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AN ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL AND ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY OF PADDY FARMING: THE CASE OF MAHAWELI SYSTEM H1

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dc.contributor.author Rathnayake, R.M.A.K.
dc.contributor.author Amaratunge, S.P.P.
dc.date.accessioned 2017-10-19T08:40:11Z
dc.date.available 2017-10-19T08:40:11Z
dc.date.issued 2016-12
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 en_US, si_LK
dc.identifier.uri http://dr.lib.sjp.ac.lk/handle/123456789/5905
dc.description.abstract Attached en_US, si_LK
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.
dc.language.iso en_US en_US, si_LK
dc.publisher Sri Lanka Journal of Economic Research en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Technical Efficiency en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Allocative Efficiency, en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Stochastic Production Frontier en_US, si_LK
dc.subject Paddy Farming en_US, si_LK
dc.title AN ANALYSIS OF THE TECHNICAL AND ALLOCATIVE EFFICIENCY OF PADDY FARMING: THE CASE OF MAHAWELI SYSTEM H1 en_US, si_LK
dc.type Article en_US, si_LK


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