Determinants of Technical Efficiency of Sugarcane Production among Small Holder Farmers in Lao PDR
Poungchompu Supaporn1 Show affiliations
- KhonKaen University, Thailand
American Journal of Applied Sciences, Volume 12, Issue 9, pp. 644–649 · doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2015.644.649
Abstract
This study was to examine technical efficiency in sugarcane production in Savannakhet, Lao PDR. A stochastic frontier production function was applied with the data collected from 110 sample farmers in 2012. The results reveal that cultivated area (p<0.01), hired labor (p<0.10) and capital (p<0.10) are the major significantly positive factors in the output of sugarcane. Mean of technical efficiency was found to be 0.7431. In order to increase the efficiency of sugarcane farms improvements in farmers’ education and extension service are the two most important variables which can be used by policy makers.
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Supaporn, P. (2015). Determinants of Technical Efficiency of Sugarcane Production among Small Holder Farmers in Lao PDR. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 12(9), 644–649. https://doi.org/10.3844/ajassp.2015.644.649
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