scholarly journals EFISIENSI KEUNTUNGAN USAHATANI BAWANG MERAH DI KABUPATEN NGANJUK: PENDEKATAN STOKASTIK FRONTIER

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
FUAD HASAN
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Profit Function ◽  
Profit Efficiency ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Profit Potential

This study aims to determine the profit efficiency and potential profits-loss of shallot farming in Nganjuk Regency. Primary data was  collected by questionnaire guidance. The numbered of respondents are 90 farmer who came from four sub-districts are Sukomoro, Rejoso, Bagor, and Gondang. Data analysis used stochastic frontier analysis (SFA) with profit function. The result of analysed shows that the average of profit efficiency was 0.614 and the profit potential lost due to the inefficiency was Rp 17.567.025,32 / hectareKeywords: shallot, profit efficiency, profit-loss

scholarly journals Technical Efficiency of Smallholder Tomato Production in Semi-Urban Farms in Cameroon: A Stochastic Frontier Production Approach

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin Paul Jr. Tabe-Ojong ◽  
Ernest L. Molua
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Negative Influence ◽  
Farm Size ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Tomato Production ◽  
Frontier Analysis

Agriculture is the mainstay of Cameroon’s economy as it serves the purposes of food, livelihood and employment. Nevertheless, the country’s agriculture is plagued by low productivity and inefficiency in production. One of the main reasons for low productivity is the inability of farmers to fully exploit available technologies and production techniques. An important research question that comes to mind is, what are the major factors that hinder the technical efficiency of smallholder farmers? This study thus aimed to determine the level of technical efficiency in the production of tomato in smallholder farms, relying on primary data collected using a structured survey instrument administered to 80 tomato farmers in the Buea municipality of Cameroon. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and a stochastic frontier analysis method in the Cobb-Douglas production function. The STATA.14 software was used to obtain both stochastic frontier estimates and the determinants of technical efficiency. The results indicate that farmers are not fully technically efficient with a mean technical efficiency score of 0.68 with one farmer operating on the frontier. The study also revealed that most of the farmers irrespective of the size of the holdings have shown technical inefficiency problems. The older farmers were observed with the best measures of technical efficiency. Education, age and the adoption and practice of agronomic techniques had a positive and significant influence on technical efficiency while the nearest distance to the extension agent had a rather negative influence on technical efficiency. The input-output relationship showed that the area of tomato cultivation and the quantity of improved seed used were positive and significantly related to output at the 5% level of probability. As a result, it is recommended that farmers should increase their farm size, use of improved seeds and the adoption and practice of novel techniques in production. More emphasis should be placed on extension agents as they have a significant role to play in terms of improving and augmenting farmers’ education and information base through on farm demonstrations and result oriented workshops as all this will ensure increased production and productivity thereby increasing technical efficiency and achieving food self-sufficiency.

scholarly journals Analysis of Airport Operational Performance in Selected Airports of Northern Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 111-122
Author(s):  
Obioma R. Nwaogbe ◽  
Akorede Ibrahim Ayinla ◽  
Victor Omoke ◽  
Joel A. Ojekunle ◽  
Hauwa Wokili-Yakubu
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Operational Performance ◽  
Northern Nigeria ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Technical Performance ◽  
Unit Costs ◽  
The Given

Abstract This study focuses on the overall airport operational performance of selected airports in Northern Nigeria using the stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) model. STATA version 7 software was used for the data analysis. Data collected from the Federal Airport Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) from all the selected airports from 2001 to 2018 included both domestic and international passengers in the given area. The study focused on measuring the operational performance of all selected airports; its results show that none of the airports under review showed 100% level of productivity benchmark. The study recommended that the airports in the given area can improve their technical performance by reducing the unit costs as well as some other inputs to increase efficiency.

scholarly journals Profit efficiency of shariah banks in Indonesia and the determining factors: Using Stochastic Frontier Analysis Method

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 271 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sri Wahyuni ◽  
Pujiharto Pujiharto
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Efficiency Score ◽  
Capital Adequacy ◽  
Profit Efficiency ◽  
Global Crisis ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Business Units ◽  
Determining Factors

This study aims to measure the efficiency of profit and examine the factors that affect the efficiency of shariah banks profit in Indonesia such as the size of banks, risk financing, and capital adequacy. This study used the Shariah banks in Indonesia, during the period of 2010-2014. These shariah banks were selected as the sample Commercial shariah banks and Shariah Business Units. This study uses three stages of research. First, it measures the efficiency of profit using a parametric approach that is Stochastic Frontier Approach (SFA). Secondly, its uses regression profit efficiency scores with various determinants of profit efficiency. The third phase is testing the efficiency score during the global crisis (2008-2009) and after the global crisis period (2010-2014). It shows that in overall there occurred profit efficiency in the shariah banks in Indonesia as it was indicated by the score of profit efficiency that is less than one. The inefficiency occurred in both Shariah banks and shariah business units. Bank size has a positive impact on profit efficiency. The bigger the bank, the better profit efficiency is. It can be implied that this research provides the managers the clues that shariah banks should improve their profit efficiency management. For Bank Indonesia, they can use this evidence to design policies that can encourage profit efficiency in shariah banks.

scholarly journals Assessment of Forest Personnel Performance in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-21
Author(s):  
Imaobong Ufot Nelson ◽  
Daniel E. Jacob ◽  
Enefiok Sunday Udo
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Tertiary Education ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
The State ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Target Revenue ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

This study assesses the performances of forest personnel in Akwa Ibom State in meeting their target revenue for the state using qualitative and quantitative approaches. The primary data were obtained using a structured questionnaire, oral interviews, and direct observation, while the secondary data were obtained from all the 31 Divisions and the Directorate of Forestry in Akwa Ibom State. Data collected were analyzed using the descriptive and stochastic frontier analysis to assess efficiency The results obtained showed that the majority of the respondents were male (59.50%), in their economically active and productive age bracket (50.41), attended tertiary education (79.33%), were married (69.42%), had a family size of fewer than 5 members (71.90%), and received a monthly income of ₦41,000 - ₦50,000 (42.15%). Also, the majority of the respondents had been in service for 11 – 15 years (30.23%), resided in their stations (72.09%), and received various forms of in-training (65.12%) to enhance their effectiveness or performance. Most of the Uniformed Field staff patrolled their divisions daily with their superior visiting their divisions more than once a month. The majority (53.84%) of the Forest Officers had less than 10 years' experience and their technical efficiency ranged from 0.35 to 0.97. The study, therefore, recommends that a more conducive working environment should be provided for the forest personnel to be able to optimize their performances which would translate to increased revenue generation for the state.

scholarly journals Technical Efficiency Analysis of Wheat Crop in Arid Region of Punjab, Pakistan

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Muhammad Fahad Irfan ◽  
Muhammad Umer Afzal ◽  
Kaif Matloob ◽  
Irfan Ahmad Baig
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Efficiency Analysis ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Wheat Crop ◽  
Analysis Model ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
The Mean

The present study aims to estimate the possible effects of credit on production of wheat crop in Chakwal. The research was based on primary data gathered from 120 farmers, selected by using random sampling technique belonging to two tehsils i.e. Talagang and Chakwal. SFA (Stochastic Frontier Analysis) model was adapted to analyze the data and the results show the mean technical efficiency of the wheat crop was 82 percent for borrowers and 76 percent for non-borrowers. The results proposed that the technical efficiency of wheat growers can be increased by increasing loan disbursement in the area.

scholarly journals Stochastic frontier analysis of catfish (Clarias gariepinus) aquaculture agribusiness for sustainable fisheries development: Evidence from Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-9
Author(s):  
Eguono Aramide Ikpoza ◽  
Felix Odemero Achoja ◽  
Oraye Dicta Ogisi ◽  
Christy Uliong
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Clarias Gariepinus ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Variable Cost ◽  
Fish Feed ◽  
Sustainable Fisheries ◽  
Frontier Analysis

Technical efficiency assessment and enhancement is critical to sustainable fisheries development in Nigeria. This study examines stochastic frontier of catfish aquaculture agribusiness for sustainable fisheries development. Purposive sampling technique was employed to select 110 catfish farmers in areas with high density catfish farms. Primary data were collected directly from catfish farmers using structured questionnaire. The analytical tools used were descriptive statistics, net farm income, stochastic frontier production function (SPF) and t-statistics. The result shows that most of the catfish farmers were young people within the productive age of 40-49 years. Catfish farmers had obtained various levels of formal education. Finding shows that feeds cost was the highest variable cost (72.75%). Feed had a positive and significant relationship (P<0.05) with catfish output. Mean technical efficiency is 53.49%. The estimated variance (δ2s=0.2125) is statistically significant (P<0.05), indicating that profit inefficiency is highly significant among catfish farmers. Estimated Gamma (γ) value of 0.26 implies that 26% of the total variation in catfish profit efficiency is due to the joint effect of technical inefficiency factors. The most significant efficiency factors are fish feed and pond size. The age and educational status of farmers are the most important determining factors of inefficiency in catfish production system. Lack of finance was the most serious constraint faced by catfish farmers. The study recommended that catfish farmers should form cooperative unions to facilitate their access to cooperative funding.

scholarly journals Stochastic frontier model for profit efficiency of beef cattle farming during the covid 19 pandemic in West Pasaman Regency, West Sumatera Province

2021 ◽  
Vol 888 (1) ◽  
pp. 012081
Author(s):  
Ida Indrayani ◽  
Tevina Edwin
Keyword(s):  
Beef Cattle ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Labor Cost ◽  
Fixed Cost ◽  
Profit Efficiency ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
For Profit ◽  
Cattle Farming

Abstract Study aimed to estimate profit efficiency and determine factors affecting the profit efficiency of beef cattle farming in West Pasaman Regency, West Sumatera Province. A survey was conducted in West Pasaman regency at October 2020. Respondents consisting of 60 beef cattle farmers were questioned using structural questionnaires. Stochastic Frontier Analysis was used to estimate profit efficiency and factors influencing profit efficiency of beef farm in West Pasaman Regency. Important factors affecting the profit efficiency of beef cattle farming business in West Pasaman Regency were feed price, cost of veterinary medicine, fixed cost, labor cost and number of cattle affecting significant to beef cattle farming profit. The average level of profit efficiency was 39, 4%. Considering the importance of profit efficiency beef cattle farming there is a need for improving level of farmer’s education and experience in beef cattle farming, but farmers should be of productive age.

scholarly journals Technical efficiency and artisanal fishing households: Any hope in oil extracting locations? Evidence from Nigeria

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (3) ◽  
pp. 219-228
Author(s):  
Theophilus Miebi Gbigbi
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Farm Income ◽  
Cost Ratio ◽  
High Educational Level ◽  
Artisanal Fishing ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Cooperative Society

Artisanal fishing household’s production is investigated using stochastic frontier analysis through Cobb-Douglas production function, which incorporates an inefficiency effects model. Descriptive statistics and profitability index were also used to analyzed the data collected. One hundred and twenty eight households were randomly picked through multistage techniques in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria. Primary data were chosen using structured questionnaire and interview schedule. Results indicates that greater part of respondents were males with an average age of 42 years who were married with household size of 6 persons. Very many of them did not belong to cooperative society with high educational level. The result indicates that labour, baits and capital inputs were significantly related to output. The average technical efficiency was 73%. This means that the households can still improve their efficiency level by 27%. The structure of production suggests that the returns to scale was 0.9584. The estimated gamma parameter was 0.9423 and was significant at 5% level. Access to credit, membership of cooperative society and fishing experience had an inverse relationship with technical inefficiency while age, fishing distance, gender, number of trips and oil spill had a direct relationship with inefficiency. Artisanal fishing was found to be profitable with a net farm income of N135261.21 and a benefit cost ratio (BCR) of N1.20k. The major constraint to artisanal fishing was pollution. Therefore, the study calls for policies that increases the security of oil pipelines in order to stem the tide of oil spillage and invariably water pollution.

Determinants of Cost Inefficiency of Maize Farming in Different Agro-climatic Regions of Sikkim, India

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (2) ◽  
pp. 177-198
Author(s):  
Pradyut Guha ◽  
Tiken Das
Keyword(s):  
Cost Function ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Minimum Cost ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Farm Level ◽  
Climatic Regions ◽  
Cost Inefficiency

The present study makes an attempt to analyse farm level cost inefficiency of maize farming and its determinants in different agro-climatic regions of Sikkim. The primary data for the study were collected during the third and fourth quarter of 2018 from different agro-climatic regions of Sikkim. Both data envelopment and stochastic frontier analysis were used for measurement of the farm level inefficiency across different agro-climatic regions of the study area. Based on the Cobb–Douglas cost function for maize output, the article simultaneously estimated stochastic frontier cost function and examined the effect of exogenous factors on farm level cost inefficiency. The results of this study showed that, on an average, the farmer incurred cost which was 8 per cent to 72 per cent above the minimum cost defined by the best practice frontier. Further, cost inefficiency was relatively higher among the farmers in temperate agro-climatic region. Greater cost inefficiency seems to be directly associated with remoteness of farmland from input market. The study also found that the additional years of farming experience and farming in the rented plots were useful in reducing cost inefficiency.

scholarly journals The impacts of agricultural support on enhancing the efficiency, competitiveness and sustainability of sheep breeding: The case of Niğde and Aksaray provinces, Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. e0113
Author(s):  
Betül Gürer
Keyword(s):  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Herd Size ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Agricultural Policies ◽  
Sheep Breeding ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
Structural Support ◽  
Enhance Efficiency

Aim of the study:  The sheep breeding sector in Turkey has lost its potential to become a highly competitive and efficient sector despite a number of policies being implemented over the years. Therefore, the objective of the study was to empirically evaluate the competitiveness of sheep breeding and the determinants of the technical efficiency of the sector as well as the current impacts of agricultural policies on the performance of the sector.Area of study: Niğde and Aksaray provinces of TR71 region in Turkey.Material and methods: The required primary data were obtained through a face-to-face survey from 110 sheep breeders. Two methodological approaches, namely Stochastic Frontier Analysis and Policy Analysis Matrix, were used.Main results: The support policies caused an inefficiency in allocation of already scarce resources in sheep breeding, but not ensure to increase the competitiveness at both national and international levels. Sheep farms could increase their income by up to 50% without changing the level of input by taking into account the factors that caused inefficiency in sheep breeding. The major determinants that decreased efficiency were current subsidies for sheep breeding, herd size and the excessive utilization of family labour, while the factors that increased the efficiency were sheep race, access to extension services, grazing period and location. Besides, Domestic Resource Cost (DRC) value in the efficient farms decreased to 0.88, implying that they had a comparative advantage.Research highlights: Implementation of structural support policies with long term would enhance efficiency of sheep farms and ensure the sustainability and competitiveness of the sector.

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