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Double Transplanting: Economic Assessment of an Indigenous Technology for Submergence Avoidance in the Flood-Prone Rice Environment in Bangladesh
Azad, Md Abdus Samad; Hossain, Mahabub - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
In the northern part of Bangladesh a large proportion of land is medium and low-lying which are subjected to the risk of flooding from heavy rains during the month of August and September. Consecutive days of heavy rains after the crop establishment causes flash floods leading to death of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005330293
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A Two-Stage Value Chain Model for Vegetable Marketing Chain Efficiency Evaluation: A Transaction Cost Approach
Lu, Hualiang - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
for three typical marketing chains in Nanjing area, P.R. China. The impacts of the transaction costs to the supply chain …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060513
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Is the Green Revolution Vanishing? Empirical Evidence from TFP Analysis for Rice
Adlas, J.; Achoth, Lalith - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
A serious concern has been raised recently on the long run sustainability of the productivity effects of Green … ecosystem. However, the changes in physical yield are not true measures of productivity from efficiency perspective. Total … factor productivity (TFP) is a true measure of economic efficiency of any technology impact. The paper addresses the crucial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005060631
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Technical Efficiency Analysis of Nigerian Cassava Farmers: A Guide for Food Security Policy
Asogwa, B.C.; Umeh, Joseph Chinedu; Ater, P.I. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
This study analyzed relationship between techn ical efficiency and socio-economic variables of cassava farmers in Nigeria. Data were collected from randomly sampled 360 cassava farmers in Nigeria using a structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics comprising...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805142
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Technical Efficiency and Adoption of Soil Conservation in El Salvador and Honduras
Solis, Daniel; Bravo-Ureta, Boris E.; Quiroga, Ricardo E. - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
A household-level switching regression model is implemented to examine potential selectivity bias for rural households under high and low levels of investments in soil conservation in El Salvador and Honduras. In the presence of selectivity bias, separate stochastic production frontiers are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805147
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Technical Efficiency Analysis in Male and Female-Managed Farms: A Study of Maize Production in West Pokot District, Kenya
Marinda, Pamela; Bangura, Arnold; Heidhues, Franz - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2006
There has been a decline in crop productivity in Kenya, a situation that has contributed to the raising food insecurity … 2005), there is need to examine crop productivity in male and female managed farms and do a diagnosis of factors that lead … to low productivity in female headed households and hence their higher vulnerability to food insecurity. This paper aims …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005805160
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Technical efficiency improvement of rice farming in southern Thailand
Kiatpathomchai, Sirirat; Schmitz, P. Michael; Thongrak, … - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
The objective of this study is to assess the technical efficient frontier of rice farms using input-oriented data envelopment analysis. The frontier represents the minimum applicable level of efficiency of inputs given the current level of yields, technologies, and managerial ability among the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880048
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A META-ANALYSIS OF TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY IN NIGERIAN AGRICULTURE
Ogundari, Kolawole - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2009
This study sheds light on how study specific-characteristics impact mean technical efficiency (MTE) in Nigerian agriculture. Also the paper extracts consensus message about MTE and its drivers in Nigerian agriculture based on studies covering the period 1999-2008. A meta-analysis using truncated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880066
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Input, Output Technical Efficiencies and Total Factor Productivity of Cereal Production in Tunisia
Dhehibi, Boubaker; Bahri, Haithem; Annabi, Mohamed - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
and total factor productivity in the medium-sized farms means that more cereals can potentially be produced in these farms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880312
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TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY UNDER PRODUCER’S INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGY: A METAFRONTIER ANALYSIS
Wang, Xiaobing; Hockmann, Heinrich - International Association of Agricultural Economists - IAAE - 2012
-level data from eastern, central and western provinces in China. Our results provide evidence that technical efficiency is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010880325