Technical efficiency of Maize in District Lakki Marwat of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan | [Sarhad Journal of Agriculture • 2020]

Author(s):

1. Aftab Khan: Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, The University of Agriculture,Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

2. Shahid Ali: Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, The University of Agriculture,Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

3. Asim Khan: Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, The University of Agriculture,Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

4. Muhammad Waqas: Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, The University of Agriculture,Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa,Pakistan

5. Sufyan Ullah Khan: College of Economics and Management, Northwest A and F University,Shaanxi,China

Abstract:

| This study aimed at estimating and examining technical eficiency of maize farms in Southern areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan. It utilized the primary data collected from 320 maize farms randomly selected through multistage sampling. Parametric technique of stochastic frontier production function was estimated to model output of maize growers. Results of stochastic frontier model revealed that tractor hours, labor and FYM positively and significantly affected yield of maize. Average technical eficiency was predicted to be 0.68 ranging from 0.31 to 0.91; implies that an average maize farm can increase yield by 33 percent with existing technology. Technical ineficiency effect model identified that education and farming experience has negative and significant effect on farmers' ineficiency. It is recommended that maize farmers need to be provided with formal as well as informal education, agricultural trainings and credit on easy terms for purchase of costly inputs.

Page(s): 402-410

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Published: Journal: Sarhad Journal of Agriculture, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Year: 2020

Keywords:

Technical efficiency , Stochastic frontier production function , Southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

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