scholarly journals Resource-productivity, allocative efficiency and determinants of technical efficiency of rainfed rice farmers: A guide for food security policy in Nigeria

2008 ◽  
Vol 54 (No. 5) ◽  
pp. 224-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Ogundari
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Allocative Efficiency ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Resource Productivity ◽  
Rainfed Rice ◽  
Long Run ◽  
High Level

This paper analyses the resource-productivity, technical efficiency (TE) and allocative efficiency of rain fed farmers in Nigeria. The results of the parameters that enter the production function shows that herbicide has the highest elasticities, then seeds, followed by fertilizer and land while labour has the least contribution to output. Also, the result for the allocative efficiency based on the computed <i>MVP<sub>x</sub></i> = <i>P<sub>x</sub></i> show that none of the respondents optimally allocated the inputs. However, a greater number of the respondents were found to underutilized variables like land, seeds, fertilizer and herbicide (<i>MVP<sub>x</sub></i> < <i>P<sub>x</sub></i>) while a greater number of the farmers over utilized labour (<i>MVP<sub>x</sub></i> > <i>P<sub>x</sub></i>). But in both cases, it was revealed that the use of more labour decreased the rice production from the study faster than any of the selected variables. The mean TE index was found to be 0.75. This suggests that 0.25 of rice yield is forgone due to inefficiency. The significant gamma (γ) value of 0.873 establishes the fact that a high level of technical inefficiency exists among the sampled farmers. Extension contact and access to credit are found to be significant determinants of TE among the farmers. Hence, agricultural policy makers in Nigeria should focus on how farmers could follow appropriate farm practices in the course of technology adoption to prevent under utilization of farm inputs via the intensification of extension activities in the country and accessibility to credit by farmers should be given more priority. Pursuing these will raise the productivity and efficiency of rice production in the country in the long run.

Productivity growth of Indonesian rice production: sources and efforts to improve performance

2018 ◽  
Vol 67 (9) ◽  
pp. 1792-1815 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joko Mariyono
Keyword(s):  
Technological Change ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Production Technology ◽  
Productivity Growth ◽  
Scale Effects ◽  
Allocative Efficiency ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tfp Growth ◽  
Efficiency Effects

PurposeThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the productivity of rice production by decomposing the growth of total factor productivity (TFP) into four components: technological change, scale effects, technical and allocative efficiencies.Design/methodology/approachThis study employed an econometric approach to decompose TFP growth into four components: technological change, technical efficiency, allocative efficiency and scale effect. Unbalanced panel data used in this study were surveyed in 1994, 2004 and 2014 from 360 rice farming operations. The model used the stochastic frontier transcendental logarithm production technology to estimate the technology parameters.FindingsThe results indicate that the primary sources of TFP growth were technological change and allocative efficiency effects. The contribution of technical efficiency was low because it grew sluggishly.Research limitations/implicationsThis study has several shortcomings, such as very lowR2and the insignificant elasticity of labour presented in the findings. Another limitation is the limited time period panel covering long interval, which resulted in unbalanced data.Practical implicationsThe government should improve productivity growth by allocating more areas for rice production, which enhances the scale and efficiency effects and adjusting the use of capital and material inputs. Extension services should be strengthened to provide farmers with training on improved agronomic technologies. This action will enhance technical efficiency performance and lead to technological progress.Social implicationsAs Indonesian population is still growing at a significant rate and the fact that rice is the primary staple food for Indonesian people, the productivity of rice production should increase continually to ensure social security at a national level.Originality/valueThe productivity growth is decomposed into four components using the transcendental logarithm production technology based on farm-level data. The measure has not been conducted previously in Indonesia, even in rice-producing countries.

scholarly journals Early Marriage as a Determinant of Poverty in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 102-119
Author(s):  
Adenuga Adekoya ◽  
◽  
Gbenro Sokunbi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Granger Causality ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Easy Access ◽  
Annual Data ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Long Run

A greater percentage of women in developing countries married before their 18th birthday. Early marriage serves as a threat to a child's future development. This is because it is difficult to have access to quality education and higher education, and it limits the ability to secure a good job. Also, girls involved in early marriage face acute poverty conditions. This research examined the link between early marriage and poverty in Nigeria. Annual data is sourced from 1970 to 2017. Granger causality is used to determine the nature of causality. Autoregressive Distributed Lagged Model is further used to estimate the data. The result showed that a bi-directional Granger causality exists between early marriage and poverty as well as for low-income and early marriage. In the long-run estimation, early marriage, secondary education and low-income increase poverty. Also, social welfare and access to credit facilities reduce poverty. The policy makers are therefore encouraged to improve social welfare for girls in early marriage and provide easy access to credit facilities for them to pursue higher education or entrepreneurship skills, in a bid to gradually move them out of poverty.

Estimation and Stochastic Convergence Test of China's Transportation Technical Efficiency

2011 ◽  
Vol 250-253 ◽  
pp. 4030-4033
Author(s):  
Jia Xiang Zhu ◽  
Qing Mei Tan
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Regional Disparities ◽  
Test Method ◽  
Stochastic Convergence ◽  
Super Efficiency ◽  
Convergence Test ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Integration Test ◽  
Policy Suggestions ◽  
High Level

Applying super-efficiency DEA model and co integration test method, this paper estimates the transportation technical efficiencies and tests their convergences during 1986 to 2008 in China; the main results are as follows. Average transportation technical efficiency of Chinese provinces takes on a decreasing trend since 1986.There are regional disparities of transportation technical efficiency in China, namely coastal and northeast regions have high-level technical efficiencies, while those of the central and western regions are low. The study also finds that the convergences of transportation technical efficiency exist in coastal and northeast regions in the long run, which do not exist in the middle and west parts and nation-wide. Finally, the corresponding policy suggestions are given.

scholarly journals EFISIENSI TEKNIS USAHATANI PADI TADAH HUJAN DI KAWASAN PERBATASAN KABUPATEN SAMBAS DENGAN PENDEKATAN STOCHASTIC FRONTIER FUNGSI PRODUKSI (KASUS DI DESA SEBUBUS, KECAMATAN PALOH)

2016 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 163
Author(s):  
Rusli Burhansyah
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Production Function ◽  
Function Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Rice Paddy ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Border Region ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Rainfed Rice ◽  
The Village

Development of rice for food self-sufficiency in the border region of Sambas regency is quite prospective. However, in the District Paloh rice productivity is still relatively low, allegedly due to inefficiency in the use of inputs. The aim of this study was to analyze the efficiency and income of rice farming in the village of Sebubus, Paloh district. The research method used was stohastic frontier of production function with OLS and Maximum likelihood (MLE). The study was conducted in the village Sebubus, District Paloh between May - June 2014. Sampling was done with Proportionate Stratified Random Sampling. The data used was the cross section data obtained from interviews of 120 rice farmers. The Stohastic frontier of production function analysis was performed using the Cobb-Douglas models. The results showed that land, N fertilizer and K fertilizer significantly affected rice production at 95% confidence level. The results also showed that rainfed rice paddy was relatively efficient technically (mean efficiency of 0,81). Age of farmers was a source of technical inefficiency that significantly could improve technical efficiency. Characteristics of farmers such as age, education and experience could help farmers improve their technical efficiency of rice production. Rainfed rice farming in the village Sebubus was relatively favorable (profit of USD 4,099,582.50) and viable (the value of R/C ratio above 2,84 cash costs and the value of R/C ratio on total cost of $ 2,29).

scholarly journals Analisis Efisiensi Usahatani Padi di Kabupaten Lampung Tengah

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 127
Author(s):  
Budi Yoko ◽  
Yusman Syaukat ◽  
Anna Fariyanti
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Allocative Efficiency ◽  
Agricultural Extension ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Production Function ◽  
Frontier Production Function

<p>An effort to increase rice production through agricultural extension in Central Lampung regency is difficult. This is because of the limited land that can be used as new planning areas and high competition for land use as non-agricultural activities. Therefore, the increase in rice production through production efficiency becomes the most important alternative. The objectives of this study are to analyze the level of technical efficiency, allocative efficiency, and economic efficiency of rice farming in Central Lampung district and identified the factors that influence it. The results of the analysis using stochastic frontier production function shows that rice farming in the study area has been efficient. Average efficiency level of technical efficiency is 0,94, allocative efficiency is 0,93, and economic efficiency is 0,88. The land area is the most responsive variable in an effort to increase rice production. Variables expected to affect the degree of technical efficiency of rice farming is the number of family members of farmers, rice farming experience, acces farmers to agricultural financing, and number of agricultural extension.</p>

scholarly journals Measurement of productive efficiency of tomato growers in Peshawar, Pakistan

2013 ◽  
Vol 59 (No. 8) ◽  
pp. 381-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
H. Khan ◽  
F. Ali
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Economic Efficiency ◽  
Allocative Efficiency ◽  
Efficiency Index ◽  
Productive Efficiency ◽  
Policy Implications ◽  
Tomato Production ◽  
Access To Credit ◽  
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province ◽  
Farmer Education

The present paper estimates the technical, allocative and economic efficiency of tomato growers. The study was conducted in two villages, namely, Tarnab and Akbarpura of the District Peshawar, the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan. The data were collected by conducting a farm level survey of 300 tomato growers in the study area. The findings show that there was a big gap between the maximum and minimum technical efficiency indices, with an average technical efficiency index of 66%. There was also a huge gap between the highest and the lowest index of allocative efficiency of tomato growers. Economic efficiency indices also varied significantly. The study concluded that the farmer education, extension visits, age and access to credit were the significant determinants of these efficiencies. One of the most important policy implications of this study is that there is enough potential to increase the present level of efficiencies for tomato production in the study area. &nbsp;

scholarly journals Retrospection of Outbreaks of Spodoptera mauritia Boisduval in NER India: The Solution Lies in Ecological Engineering, Not in Insecticides

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (22) ◽  
pp. 12824
Author(s):  
Arup Kumar Sarma ◽  
Christian Damgaard ◽  
Prasanta Neog
Keyword(s):  
Ecological Engineering ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Ecological Perspective ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
North East India ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
North East ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Rice Ecosystem

Rice cultivation in North East India is organic by tradition; however, the recent outbreaks of the rice-swarming caterpillar, Spodoptera mauritia Boisduval, have compelled rice-farmers to use synthetic insecticides. The outbreak in 2016 affected more than 56,768 ha of winter rice in 28 districts of Assam. About 25,545–42,576 L insecticide was applied in the state to combat the outbreak. This is one of the highest insecticide loads ever to be added to the rice ecosystem of Assam. Such a load, if added repeatedly with the reoccurrence of outbreaks, may affect the innate resilience of the rice ecosystem in the long run. In this paper, the outbreak of RSC has been analysed from an ecological perspective in order to replace the existing policy of exclusive dependence on insecticide. The review will help the researchers, extension workers and policy makers of the rice producing countries, more specifically in Asian countries, which together account for more than 91% of the world’s rice production.

A proposal to enhance national capability to manage epidemics: The critical importance of expert statistical input including official statistics

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
N.I. Fisher ◽  
D.J. Trewin
Keyword(s):  
Data Streams ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Economic Welfare ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
The Social ◽  
Novel Virus ◽  
High Level ◽  
Integration Analysis

Given the high level of global mobility, pandemics are likely to be more frequent, and with potentially devastating consequences for our way of life. With COVID-19, Australia is in relatively better shape than most other countries and is generally regarded as having managed the pandemic well. That said, we believe there is a critical need to start the process of learning from this pandemic to improve the quantitative information and related advice provided to policy makers. A dispassionate assessment of Australia’s health and economic response to the COVID-19 pandemic reveals some important inadequacies in the data, statistical analysis and interpretation used to guide Australia’s preparations and actions. For example, one key shortcoming has been the lack of data to obtain an early understanding of the extent of asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic cases or the differences across age groups, occupations or ethnic groups. Minimising the combined health, social and economic impacts of a novel virus depends critically on ongoing acquisition, integration, analysis, interpretation and presentation of a variety of data streams to inform the development, execution and monitoring of appropriate strategies. The article captures the essential quantitative components of such an approach for each of the four basic phases, from initial detection to post-pandemic. It also outlines the critical steps in each stage to enable policy makers to deal more efficiently and effectively with future such events, thus enhancing both the social and the economic welfare of its people. Although written in an Australian context, we believe most elements would apply to other countries as well.

scholarly journals HANDLING DISTRUST ON RISK COMMUNICATION IN NIGERIA: A STRATEGY TO STRENGTHENING THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK RESPONSE

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-22
Author(s):  
Olayinka Stephen Ilesanmi ◽  
Priscilla Onaopemipo Akosile ◽  
Aanuoluwapo Adeyimika Afolabi ◽  
Victor Okoliko Ukwenya
Keyword(s):  
Risk Communication ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Outbreak Response ◽  
Community Members ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Chi Square Test ◽  
Level Of Significance ◽  
High Level

Abstract Background This study aimed to assess the level of trust in the COVID-19 risk communication efforts in Nigeria. Methods We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study among community members aged 15 years and above in Ondo state in October, 2020. Data were collected using an interviewer-administered questionnaire. Data were analyzed using SPSS version 22. Descriptive statistics were summarized using frequencies. Trust was ranked from “1” implying “Low level of trust” to “7” denoting “High level of trust”. We conducted bivariate Chi-square test on respondents’ level of trust in the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) and socio-demographic characteristics. The level of significance was set at p<0.05. Results Among the 691 respondents, 244 (35.3%) were aged 21 to 29 years, and 304 (51.4%) used the NCDC to obtain COVID-19 knowledge. Overall, 205 (41.8%) had high level of trust in the NCDC. Furthermore, 51 (51.5%) individuals aged 30-39 years had high level of trust in the NCDC (ᵡ2=17.455, p= 0.001). Also, 114 (48.5%) persons who lived with children below 18 years had high level of trust in the NCDC (ᵡ2= 8.266, p= 0.004). Conclusion Policy makers should prioritize the involvement of young and educated persons in COVID-19 risk communication strategies.

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