TECHNICAL INEFFICIENCY OF COMMERCIAL MAIZE PRODUCERS IN SOUTH AFRICA: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER PRODUCTION FUNCTION APPROACH / TEGNIESE ONDOELTREFFENDHEID VAN KOMMERSIËLE MIELIEPRODUSENTE IN SUID-AFRIKA: 'N STOGISTIESE GRENS PRODUKSIEFUNKSIE BENADERING

Agrekon ◽  
1998 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 162-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. J. Sartorius von Bach ◽  
R. F. Townsend ◽  
J. van Zyl
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Production Function ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Function Approach ◽  
Technical Inefficiency ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Production Function ◽  
Production Function Approach ◽  
Frontier Production Function

scholarly journals Technical efficiency analysis of Fiji's sugar industry: An application of the stochastic frontier production function approach

1999 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 77-92 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahendra Reddy ◽  
John F. Yanagida
Keyword(s):  
Production Function ◽  
Sugar Industry ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Function Approach ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Production Function ◽  
Production Function Approach ◽  
Preferential Trading Arrangements ◽  
Frontier Production Function

Small developing countries have for long acquired significant benefits through preferential trading arrangements. However, these benefits have led to a proliferation of inefficient industries in the recipient countries. With the recent changes in the GAIT, these inefficient industries may close and thus lead to major economic and social problems in the recipient countries. This paper utilizes the frontier production function approach to examine the efficiency status of Fiji's sugar industry. The analysis reveals that a significant level of inefficiency exists at the farm level of Fiji's sugar industry. Some of the factors that were found to effect the level of efficiency are farming status, land class and ethnicity. These factors are then used to derive policy implications.

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