scholarly journals An Econometric Analysis of Impact of Part-Time Farming on Technical Efficiency in Agricultural Production

2001 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 132-145
Author(s):  
Yongliang Ma
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Econometric Analysis ◽  
Part Time

scholarly journals West Virginia Farm Direct Marketing: A County Level Analysis

2006 ◽  
Vol 38 (3) ◽  
pp. 575-584 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheryl Brown ◽  
Jesse E. Gandee ◽  
Gerard D'Souza
Keyword(s):  
West Virginia ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Direct Marketing ◽  
Vegetable Production ◽  
County Level ◽  
Housing Value ◽  
Close Proximity ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Direct Market ◽  
Level Analysis

To understand the factors that influence farm direct marketing, a linear regression model is estimated to test the relationships between county-level direct market sales and socioeconomic, agricultural production, and location characteristics for West Virginia. The results show that higher median housing value, increased population density, a younger population, a greater number of direct market farms, more diversity of fruit and vegetable production and closer proximity to Washington, D.C., increase direct market sales. The results have implications for other states with a large proportion of small and part-time farmers, many of whom are located in close proximity to metropolitan areas.

scholarly journals Corruption and the agricultural production efficiency of the European countries during the recent economic crisis

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 427-437
Author(s):  
Mohammad Monirul Hasan ◽  
József Tóth
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Production Efficiency ◽  
National Level ◽  
Geographical Location ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Economic Downturn ◽  
Member States ◽  
Control Of Corruption

This paper examines the association between controls of corruption and the agricultural production efficiency of 23 European Union Member States during the recent economic crisis. Production efficiency, measured in terms of technical efficiency, is the effectiveness of a given set of inputs that is used to produce an output. Owing to climate and geographical location agriculture in European countries is diverse. The economic downturn led by the financial crisis which started in mid-2007, is still prevailing across European countries. Control of corruption along with the existing economic crisis of the member states are affecting agriculture production efficiency. This study used the national level production data for the period of 2003-2009. It shows that the technical efficiency of most Member States have declined over the years and that it was significantly lower in austere economic crisis time 2007-09 than 2003-06 for all countries. It is also found that the declining trend of technical efficiency is significantly lower for central and eastern European countries than for the western European countries. Study finds that the control of corruption in the presence of high government effectiveness, decreases the technical efficiency of agricultural production in the Member States.Res. Agric., Livest. Fish.2(3): 427-437, December 2015

scholarly journals Determinants of Farmland Abandonment in Selected Metropolitan Areas of Poland: A Spatial Analysis on the Basis of Regression Trees and Interviews with Experts

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3071 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wojciech Sroka ◽  
Bernd Pölling ◽  
Tomasz Wojewodzic ◽  
Miroslaw Strus ◽  
Paulina Stolarczyk ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Metropolitan Areas ◽  
Land Use Changes ◽  
Regression Tree ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Farmland Abandonment ◽  
Migration Rates ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Socio Economic Variables ◽  
Tree Method

Dynamic land use changes in metropolitan areas are global phenomena. The influence of urbanisation processes on farmland is twofold: urban encroachments predominantly take place at the expense of farmland, and also result in farmland abandonment processes, especially in Central Eastern and Southern Europe. This paper analyses determinants of farmland abandonment in 280 municipalities situated in six selected Polish metropolitan areas. The analysis, which covers secondary statistical data as well as primary data collected via a survey among experts, applies the regression tree method. Within the six selected metropolitan areas nearly 9% of the farmland is permanently excluded from agricultural production (actual abandonment), plus another 11.5% is currently not being used for production (semi-abandonment). For actual abandonment, physical and economic sizes of farms, part-time farming, and soil quality constitute the most relevant determinants. Socio-economic variables play a more important role in explaining semi-abandonment than actual abandonment. Temporary exclusion of farmland from agricultural production is connected with urbanisation processes. Higher shares of built-up and urbanised areas, higher population densities, and positive migration rates result in higher shares of semi-abandonment. Naturally, areas characterised by agrarian fragmentation, where due to low agricultural incomes farmers more often decided to abandon agricultural production, were, in particular, subject to this process.

scholarly journals Economic Performance of Soil and Water Conservation Practicesin Burkina Faso

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. p38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Coulibaly Z. C. T. Stephen ◽  
Noufe Tiatite ◽  
Pale Siebou ◽  
Yonli Djibril ◽  
Prasad P. V. Vara ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Burkina Faso ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Water Conservation ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Stochastic Frontier Analysis ◽  
Soil And Water Conservation ◽  
African Countries ◽  
Frontier Analysis ◽  
Soil And Water

The continuous degradation of agroecosystems is a major concern for Sub-Saharan African countries, particularly Burkina Faso. To fight against this problem, various research projects and programs have implemented Soil and Water Conservation practices (SWC) in Northern Burkina Faso. The objective of this study was to assess the economic performance of stone rows, grass strips, zaï, filtering dikes, half-moons and agroforestry on agricultural production in this part of Burkina Faso. Stochastic Frontier Analysis was used to estimate SWC’s technical efficiency. Results indicated that the cost for SWC construction did not influence white sorghum and pearl millet yield. However, an increase of 1% in the investment for SWC implementation results in a 0.42% increase in groundnut yield and 0.19% in cowpea yield. Although, the half-moon technique had a positive effect on the farmer’s technical efficiency, the effects of stone rows, filtering dikes, zaï and grass strips were not significant. Given the tremendous efforts that farmers develop to implement these anti-erosion practices, one recommendation is that policy makers strengthen the technical, financial and equipment supports to farmers for efficient implementation of SWC techniques to ensure sustainability of agricultural production systems in Northern Burkina Faso.

scholarly journals Diversification or specialisation? Farmers' cropping strategy and economic performance under climate change in China

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingze Wu ◽  
Yueji Zhu ◽  
Qi Yang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Economic Performance ◽  
Agricultural Production ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Adaptation Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Impact Of Climate Change ◽  
Changing Climate ◽  
The Impact

Purpose Farmers' adaptation strategies in agricultural production are required to minimise the negative impact of climate change on a nation's food production in developing countries. Based on the panel data of the provincial level in China from 2000 to 2017, this study aims to analyse the changing climate over recent years and farmers' adaptation strategy in terms of cropping in agricultural production. Design/methodology/approach This study uses Simpson's diversity index (SDI) to measure the degree of crop diversity planted by farmers and evaluate the influence of climate change on farmers' cropping strategy using the fixed-effect model. Further, the authors estimate the impact of farmers' cropping strategy on their economic performances in two aspects including yields and technical efficiency of crops. Findings The empirical results show that the overall climate appears a warming trend. Different from farmers in some other countries, Chinese farmers tend to adopt a more specialised cropping strategy which can significantly improve the technical efficiency and yields of crops in agriculture. In addition, as a moderating role, the specialised cropping can help farmers to alleviate the negative impact of climate change on technical efficiency of their crops. Originality/value First, previous studies showed that the changing climate influenced farmers' adaptation strategies, while most studies focussed on multiple adaptation strategies from the farm-level perspective rather than cropping strategy from the nation-level perspective. Second, the present study investigates how the cropping strategy affects the economic performance (in terms of the technical efficiency and crop yields) of agricultural production. Third, the stochastic frontier analysis method is used to estimate the technical efficiency. Fourth, this study explores the moderating effect between farmers' cropping strategy and technical efficiency by introducing an interaction item of SDI and accumulated temperature.

scholarly journals HEALTH, TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY, AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN INDIAN DISTRICTS

2010 ◽  
Vol 35 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Atheendar S. Venkataramani ◽  
K.R. Shanmugam ◽  
Jennifer Prah Ruger
Keyword(s):  
Technical Efficiency ◽  
Agricultural Production
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