Analysis on Technical Efficiency of Rice Farms and Its Influencing Factors in South-western of Niger

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 67-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Oumarou Boubacar ◽  
Zhou Hui-qiu ◽  
Muhammad Abdullah Rana ◽  
Sidra Ghazanfar
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Influencing Factors

scholarly journals An Analysis of Technical Efficiency for Household's Rice Production in Cambodia: A Case Study of Three Districts in Battambang Province

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sokvibol Kea ◽  
Hua Li ◽  
Linvolak Pich
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Household Head ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Plot Area ◽  
Frontier Production Function

The aims of this study are to measure the technical efficiency (TE) of Cambodian household’s rice production and trying to determine its main influencing factors using the stochastic frontier production function. The study utilized primary data collected from 301 rice farmers in three selected districts of Battambang by structured questionnaires. The empirical results indicated the level of household rice output varied according to differences in the efficiency of the production processes. The mean TE is 0.34 which means that famers produce 34% of rice at best practice at the current level of production inputs and technology, indicates that rice output has the potential of being increased further by 66% at the same level of inputs if farmers had been technically efficient. Furthermore, between 2013-2015, TE of household’s rice production recorded -14.3% decline rate due to highly affected of drought during dry season of 2015. Moreover, evidence reveals that land, fertilizer, and pesticide are the major influencing input factors of household’s rice production, while disaster, education of household head, family size and other crops’ cultivated area are core influencing factors decreasing TE. Conversely, the main influencing factors increasing TE are irrigated area, number of plot area and sex of household head.

scholarly journals Analysis on the Efficiency of Health Care Service Delivery and Influencing Factors in China: A Study Based on DEA-Malmquist Index and Tobit Model

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kui Chen ◽  
Jun Ye
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Health Service ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Health Care Service ◽  
Health Care Expenditure ◽  
Tobit Model ◽  
Utilization Rate ◽  
Factor Productivity

Abstract Objective: To evaluate the changeing trend and influencing factors of medical and health service supply efficiency in 31 provinces of China.Methods: According to the input-output relevant index data of medical and health service in China from 2009 to 2018, data envelopment analysis- Malmquist(DEA-Malmquist) was used to calculate the total factor productivity, technical efficiency, and technical change. Meanwhile, Tobit model to analyzed the main effective factors of medical and health service supply efficiency in ChinaResults: In 2018, 21 provinces including Beijing, Shanghai, Zhejiang and Guangdong were effective in DEA of China's medical and health supply efficiency. Jilin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu and Shandong were weak DEA effective, while Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Liaoning, Anhui, Fujian and Xinjiang were not DEA effective. From 2009 to 2018, the total factor productivity of China's medical and health service supply has been decreased steadily, which was mainly affected by technological changes. From the perspective of regions, the technical efficiency and pure technical efficiency of medical and health service supply was the highest in the east, followed by the central and the western region. Associate’s degree or above, gross regional domestic product, and health care expenditure were significantly associated with the increasing of medical and health service supply efficiency.Conclusions: According to their own conditions and constraints, all localities should take targeted measures to strengthen the allocation and management level of medical and health resources, promote technological progress, give full play to the role of education and economic development, increase the expenditure on medical and health care, improve the utilization rate of beds, shorten the average hospitalization days, effectively improve the efficiency of medical and health services supply, and better provide health care for people.

scholarly journals The Energy Efficiency and the Main Influencing Factors for the Logistics Industry in the Yangtze River Economic Belt in China

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Xun Li ◽  
Chuan Lin
Keyword(s):  
Energy Efficiency ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Yangtze River ◽  
Scale Efficiency ◽  
Energy Structure ◽  
The Yangtze River ◽  
Service Capacity ◽  
Logistics Industry ◽  
East Central

Logistics is the booster of economic development, and it is imperative to further improve the logistics energy efficiency and adjust its development model. This paper is an attempt to investigate the logistics energy efficiency and main influencing factors of the Yangtze River Economic Belt, which is the most economically intensive region that spans East, Central, and West China. The input-oriented SBM-DEA model is employed to identify factors such as energy input, undesirable output, and service capacity output as well as the logistics energy efficiency of Yangtze River Economic Belt. Energy efficiency is then further decomposed into pure technical efficiency, scale efficiency, and technical efficiency, from the perspective of which provinces and cities are compared. The research results show that the logistics energy efficiency of Yangtze River Economic Belt needs to be further improved and that energy efficiency differs greatly among cities and provinces, indicating that the development is quite unbalanced in different areas. Therefore, the local government should develop development strategies according to the main influencing factors and constraints to the local logistics industry, so as to optimize and upgrade the energy structure of the logistics industry.

scholarly journals An Analysis of Technical Efficiency for Household’s Rice Production in Cambodia: A Case Study of Three Districts in Battambang Province

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sokvibol Kea ◽  
Hua Li ◽  
Linvolak Pich
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Household Head ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Plot Area ◽  
Frontier Production Function

The aims of this study are to measure the technical efficiency (TE) of Cambodian household’s rice production and trying to determine its main influencing factors using the stochastic frontier production function. The study utilized primary data collected from 301 rice farmers in three selected districts of Battambang by structured questionnaires. The empirical results indicated the level of household rice output varied according to differences in the efficiency of production processes. The mean TE is 0.34 which means that famers produce 34% of rice at best practice at the current level of production inputs and technology, indicates that rice output has the potential of being increased further by 66% at the same level of inputs if farmers had been technically efficient. Furthermore, between 2013-2015 TE of household’s rice production recorded -14.3% decline rate due to highly affected of drought during dry season of 2015. Moreover, evidence reveals that land, fertilizer, and pesticide are the major influencing input factors of household’s rice production, while disaster, education of household head, family size and other crops’ cultivated area are core influencing factors decreasing TE. Conversely, the main influencing factors increasing TE are irrigated area, number of plot area and sex of household head.

scholarly journals Technical Efficiency of Chemical Fertilizer Use and Its Influencing Factors in China’s Rice Production

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 1155
Author(s):  
Zhilu Sun ◽  
Xiande Li
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Indica Rice ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Chemical Fertilizer ◽  
Agricultural Product ◽  
Systematic Research ◽  
Japonica Rice ◽  
Fertilizer Use

Low technical efficiency and excessive usage of chemical fertilizer in grain production is a problem commonly faced by China and many other developing countries, which leads to serious environment pollution and high environmental governance cost. China is the largest rice producing and consuming country, and several kinds of rice are grown in China and all of which are important edible grain. However, there has been no systematic research on kind difference and provincial difference of technical efficiency of chemical fertilizer use (TEFU) for rice production. Using the data of China’s 22 rice production provinces from the China Agricultural Product Cost-Benefit Compilation and the China Statistical Yearbook, this study measures the TEFU for early indica rice, intermediary indica rice, late indica rice, and japonica rice production by using a stochastic frontier production function (SFPF) model, and then analyzes TEFU’s influencing factors using a Tobit model and conducts the robustness check using a panel data fixed effect model. We found that, on average, TEFU for four kinds of rice production were improved significantly during 1997–2018, increasing by 67.70%, 39.93%, 14.76%, and 21.88%, respectively. TEFU for China’s rice production have significant differences among different kinds and production provinces, and still have large improvement potential. Government’s fiscal support to agriculture, agricultural labor productivity, agricultural mechanization, effective irrigation, and implementation of the “Soil Testing and Formulated Fertilization Program” (STFFP) have significant positive impact on TEFU; and natural disaster and fertilizer price have significant negative impact on TEFU.

scholarly journals Configuration Analysis of Influencing Factors of Technical Efficiency Based on DEA and fsQCA: Evidence from China’s Medical and Health Institutions

2021 ◽  
Vol Volume 14 ◽  
pp. 49-65
Author(s):  
Zhiguang Li ◽  
Wanying Zhang ◽  
Aijie Kong ◽  
Zhiyuan Ding ◽  
Hua Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Health Institutions

scholarly journals Technical Efficiency Of Upland and Downland Rice Farming In Border Area using MLE Frontier Production

2021 ◽  
Vol 748 (1) ◽  
pp. 012021
Author(s):  
E Jumiati ◽  
A Sulistyo ◽  
N Machmuddin ◽  
R Jafar
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Influencing Factors ◽  
Food Sovereignty ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Food Crop ◽  
Border Area ◽  
Main Food

Abstract The background research was Indonesianagriculture development towards food sovereignty. Rice is the main food crop everywhere in Indonesia including in the border area. The isgeographical constrains on the fulfillment of farming input and the position of the research location makes this research necessary. The technical efficiency of upland and downland rice farming was estimated using MLE frontier production. The result showed that the level of the obtained technical efficiency for upland and downland rice farming was varying between 23%-99% and 88%-99%, respectively. Moreover, it was found that the influencing factors of technical efficiency were farm size, seed, herbicide, and labor.

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