This paper uses a deterministic Cobb- Douglas production function to estimate efficiency of pond fish farms from Mymensingh, Bangladesh. We consider estimation of farm specific technical. allocative and economic efficiency using average and frontier production function which accommodates...

Groundnut is the principal vegetable oil crop in India and occupies the top slot in terms of area as well as production of total oilseeds in the country. However, about 85 percent area under groundnut remains rainfed of which nearly 80 percent comes under dryland where irrigation facilities do...

The marketing study of maize was mainly based on data of 97 samples. which were randomly selected from the study areas in Dinajpur district. The sample included 52 farmers. 6 Farias. 10 wholesalers. 9 retailers. 20 feed processors and organized trader BRAC and GKF. Primary data were collected...

Analysis of growth performance of principal foodgrain crops in North Bihar (India) revealed that their production recorded positive growth rates during post green revolution period. Wheat was the only crop which recorded positive growth rates in area, production and productivity across the zone...

The study was undertaken with a view to finding the technical change in agriculture and factor demand status of the rice crop of Bangladesh. The production technology of the farmers was represented by the translogarithmic cost function. The data were collected from secondary sources. The...

The study examines the effect of credit on yield gap and technical efficiency of Boro paddy production in the study area. The results indicated that credit receivers achieved higher amount of potential yield than the credit non-receivers. Mechanical power cost, irrigation cost, application of...

Based on national level data from secondary sources, the magnitude of changes in average production and the sources of changes for the Bangladesh as a whole were measured for major food grains - rice (Aus, Aman and Boro) and wheat during 1979/80 to 1998/99 which was again sub-divided between two...

This paper attempted to explore mainly the consequences of homestead crop production under homestead agro-forestry (HAF) practices on the family income and women's status. The data from HAF practising households reveal that these farms have earned substantial income and production gains. The...

A Translog stochastic cost frontier has been estimated simultaneously with the economic inefficiency effect model using maximum likelihood for different rice crops. To estimate farm-specific economic efficiencies, single estimation of Translog cost frontier has also been done. Different cost...

This study was undertaken to examine empirically the extent of labour displacement crop-wise due to mechanised land tillage and its impact on land productivity using the recent farm level data covering major agricultural regions of Bangladesh. Machine power used farms were more cost effective in...