functional specifications than are typically used in such studies. We apply the model to the U.S. rice industry finding a degree …

Purpose – A geographically proximate group of rice mills, supporting companies, suppliers, and associated institutions … in a particular field is emerging as a concept to make rice mills more competitive. The factors, which emerged due to … cluster formation, appear to have the potential to contribute to the performance of rice mills. The purpose of this paper is …

(DEA) and stochastic frontier approaches using household survey data for rice farming households in Vietnam. Design …

measure, theoretically as well as empirically, the impact of freer rice trade on environmental quality in terms of chemical … that incorporates rational expectations on rice price and soil degradation due to long‐term cultivation on the same piece …. Originality/value – The paper develops a rational expectations model to measure the impact of rice trade liberalization on …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze the technical efficiency (TE) of the rainfed rice farming system in …‐increasing policy variables found in the study. Originality/value – Contrary to the previous efficiency studies, the present study …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze how institutional credit affected the productivity of rice crop in … number of non‐loanee farmers were also selected. Cobb Douglas function was used to calculate the impact of credit on rice … productivity of rice, providing a clue that credit is an important tool for improving and increasing the agricultural productivity …

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate farmers' willingness to adopt new rice varieties and the factors influencing … the determinants of the behaviors in selecting and using new varieties. A total of 402 farming households in the main rice …‐producing areas of Sichuan Province were surveyed. Findings – The results indicate that rice yield and sales, agro …

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the technical efficiency of wheat and paddy rice processing in China … efficiency. Studies on China's technical efficiency of flour and rice processing are scarce. This paper fills this gap. Design … frontier model to investigate the technical efficiency of flour and rice processing. Findings – The technical efficiency for …

Purpose In China, a major grain producer, rice losses during harvest cannot be ignored. The purpose of this paper is to … assess the extent of rice harvest losses in major grain-producing areas in China by a sampling survey, and to further analyze … the main factors influencing rice harvest losses using an ordered multinomial logistic model. Design …