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Rathnayake, R.M.A.K. |
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dc.contributor.author |
Amaratunge, S.P.P. |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2017-10-19T08:40:11Z |
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dc.date.available |
2017-10-19T08:40:11Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2016-12 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
Rathnayake, R.M.A.K., Amaratunge, S.P.P. (2016). "AN ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL AND ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY OF PADDY FARMING: THE CASE OF MAHAWELI SYSTEM H1", Sri Lanka Journal of Economic Research, Vol.4 (1), pp. 35-57 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/5905 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Attached |
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dc.description.abstract |
This study estimates the technical and allocative efficiency o f paddy farming in Sri
Lanka. Household-specific technical efficiencies were computed using cross-sectional
data collected from the household survey conducted in 2014 using a Stochastic Frontier
approach. The Cobb-Douglas functional form was adopted for the frontier production
function and the distributional assumption made for the inefficiency term was half
normal. The results o f this study show that the estimated mean technical efficiency of
the farmers is 78.32 percent, suggesting there is a scope o f 21.68 percent to increase
paddy productivity using present technology. The estimated Returns to Scale is 0.2806,
which implies that a proportional increase in all factors o f production leads to a less
than proportional increase in paddy productivity. Age, schooling, alcohol consumption,
agricultural training, farmers' attitudes, and the distance between the land and the
main watercourse are significant determinants o f technical efficiency. According to the
analysis o f allocative efficiency, there exists inefficiency in allocating resources, where
land and machinery resources are underutilised while labour is over utilised. |
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dc.publisher |
Sri Lanka Journal of Economic Research |
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dc.subject |
Technical Efficiency |
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Allocative Efficiency, |
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dc.subject |
Stochastic Production Frontier |
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dc.subject |
Paddy Farming |
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dc.title |
AN ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL AND ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY OF PADDY FARMING: THE CASE OF MAHAWELI SYSTEM H1 |
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dc.type |
Article |
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