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dc.contributor.authorRahman, Sanzidur
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-25T11:52:06Z
dc.date.available2015-12-25T11:52:06Z
dc.date.issued2003-01-01
dc.identifier.issn0306-9192
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10026.1/4035
dc.description.abstract

Production inefficiency is usually analyzed by its three components-technical, allocative, and scale efficiency. In this study, we provide a direct measure of production efficiency of the Bangladeshi rice farmers using a stochastic profit frontier and inefficiency effects model. The data, which are for 1996, include seven conventional inputs and several other background factors affecting production of modern or high yielding varieties (HYVs) of rice spread across 21 villages in three agro-ecological regions of Bangladesh. The results show that there are high levels of inefficiency in modern rice cultivation. The mean level of profit efficiency is 77% suggesting that an estimated 23% of the profit is lost due to a combination of technical, allocative and scale inefficiency in modern rice production. The efficiency differences are explained largely by infrastructure, soil fertility, experience, extension services, tenancy and share of non-agricultural income. © 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

dc.format.extent487-503
dc.languageen
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherElsevier BV
dc.subjectstochastic profit frontier
dc.subjectprofit efficiency
dc.subjectBangladesh
dc.titleProfit efficiency among Bangladeshi rice farmers
dc.typejournal-article
dc.typeJournal Article
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plymouth.issue5-6
plymouth.volume28
plymouth.publication-statusPublished
plymouth.journalFood Policy
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.foodpol.2003.10.001
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