scholarly journals THE INDIVIDUAL SECTOR OF AGRICULTURE IN MOLDOVA AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF RURAL AREAS

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana CIMPOIES ◽  
Elena SEMENOVA
Keyword(s):  
Low Income ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Family Farms ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Farm Performance ◽  
The Individual

Moldovan agriculture is still characterized by a pronounced structural dualism with a very large number of small-scale family farms. The accentuated poverty makes rural economy to flow more and more to a natural subsistence economy, isolating itself from the market economy. The scope of the paper is to assess the farm performance and its contribution to the development of rural areas. The research analysis is based on national statistics and survey data of 723 farms. In order to assess farm performance technical efficiency (TE) and stochastic frontier analysis is used. The contribution of different types of income on the farm development level is analysed through regression analysis. Increasing of farm performance through a higher efficiency and competitiveness could be regarded as the key solution to the low income problem of rural families.

scholarly journals Technical Efficiency and Small Scale Maize Producers in Mwanza Region: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mukole Kongolo
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Likelihood Estimation ◽  
Estimation Procedure ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Frontier Analysis

This study measured technical efficiency and its determinants in maize production by small-scale producers in Mwanza region, using a stochastic frontier production function approach. A randomly selected sample of participants in the two districts was used. The Maximum Likelihood estimation procedure was followed to obtain the determinants of technical efficiency and technical efficiency levels of small-scale maize producers. The minimum and maximum values of technical efficiency were between 20% and 91%, indicating that the least practices of specific producer operates at a minimum level of 20%, while the best practice producers  operate  at 91% technical efficiency  level respectively. The summary results of the mean technical efficiency was 63%. The main determinants of technical efficiency were labour, farm size, producer’s experience, producer’s age, family size which were all positive and statistically significant. The findings suggest that the average efficiency of small-scale maize producers could be improved by 37% through better use of existing resources and technology. These findings highlight the need for action by government to assist small-scale maize producers improve efficiency.

scholarly journals Farms Typologies and Their Impact on the Development of Rural Areas in Moldova

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 190-195
Author(s):  
Liliana Cimpoies ◽  
Elena Semionova
Keyword(s):  
Cluster Analysis ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Family Farms ◽  
Market Place ◽  
Sustainable Rural Development ◽  
Different Types ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Academy Of Sciences

Abstract For Moldova’s agriculture are characterized the existence of many small family farms and only a small number of corporate holdings (limited liabilities companies, agricultural production cooperatives etc). Most of individual farms, small by size produce only for own family consumption and cannot find their way to the market place. The accentuated poverty makes rural economy to flow more and more to a natural subsistence economy, isolating itself from the market economy. The goal of this paper is to delimitate different types of farms based on selected indicators and to appreciate their level of development. Differences in farms levels of development are appreciated through cluster analysis. The research includes the analysis of farms survey data. This research was carried as a part of the Academy of Sciences project “Sustainable rural development in Republic of Moldova in the context of EU accession”. In the project were surveyed 938 individual farms from nine districts across the country. As a result, we distinguish three types of farms: natural, family and market household. The cluster analysis allows to characterize the farms level development, to determine the main priority directions, and to elaborate measures for the individual farms further sustainable development.

scholarly journals The trends in efficiency of Lithuanian dairy farms: a semiparametric approach

2015 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 167-178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tomas Baležentis ◽  
Tianxiang Li ◽  
Alvydas Baležentis
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Dairy Farms ◽  
Random Coefficients ◽  
Family Farms ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Semiparametric Approach ◽  
Farm Accountancy Data Network ◽  
Development Paths

This study aims at analysing the trends in efficiency of Lithuanian dairy farms and thus identifying the prospective development paths. The semiparametric approach based on nonparametric regression and Stochastic Frontier Analysis is applied for the analysis. The research relies on Farm Accountancy Data Network and covers family farms. The period of 2004–2011 is considered. In order to identify the underlying trends in dairy farming, we focus on such features as technical efficiency, partial elasticities, and elasticity of scale. The semiparametric approach yielded rather high efficiencies. Specifically, the average technical efficiency of 89% was observed. A decline in technical efficiency during 2004–2011 is present for both point estimates and associated bounds of the confidence interval. Analysis of the elasticity of scale implies that most of the farms could still increase their scale of operation. The obtained results were confirmed by a parametric random coefficients model.

scholarly journals EFFECT OF GOVERNMENT SUBSIDIZATION ON CHINESE INDUSTRIAL FIRMS’ TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION EFFICIENCY: A STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 187-200 ◽  
Author(s):  
Qi HUANG ◽  
Marshall S. JIANG ◽  
Jianjun MIAO
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Industrial Firms ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Government Subsidies ◽  
Industrial Enterprises ◽  
Statistical Yearbook ◽  
The Relationship

This study aims to gain a better understanding of how effective government subsidization is in helping foster firms’ innovation. Drawing on the exploration/exploita- tion perspective and based on data collected from Statistical Yearbook on Science and Technology Activities of Industrial Enterprises, we look into the relationship between gov- ernment subsidization and Chinese firms’ innovation efficiency by applying a stochastic frontier analysis. The results show that when government subsidies are provided in small scale, firms’ innovation efficiency decreases; only when government subsidies increase to a certain scale, does firms’ innovation efficiency start to increase. We suggest that govern- ment subsidization would generate better innovation performance should it concentrate on a smaller number of firms at one time. As existing research is still inconclusive regarding the relationship between government subsidization and firms’ technological innovation output, we shed light on the issue by revealing a “U-shaped” relationship between the two.

scholarly journals Sources of Inefficiency in Small-Scale Irrigation in Ethiopia: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Teshager Sisha ◽  
Surafel Dillie
Keyword(s):  
Rural Communities ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Household Head ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Irrigation Technologies ◽  
Small Scale Irrigation

Abstract Increased production, food security, poverty reduction, and rural economic development can be supported by increasing efficiency in the use of scarce resources and technologies. Promoting small-scale irrigation practices may provide opportunities to improve the efficient utilization of land and labor. This paper assesses the extent of technical efficiencies of two household irrigation technologies: rope & washer and pulley practiced by farmers in two pilot areas of rural communities in Ethiopia. Stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) was used to estimate efficiency levels and identify the factors affecting inefficiencies. Labor and land are found to have contributed a greater share in the quantity of production of the crops under study. Plough repetition and experience in irrigation also contributed significantly to increased output. The results obtained from the stochastic frontier analysis indicate that farmers are operating at a significantly lower mean efficiency level of 70%, indicating the existence of room for increased production without additional investment. Distance to the nearest market, female household head, higher dependency ratio and using rope & washer (compared to pulley) increases the likelihood of being inefficient, whereas higher educational attainment of the head of the household and irrigation experience reduces the probability of inefficiency.

scholarly journals Contribution of Co-Skewness and Co-Kurtosis of the Higher Moment CAPM for Finding the Technical Efficiency

2014 ◽  
Vol 2014 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Zobaer Hasan ◽  
Anton Abdulbasah Kamil
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Stock Market ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Two Factors ◽  
Input Variables ◽  
The Individual

The objective of this paper is to present the technical efficiency of individual companies and their respective groups of Bangladesh stock market (i.e., Dhaka Stock Exchange, DSE) by using two risk factors (co-skewness and co-kurtosis) as the additional input variables in the Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA). The co-skewness and co-kurtosis are derived from the Higher Moment Capital Asset Pricing Model (H-CAPM). To investigate the contribution of these two factors, two types of technical efficiency are derived: (1) technical efficiency with considering co-skewness and co-kurtosis (WSK) and (2) technical efficiency without considering co-skewness and co-kurtosis (WOSK). By comparing these two types of technical efficiency, it is noticed that the technical efficiency of WSK is higher than the technical efficiency of WOSK for the individual companies and their respective groups. As per available literature in the context Bangladesh stock market, no study has been conducted thus far to measure technical efficiency of companies and their respective groups by using the risk factors which are derived from the H-CAPM. In this research, the link between H-CAPM and SFA is established for measuring technical efficiency and it is believed that the findings of this study may be applied to other emerging stock markets.

scholarly journals Women Participation: A Productivity Strategy in Rice Production

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (7) ◽  
pp. 2870 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abubakar Rasheed ◽  
Gershom Endelani Mwalupaso ◽  
Qasir Abbas ◽  
Xu Tian ◽  
Rafay Waseem
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Women's Participation ◽  
Development Goals

Agriculture is an important engine for economic growth and a vigorous driver of poverty reduction in developing countries. In Pakistan, rice production is one of the most essential sectors. However, it has been underperforming, largely because of low women’s participation, which is often a crucial resource in agriculture and the rural economy. Unfortunately, previous studies have seldom recognized and emphasized the role of women in triggering agricultural and rural development. We address this research gap using 300 farm households’ survey data forms collected from Pakistan farmers by applying the stochastic frontier analysis. The results indicate that women’s participation is associated with higher labor/land ratio, land productivity, and finally improved technical efficiency. Precisely, women’s participation increased technical efficiency (TE) by 47.3%. Interestingly, in view of previous studies, this evidence is not sporadic. Overall, our study provides some evidence to promote women’s participation in rice production, as such empowerment of women holds great potential to enhance agricultural production, which is consistent with the aim of sustainable development goals (SDGs).

scholarly journals CONTENT AND SIGNIFICANCE OF THE THEORY OF INSTITUTIONALISM AS A FACTOR OF THE AGRARIAN FAMILY FARM DEVELOPMENT

2019 ◽  
pp. 7-15
Author(s):  
Kateryna MAZUR ◽  
Anatolii MAZUR
Keyword(s):  
Rural Areas ◽  
Small Businesses ◽  
Rural Economy ◽  
Industrial Relations ◽  
Human Potential ◽  
Family Farms ◽  
Role Of The State ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Favorable Conditions

The publication examines urgent issues of creating favorable conditions for the development of family farms based on the implementation of the theory of institutionalism. The essence and position of the theory of institutionalism in the development of agrarian relations in rural areas are determined. It is emphasized that industrial relations should be based on the individual, his needs and qualitative growth of human potential in the rural area. The main factors promoting the introduction of institutional principles in the rural economy development are outlined, and the directions and content of institutionally oriented influence on the activities of small businesses in rural areas are justified. The article highlights the author’s proposals on the main directions of institutional support of family farms in rural areas and emphasizes the need to increase the role of the state in the formation of the institutions necessary for the agrarian market, including the instruments of state protectionism.

scholarly journals Analysis of technical efficiency of small-scale commercial farmers in Vhembe district

2021 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 91-104
Author(s):  
M. Muzekenyi ◽  
J. Zuwarimwe ◽  
B.M. Kilonzo
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Limpopo Province ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Commercial Farming ◽  
The Government ◽  
Vhembe District

Small-scale commercial farmers are regarded as the strategic avenue to achieve meaningful development in rural areas of South Africa.  The government acknowledged that the inclusion of small-scale commercial farming in its development strategies. The paper aims to measure the efficiency of small-scale commercial farming enterprises in Vhembe District in Limpopo Province. Quantitative data were collected from 217 small-scale commercial farmers using structured questionnaires. The data were standardized using a farming enterprise budget system and analysed using the maximum likelihood and stochastic frontier analysis. The results revealed that aggregate output was positive and significantly influenced by age, education level, farm experience, farm labour, and government grants. However, the projected stochastic production frontier model combined with the efficiency parameters showed that labour and credit computed a negative effect on technical efficiency. The results indicated that the average level of technical efficiency ranged between 20% and 96% with a mean of 54%. This indicates that there is potential to increase production among small-scale commercial farmers in the study area by 46 % through efficient use of existing resources. As such, the local government should provide necessary supports such as formal agriculture training, access to credit and information to increase productivity.

Sign in / Sign up

Export Citation Format

Share Document