scholarly journals ENVIRONMENTAL EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS IN RICE PRODUCTION: A CASE STUDY IN TRA VINH PROVINCE OF VIETNAM

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 (4) ◽  
pp. 311-322
Author(s):  
Truc-Linh Le ◽  
Nga Huynh ◽  
Thi-Thuy-Hai Luu
Keyword(s):  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Efficiency Score ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Environmental Efficiency ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
Agricultural Cooperative ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Study Results ◽  
Efficiency Estimation

Rice farmers do not recognize the negative impacts of overusing agricultural chemicals in farming activities on the environment. Hence, this study aimed to estimate technical and environmental efficiency for the rice producers in Tra Vinh province of Vietnam using the translog stochastic production frontier approach. Nutrients of NPK and pesticide cost were assumed to be environmentally detrimental inputs for environmental efficiency estimation. Empirical results indicated that the mean technical efficiency score was 0.74 showing technical inefficiency in the sample farms. The average environmental efficiency indexes were 0.55 for two detrimental inputs, 0.51 for nutrients of NPK, and only 0.10 for pesticide alone, indicating that the rice farms have huge potential to decrease the use of these inputs. The reduction in fertilizer, especially pesticide use, will help the rice farmers achieve higher profitability and be more sustainable. Regarding determinants of farms’ efficiencies, the regression analysis revealed that participating in agricultural cooperatives has emerged to be a favorable factor associated with technical and environmental efficiency, suggesting that the development of agricultural cooperative models should be prioritized to promote and encourage farmers’ participation. The present study results could be seen as key points for farmers' adjustment in rice production, leading to a safer environment and a driving force in the sustainable agriculture development in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam.

scholarly journals Environmental efficiency of rice production in Vietnam: An application of SBM-DEA with undesirable output

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (6) ◽  
Author(s):  
Truc-Linh Le ◽  
Thi-Thuy-Hai Luu ◽  
Nga Huynh ◽  
Rebecca H. Chung
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Sector ◽  
Ghg Emissions ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Efficiency Score ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Environmental Efficiency ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Undesirable Output ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Rice Production In Vietnam

Abstract. Le TL, Luu TTH, Huynh N, Chung RH. 2020. Environmental efficiency of rice production in Vietnam: An application of SBM-DEA with undesirable output. Biodiversitas 21: 2710-2715. In Vietnam, the agricultural sector is one of major sources of the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and over half of that comes from rice cultivation. This study evaluates the environmental efficiency of 400 rice farms in the Mekong Delta using slack-based measure (SBM) data envelopment analysis (DEA) with considering the total amount of CO2-equivalent (CO2-eq) emissions in the rice field as undesirable output. The findings revealed that the average environmental efficiency score of the farmers was very low, just only 0.461. Only 2.25% of the sample farms were environmentally efficient while majority of them (58%) obtained the efficiency values less than the mean indicating that their environmental efficiency needs to be further improved. The small rice farms were higher in environmental efficiency scores compared with large farms. The sample rice farmers who are members of agricultural cooperatives obtained a significantly higher environmental efficiency than the non-cooperative members. The estimated results of input and bad output excesses showed that about 1.35 tons of CO2-eq ha-1 could be reduced and an average of 54.18 kg N ha-1 could be saved in order to improve the environmental performance of rice production in the study area.

scholarly journals ANALISIS MANFAAT EKONOMI DAN FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KELANCARAN PENGEMBALIAN KREDIT (STUDI KASUS PADA KOPERASI PERTANIAN SEANDANAN KABUPATEN PESAWARAN)

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 462
Author(s):  
Roni Mustofa ◽  
Dyah Aring Hepiana Lestari ◽  
Muhammad Irfan Affandi
Keyword(s):  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Rice Farming ◽  
Case Study Method ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Agricultural Cooperative ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Quantitative Analyses ◽  
One Year

This study aims to analyze the economic benefits, income of rice farming, allocation of credit usage and analyze the factors affecting the chances of the smoothness rate of return at Seandanan Agricultural Cooperatives. The research is conducted at Seandanan Agricultural Cooperative in Pesawaran Regency, Lampung Province, which is determined intentionally.  The research data were taken in July 2019.  This study uses a case study method.  Respondents in this study are 70 rice farmers member of Seandanan Agricultural Cooperative. The data analysis method use descriptive qualitative and quantitative analyses. The results showed that the economic benefits received by members of cooperative in one year is IDR1,711,312.47 and in high category. The average income of rice farming received by members of the Seandanan Agricultural Cooperative in one year has been classified as high, in the amount over cash costs and over total costs, respectively, of IDR17,308,552.78 and IDR16,416,268.56.  Allocation of credit of cooperative membersconsistd of 58.85% for productive activities and the rest, 41.15% for consumptive activities.  Factors that affect the chances of the smoothness rate of credit return by rice farmers members of Seandanan Agricultural Cooperative are the education level of farmers and the allocation of productive credit usage.Key words: agricultural cooperatives, consumptive, credit, and productive

Climate Change and Profit Loss

2020 ◽  
pp. 105-119
Author(s):  
Huynh Viet Khai
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Natural Environment ◽  
Saltwater Intrusion ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Social Characteristics ◽  
Salinity Intrusion ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
The Difference

The chapter aims to evaluate the profit loss of rice farmers due to salinity intrusion by collecting the information of rice production in three regions with the same natural environment conditions, social characteristics (e.g., the same social and farming culture, ethnicity, type of soil), and only differed with respect to the level of salinity in Soc Trang province, one of the most salinity-affected areas in the Vietnamese Mekong Delta. The study estimated the profit loss in rice production due to saltwater intrusion by the difference in rice profit between the non-salinity and salinity regions and showed this loss was about VND 9.3-15.1 million per ha-1 a year.

Technical and environmental efficiency of eco-friendly rice production in the upstream region of the Vietnamese Mekong delta

2018 ◽  
Vol 21 (5) ◽  
pp. 2401-2424 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vo Hong Tu ◽  
Nguyen Duy Can ◽  
Yoshifumi Takahashi ◽  
Steven W. Kopp ◽  
Mitsuyasu Yabe
Keyword(s):  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Environmental Efficiency ◽  
Upstream Region

scholarly journals Land Tenure Systems and Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria: a Case of Rice Production

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saheed Olakunle SANUSI ◽  
Musa Janga Madaki ◽  
Hyelni Seth David ◽  
Sharon Ocheinehi Adole
Keyword(s):  
Total Factor Productivity ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Factor Productivity ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
Production Frontier ◽  
Productivity Level ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Stochastic Production ◽  
Land Tenure Systems

Abstract This study examined land tenure systems and rice productivity in Nigeria. Primary data were used for the study. Data were collected with the aid of a well-structured questionnaire. A four-stage sampling technique was used to select a total sample size of three hundred and forty-nine (349) rice farmers based on the number of questionnaires correctly filled and returned from the selected sampled size. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics, total factor productivity, and Stochastic production frontier model. The study revealed that large portion of the land (over 94%) used for rice production were acquired through inheritance mode of land acquisition and communal type of land tenure system widely practiced. The result of total factor productivity indicated that 62.18% of the rice farmers were at sub-optimal productivity level. The results of the stochastic production frontier function revealed that seed (P< 0.10), and fertilizer application (P<0.01) were the significant factors influencing technical efficiency of rice production in the study area. Based on the findings, the study recommend that current land use act and policy should be amended to prevent concurrent grabbing of agricultural land for non-agricultural purposes in order to enhance availability and accessibility of land for agriculture.

scholarly journals Characteristics of market-oriented rice production of farmers in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

2016 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-31
Author(s):  
Lan Thi Phuong Ngo
Keyword(s):  
Value Chain ◽  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Farmers Market ◽  
Rice Farmers ◽  
Choice Making ◽  
Production Development ◽  
Present Context ◽  
Rational Calculation ◽  
State Models

This study of rice production in Thoai Son district of An Giang province points out that the characteristics of rice farmers’ market-oriented production are constantly expanding areas of production; getting loans to invest on intensive production; applying advanced technologymechanization; and participating or not participating in agricultural value chain. Underlying these characteristics is the choice making of farmer households which are determined by their interests. In the present context of rice producing when rice farmers’ economic behaviors result from the interaction of their rational calculation and the market structure, farmers’ interests contradict with those of state models or designs for rice production development, it is true that farmers’ rationality at household levels can be seen as an obsable to the efforts of establishing a big and modern rice industry.

scholarly journals Does agricultural cooperative membership impact technical efficiency of maize production in Nigeria: An analysis correcting for biases from observed and unobserved attributes

PLoS ONE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. e0245426
Author(s):  
Kehinde Oluseyi Olagunju ◽  
Adebayo Isaiah Ogunniyi ◽  
Zainab Oyetunde-Usman ◽  
Abiodun Olusola Omotayo ◽  
Bola Amoke Awotide
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Sample Selection ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
Maize Production ◽  
Multiple Production ◽  
Agricultural Cooperative ◽  
The Impact

The formation of agricultural cooperatives has been widely promoted as an agricultural development policy initiative to help smallholder farmers cope with multiple production and marketing challenges. Using a nationally representative survey dataset of smallholder maize producers from rural Nigeria, this study assesses the impact of agricultural cooperative membership on technical efficiency (TE). We based our estimation approach on the combination of a newly developed sample selection stochastic production frontier model with propensity score matching to control for possible selectivity biases from both observables and unobservables. We estimate stochastic meta-frontiers to examine TE differences between cooperative members and non-members. Our results reveal that TE levels of members are consistently higher than that of non-members. This calls for continued policy incentives targeted at encouraging farmers to form as well as participate in agricultural cooperatives.

scholarly journals Effects of Agricultural Cooperative Society on Farmers’ Technical Efficiency: Evidence from Stochastic Frontier Analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (19) ◽  
pp. 8194
Author(s):  
Ruopin Qu ◽  
Yongchang Wu ◽  
Jing Chen ◽  
Glyn D. Jones ◽  
Wenjing Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Direct Marketing ◽  
Stochastic Frontier ◽  
Agricultural Cooperatives ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Agricultural Cooperative ◽  
Marketing Service ◽  
The Impact

The impact of agricultural cooperatives on apple farmers’ technical efficiency (TE) in China was examined. The cooperatives were divided into two groups: a collective marketing group for farmers and an equivalent non-marketing group that did not provide a marketing service, although other functions remained the same. Using the propensity score matching (PSM) procedure and stochastic production frontier (SPF) modelling, cooperatives’ key functions that potentially increase farmers’ TE can be identified. The results indicate that membership of either group is positively related to yield. However, cooperatives that were not engaged in marketing achieved higher TE than non-members. This suggests that policy makers should encourage cooperatives to focus on activities that do not include direct marketing to increase TE in apple production in China.

scholarly journals Environmental Efficiency Analysis of Basmati Rice Production in Punjab, Pakistan: Implications for Sustainable Agricultural Development

2010 ◽  
Vol 49 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mr. Abedullah ◽  
Shahzad Kouser ◽  
Khalid Mushtaq
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Pollution ◽  
Agricultural Development ◽  
Substantial Reduction ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Efficiency Index ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Environmental Efficiency ◽  
Basmati Rice ◽  
Stochastic Production Frontier ◽  
Production Frontier

The intensive use of chemicals worked as a catalyst to shift the production frontier but the most critical factor of maintaining a clean environment was totally ignored. The present study attempts to estimate the environmental efficiency of rice production by employing the translog stochastic production frontier approach. The data are collected from five major Basmati rice growing districts (Gujranwala, Sheikupura, Sialkot, Hafizabad, and Jhang) of Punjab in 2006. Chemical weedicides and nitrogen are treated as environmentally detrimental inputs. The mean technical efficiency index is sufficiently high (89 percent) but the environmental efficiency index of chemical weedicides alone is 14 percent while the joint environmental efficiency index of chemical weedicides and nitrogen is 24 percent implying that joint environmental efficiency is higher than chemical weedicide alone. It indicates that substantial reduction (86 percent) in chemical weedicide use is possible with higher level of productivity. Moreover, it is likely to contribute a considerable decrease in environmental pollution which is expected to enhance the performance of agriculture labour. The reduction in chemical weedicides will save Rs 297 per acre and Rs 1307.3 million over all from the rice crop in Punjab, improving the profitability of rice growing farmers by the same proportion. Empirical analysis indicates that reduction in environmental pollution together with higher level of profitability in rice production is achievable. JEL classification: N5, O13 Keywords: Rice Production, Environmental Efficiency, Weedicide, Fertiliser (NPK), Stochastic Translog Frontier

scholarly journals Environmental Efficiency of Ecologically Engineered Rice Production in the Mekong Delta of Vietnam

2015 ◽  
Vol 60 (2) ◽  
pp. 493-500 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vo Hong Tu ◽  
Mitsuyasu Yabe ◽  
Nguyen Thuy Trang ◽  
Huynh Viet Khai
Keyword(s):  
Mekong Delta ◽  
Rice Production ◽  
Environmental Efficiency
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