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Title: | Technical Inefficiency and Production Risk in Rice Farming: Evidence from Central Luzon Philippines | Contributor(s): | Villano, R (author) ; Fleming, Euan (author) | Publication Date: | 2006 | DOI: | 10.1111/j.1467-8381.2006.00223.x | Handle Link: | https://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/281 | Abstract: | There have been many previous studies of technical inefficiency in rice production in the Philippines, but none has focused simultaneously on production risk and technical inefficiency at the farm level. Rice production is inherently risky because of the heterogeneous production environment. In this study, we analyze technical inefficiency in a rainfed lowland rice environment in Central Luzon using a stochastic frontier production function with a heteroskedastic error structure. An 8-year panel dataset collected from 46 rainfed rice farmers was used to estimate flexible functional specifications. Over the whole period, the average technical efficiency was found to be 79 percent. Results indicate that there is a high degree of variability in technical efficiency estimates, which can be attributed to the instability of farming conditions in the rainfed lowland environment. Mean output was significantly influenced by area planted to rice, labor and the amount of fertilizer used. Consequently, these inputs were found to be risk-increasing, whereas herbicide was found to be a risk-reducing input. | Publication Type: | Journal Article | Source of Publication: | Asian Economic Journal, 20(1), p. 29-46 | Publisher: | Blackwell Publishing Ltd | Place of Publication: | Australia | ISSN: | 1467-8381 1351-3958 |
Fields of Research (FoR) 2008: | 140201 Agricultural Economics | Peer Reviewed: | Yes | HERDC Category Description: | C1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal |
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