate that technical efficiency of production in the sample of olive producing farms investigated ranges from a minimum of 24.8% to a maximum of 84.6% with an average technical efficiency estimate of 48.5%. This suggests that olive producers may increase their production by as much as 51.5% through more efficient use of production inputs. Further, the production is... |
| Tipo: Conference Paper or Presentation |
Palavras-chave: Olive oil sector; Tunisia; Productivity; Crop Production/Industries; Demand and Price Analysis. |
| Ano: 2006 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10037 |
