Technical Efficiency of Paddy Production and Factors Affecting the Efficiency in Nagapattinam District, Tamil Nadu
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Innovations and Research - Year 2018, Vol 6, Issue 6
Abstract
The study was made to assess the technical efficiency of paddy production and factors affecting the efficiency with special reference to paddy production in Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu. Multi - stage random sampling was used to collect data from samples of 120 farmers through well structured questionnaire. Descriptive statistics and stochastic frontier production function were used to analyze the data. Frontier 4.1, a computer program was used to estimate the stochastic frontier production function and tobit model was used to estimate the factors that affecting efficiency. Result found that the average technical efficiency was 80.42 per cent and the coefficients of variables such as organic fertilizer, plant protection chemical, labours and machinery usage are negative which reveals that the volume of output varies inversely to the quantity of these variables while farm size, seed, chemical fertilizer and irrigation are positive which reveals that the volume of output varies proportionately to the quantity of these variables. The factors which have positive response for improving technical efficiency as the result of tobit model is experience, education and adoption of dapog nursery while age, direct sowing, machineries usage have negative responses. Since it is impossible to adopt dapog nursery and change the method of sowing because of water shortage problem, farmers suggested the Government to construct farm ponds and bed dams to improve the technical efficiency which paves way for the adoption of dapog nursery and alternate sowing method
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R. Meenasulochani, et al.
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