Enhancing productivity and resource conservation by eliminating inefficiency of thai rice farmers: A zero inefficiency stochastic frontier approach

© 2017 by the authors. The study first identified fully efficient farmers and then estimated technical efficiency of inefficient farmers, identifying their determinants by applying a Zero Inefficiency Stochastic Frontier Model (ZISFM) on a sample of 300 rice farmers from central-northern Thailand. N...

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Main Authors: Jianxu Liu, Sanzidur Rahman, Songsak Sriboonchitta, Aree Wiboonpongse
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spelling th-cmuir.6653943832-468172018-04-25T07:32:47Z Enhancing productivity and resource conservation by eliminating inefficiency of thai rice farmers: A zero inefficiency stochastic frontier approach Jianxu Liu Sanzidur Rahman Songsak Sriboonchitta Aree Wiboonpongse Environmental Science Agricultural and Biological Sciences © 2017 by the authors. The study first identified fully efficient farmers and then estimated technical efficiency of inefficient farmers, identifying their determinants by applying a Zero Inefficiency Stochastic Frontier Model (ZISFM) on a sample of 300 rice farmers from central-northern Thailand. Next, the study developed scenarios of potential production increase and resource conservation if technical inefficiency was eliminated. Results revealed that 13% of the sampled farmers were fully efficient, thereby justifying the use of our approach. The estimated mean technical efficiency was 91%, implying that rice production can be increased by 9%, by reallocating resources. Land and labor were the major productivity drivers. Education significantly improved technical efficiency. Farmers who transplanted seedlings were relatively technically efficient as compared to those who practised manual and/or mechanical direct seeding methods. Elimination of technical inefficiency could increase output by 8.64% per ha, or generate 5.7-6.4 million tons of additional rice output for Thailand each year. Similarly, elimination of technical inefficiency would potentially conserve 19.44% person-days of labor, 11.95% land area, 11.46% material inputs and 8.67% mechanical power services for every ton of rice produced. This translates into conservation of 2.9-3.0 million person-days of labor, 3.7-4.5 thousand km 2 of land, 10.0-14.5 billion baht of material input and 7.6-12.8 billion baht of mechanical power costs to produce current level of rice output in Thailand each year. Policy implications include investment into educating farmers, and improving technical knowledge of seeding technology, to boost rice production and conserve scarce resources in Thailand. 2018-04-25T07:02:15Z 2018-04-25T07:02:15Z 2017-01-01 Journal 20711050 2-s2.0-85019113400 10.3390/su9050770 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?partnerID=HzOxMe3b&scp=85019113400&origin=inward http://cmuir.cmu.ac.th/jspui/handle/6653943832/46817
institution Chiang Mai University
building Chiang Mai University Library
country Thailand
collection CMU Intellectual Repository
topic Environmental Science
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
spellingShingle Environmental Science
Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Jianxu Liu
Sanzidur Rahman
Songsak Sriboonchitta
Aree Wiboonpongse
Enhancing productivity and resource conservation by eliminating inefficiency of thai rice farmers: A zero inefficiency stochastic frontier approach
description © 2017 by the authors. The study first identified fully efficient farmers and then estimated technical efficiency of inefficient farmers, identifying their determinants by applying a Zero Inefficiency Stochastic Frontier Model (ZISFM) on a sample of 300 rice farmers from central-northern Thailand. Next, the study developed scenarios of potential production increase and resource conservation if technical inefficiency was eliminated. Results revealed that 13% of the sampled farmers were fully efficient, thereby justifying the use of our approach. The estimated mean technical efficiency was 91%, implying that rice production can be increased by 9%, by reallocating resources. Land and labor were the major productivity drivers. Education significantly improved technical efficiency. Farmers who transplanted seedlings were relatively technically efficient as compared to those who practised manual and/or mechanical direct seeding methods. Elimination of technical inefficiency could increase output by 8.64% per ha, or generate 5.7-6.4 million tons of additional rice output for Thailand each year. Similarly, elimination of technical inefficiency would potentially conserve 19.44% person-days of labor, 11.95% land area, 11.46% material inputs and 8.67% mechanical power services for every ton of rice produced. This translates into conservation of 2.9-3.0 million person-days of labor, 3.7-4.5 thousand km 2 of land, 10.0-14.5 billion baht of material input and 7.6-12.8 billion baht of mechanical power costs to produce current level of rice output in Thailand each year. Policy implications include investment into educating farmers, and improving technical knowledge of seeding technology, to boost rice production and conserve scarce resources in Thailand.
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author Jianxu Liu
Sanzidur Rahman
Songsak Sriboonchitta
Aree Wiboonpongse
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Sanzidur Rahman
Songsak Sriboonchitta
Aree Wiboonpongse
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title Enhancing productivity and resource conservation by eliminating inefficiency of thai rice farmers: A zero inefficiency stochastic frontier approach
title_short Enhancing productivity and resource conservation by eliminating inefficiency of thai rice farmers: A zero inefficiency stochastic frontier approach
title_full Enhancing productivity and resource conservation by eliminating inefficiency of thai rice farmers: A zero inefficiency stochastic frontier approach
title_fullStr Enhancing productivity and resource conservation by eliminating inefficiency of thai rice farmers: A zero inefficiency stochastic frontier approach
title_full_unstemmed Enhancing productivity and resource conservation by eliminating inefficiency of thai rice farmers: A zero inefficiency stochastic frontier approach
title_sort enhancing productivity and resource conservation by eliminating inefficiency of thai rice farmers: a zero inefficiency stochastic frontier approach
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