scholarly journals Contracts in cattle production in Ghana : their nature, and effects on input use and technical efficiency

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Godwin Yao Ameleke
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Cattle Production ◽  
Input Use

scholarly journals Production risk, technical efficiency, and input use nexus: Lessons from Bangladesh aquaculture

2021 ◽  
Vol 52 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-72
Author(s):  
Md. Akhtaruzzaman Khan ◽  
Ratna Begum ◽  
Rasmus Nielsen ◽  
Ayoe Hoff
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Production Risk ◽  
Input Use

scholarly journals Measuring Technical Efficiency of Wheat Farms in Punjab, Pakistan: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis Approach

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 115
Author(s):  
Muhammad Aamir Shahzad ◽  
Amar Razzaq ◽  
Muhammad Aslam ◽  
Muhammad Faisal Gulzar ◽  
Muhammad Asad ur Rehman Naseer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Efficiency Improvement ◽  
Panel Survey ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Input Use ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Potential Maximum ◽  
Management Issues

The wheat productivity in Punjab is less than the potential maximum due to imbalanced input use and farm management issues. Many studies have attemped to estimate technical efficiency of wheat crops using different techniques. However, most of them used limited datasets that focus on only a few districts. This study study uses a comprehensive dataset which is representive of Punjab province. We used farm-level panel survey data collected from 1581 farms in 17 districts of Punjab from 2005-06 to 2007-08. The technical efficiency of the wheat farms was analyzed using Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) approach. Further, we identified the determinants of (in)efficiency using the same method. The results show that the mean technical efficiency of wheat farmers in Punjab is 84 percent indicating a considerable room for efficiency improvement. Further, the results indicate that technical efficiency could be improved by educating the younger farmers, building road infrastructure, and improving farmers’ access to essential inputs. The study supports the argument that wheat farmers are less technically efficient in Punjab, Pakistan.

scholarly journals Input-use Efficiency of Irrigation Farmers in Southwest Nigeria

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
F. M. Oluwatusin ◽  
A. O. Kolawole ◽  
O. A. Aturamu ◽  
K. A. Abdu-Raheem
Keyword(s):  
Water Use Efficiency ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Water Use ◽  
Sprinkler Irrigation ◽  
Household Size ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Tobit Regression ◽  
Input Use ◽  
Southwest Nigeria ◽  
Use Efficiency

This study estimated the technical and water-use efficiency of irrigation farmers in Southwest Nigeria. A multistage sampling procedure was employed to interview one hundred and eighty-five irrigation farmers. Descriptive statistics, Data Envelopment Analysis Program (DEAP) and Tobit regression model were used to describe and analyze the determinants of inefficiency among irrigation farmers. The result of the descriptive statistics showed that there were more male farmers (82.2%) with a mean household size of 3.7. The mean area of irrigated land was 1.29ha. with about 84 percent of farmers cultivating on rented land. The average income from irrigation farming was N 38,650.27 per month. The sprinkler irrigation (Centre Pivot) was used by 85.4% of the farmers. The water fee for farmers was N 10,000 and the average cost of diesel for irrigating their farmland was estimated to be N 34,400 per production. The variation in input use and the output produced is considerably large. The DEAP results showed that on average, the farmers achieved only 79% Constant Return to Scale (CRS) technical efficiency, 85% Variable Return to Scale (VRS) technical efficiency and 22% water use efficiency. The Tobit regression results showed that farmers’ characteristics like age (0.008), household size (0.048), area of land irrigated (0.000), income (0.075) and drip irrigation method (0.041) were significant under CRS, whereas gender, education, experience, labour and sprinkler irrigation method were not significant. Under VRS model, significant variables includes age (0.032), gender (0.003), education (0.080), experience (0.059) and area of land irrigated (0.000), while gender (0.004), household size (0.086), education (0.027), experience (0.045), area of land irrigated (0.000) and labour (0.089) were significant for sub-vector VRS. It appears that farmers have little incentives to use water in an efficient way. In this sense, a public-private partnership could trigger better management of irrigation facilities and efficient water use among farmers.

scholarly journals Effects of Insurance Adoption and Risk Aversion on Agricultural Production and Technical Efficiency: A Panel Analysis for Italian Grape Growers

Economies ◽  
2022 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 20
Author(s):  
Simone Russo ◽  
Francesco Caracciolo ◽  
Cristina Salvioni
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Crop Insurance ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Risk Averse ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Approach ◽  
Intermediate Inputs ◽  
Input Use ◽  
Farm Accountancy Data Network ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Profit Maximisation

This article aims to evaluate the effect of insurance on production, technical efficiency, and input use of Italian specialised-quality grape growers. A panel instrumental variable stochastic frontier approach is applied over the years 2008–2017 using data from the Farm Accountancy Data Network. The results show the requirement to correct for the endogeneity that stems from insurance adoption. Insurance has an enhancing effect on production and efficiency and reduces the use of intermediate inputs. It suggests that insurance helps to diminish the risk-averse farmers’ suboptimal input use due to the presence of uncertainty. Crop insurance leads risk-averse farmers to behave as if they were risk neutral and employs the profit-maximising input vector. Therefore, by reducing the risks linked to the uncertainty of outcomes, crop insurance leads grape growers to go in the direction of profit maximisation.

scholarly journals   Technical efficiency and total factor productivity in Czech agriculture

2012 ◽  
Vol 58 (No. 4) ◽  
pp. 147-156 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Čechura
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Systemic Effect ◽  
Management Model ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Input Use ◽  
The Individual

The paper deals with the analysis of technical efficiency and the total factor productivity (TFP) in Czech agriculture. The aim is to identify the key factors determining the efficiency of input use and the TFP development. The Fixed Management model is used for the estimation of technical efficiency and the construction of TFP for the total agriculture and its individual branches. The results show that technical inefficiency is an important phenomenon in Czech agriculture and its individual branches. The TFP development is determined by all components, i.e., technical efficiency, scale effect, technological change and management. Their contributions differ intrasectorally and intersectorally, and also in time. Finally, the developments in the individual branches are characterized by idiosyncratic factors, as well as the systemic effect, especially in the animal production. The most important factors which determine both technical efficiency and TFP are the factors connected with institutional and economic changes, in particular a dramatic increase in the imports of meat and increasing subsidies.  

scholarly journals Farm level potato (Solanum tuberosum l.) Cultivation in some selected sites of Bangladesh

2013 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 455-466
Author(s):  
SM Shahriar ◽  
M Kamrul Hasan ◽  
M Kamruzzaman
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Distribution System ◽  
Solanum Tuberosum L ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Potato Production ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Input Use ◽  
Production And Distribution ◽  
Suitable Area

The study was carried out in two intensive potato growing areas (Rangpur and Munshigonj) to estimate the technical efficiency of potato producers and to describe the level of variation in potato productivity due to differences in input use. Data were collected from 60 farmers (30 farmers from each district) using simple random sampling technique. Average technical efficiency was 86% implying that on average 14% inefficiency remained at producers’ level. The application of human labour, MoP, and weedicides would increase potato yield significantly. On the other hand, the coefficient of urea and pesticide cost was found negative and significant which advarsely effect the yield of potato. Moreover, the coefficient of operated land and extension linkage were found negative and significant implying that with further increase in operated land and extension linkage, technical efficiency would increase. Munshigonj was found to be more suitable area for potato production. The performance of selfproduced and stored potato seeds are poor compared to the seeds from BADC. Supply of quality seeds to the farmers should be ensured by strengthening seed production and distribution system both in public and private sectors. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bjar.v38i3.16972 Bangladesh J. Agril. Res. 38(3): 455-466, September 2013

scholarly journals DETERMINATION OF ECONOMIC EFFICIENCY OF AGRICULTURAL ENTERPRISES IN TURKEY: A DEA APPROACH

New Medit ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Erdogan Gunes ◽  
Huseyin Tayyar Guldal
Keyword(s):  
Data Envelopment Analysis ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Production Plan ◽  
Agricultural Enterprises ◽  
Low Level ◽  
Agricultural Income ◽  
Input Use

In this study, it is tried to determine the efficiencies of agricultural enterprises in the use of capital and credit in Turkey by DEA. In the scope of the study, 550 farmers in enterprises in Antalya, Konya, Karaman, Ankara, and Eskişehir were interviewed. According to the results of the data envelopment analysis, 95 farmers according to CRS, 134 according to under VRS, and 95 according to under SE were found to be effective. The higher average of the overall technical efficiency is Antalya (0.87) and Konya (0.72). This result shows that even if the agricultural enterprises reduce input use by 13% in Antalya and 28% in Konya, they will achieve the same agricultural income. According to the research results, it is determined that agricultural enterprises in Turkey do not use effectively the capitals, and they can achieve the same agricultural income with a low level of capital. Keeping the accounting records of agricultural enterprises in Turkey is important in terms of making a proper production plan.

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