Technical efficiency of citrus production in Sargodha district, Punjab | [International Journal of Agriculture and Applied Sciences • 2009]

Author(s):

1. Shahid Iqbal: Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences, University of Sargodha, Pakistan

2. H. Sial: Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences, University of Sargodha, Pakistan

3. Zakir Hussain: Faculty of Agriculture, University of Sargodha, Pakistan

4. Maqbool: Faculty of Management and Administrative Sciences, University of Sargodha, Pakistan

Abstract:

This study attempts to measure the Technical Efficiency (TE) of citrus farmers in Sargodha district based on primary data collected from 162 selected farms for the years 2005-6 and 2006-7. Cobb-Douglas production function was fitted to the data in order to find factors affecting citrus productivity which revealed that less amount of fertilizer use and heavy seasonal pruning were major determinants of low productivity. Nonparametric Data Envelopment Analysis was performed which concluded that farmers in 2006-7 were technically less efficient by more than half as compared to last year, which resulted in overall decrease in the citrus productivity in 2006-7 nearly one third of production of previous year. Malmquist Indices reveled a drastic decrease in the technical change, scale efficiency and total factor productivity change over time. The ‘inverse farm size productivity relation’ was also observed on citrus orchard possessing farms.

Page(s): 68-75

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Published: Journal: International Journal of Agriculture and Applied Sciences, Volume: 1, Issue: 2, Year: 2009

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