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Farm‐Specific Technical Efficiencies and Development Policies
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Agricultural policies in developing countries are mostly concerned with the means of increasing production levels, especially of food grains. The green revolution or new technology has been recognised by decision makers as an important tool in this context. Consequently, the primary objective of any agricultural policy is to achieve high rates of adoption of new technology by farmers. The fact that the success of new technology depends on the efficient use of the technology receives less attention from the decision makers. How crucial this issue of the efficient use of technology is to increasing production levels is examined in this article. The empirical focus is the area with the highest rate of adoption of new technology in the Philippines. Using the stochastic production frontier, farm‐specific technical efficiency is empirically estimated for individual sample observations. The results show a wide variation in the level of technical efficiencies among the sample farmers; and an extension service has been identified as an important factor causing such variations.
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Kalirajan (1984) found that the number of farm visits by extension agents was significant in explaining the wide variation in observed levels of technical efficiency.
“the number of farm visits by extension agents was significant in explaining the wide variation in the observed levels of technical efficiency”
From Efficiency Analysis of Developing Country Agriculture: A Review of the Frontier Function Literature (1993) · cites this paper as Kalirajan (1984)
Kalirajan (1984) found a wide variation in technical efficiencies across farms ranging from 42% to 91%, with only 30% of the farmers operating close to the frontier.
“The results revealed a wide variation in technical efficiencies across farms ranging from 42% to 91%, with only 30% of the farmers operating close to the frontier.”
From Efficiency Analysis of Developing Country Agriculture: A Review of the Frontier Function Literature (1993) · cites this paper as Kalirajan (1984)
Kalirajan (1984) concluded that the new technology was not fully understood by the farmers in the sample.
“Kalirajan concluded that the new technology was not fully understood by the farmers in the sample.”
From Efficiency Analysis of Developing Country Agriculture: A Review of the Frontier Function Literature (1993) · cites this paper as Kalirajan (1984)
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- Authors
- Kalirajan, K.
- Affiliations
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Corresponding author
- Kalirajan, K.
- ORCID
- Kalirajan, K.
- Venue
- Journal of Economic Studies
- Publisher
- Emerald
- Published
- 1984-03-01
- Volume
- 11
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 3-13
- ISSN
- 0144-3585 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2035560551
- Cited by
- 70
- References
- 12
- Citations by year
- 2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 5 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 1 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1 · 2012: 2
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Economic Studies (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Efficiency Analysis Using DEA
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › General Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Agricultural Economics and Practices
- Keywords
- agricultural technology adoption, agricultural extension, stochastic production frontier, Green Revolution, agricultural development policy, food grain production, Philippine agriculture
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