The Production Efficiency Analysis of the Bookkeeping Rice Farms in Taiwan--- An Application of Three-Stage DEA
Date Issued
2010
Date
2010
Author(s)
WU, Dong-Yue
Abstract
This study evaulates the efficiency performace of Taiwan''s rice farmers under the pressure of rising raw material prices and production costs in recent years. The three-stage DEA is conducted to measure the relative efficiency performance of a panel of rice farms from the Taiwan Rice Production Cost Survey over the period 2005-2008, followed by a Tobit regression analysis to identify the major elements shaping the efficiency performance. The results of the three-stage DEA show that: (1) there is no significant regional difference in the technical efficiency of rice production in Taiwan; (2) there is a significant catching-up of the low performers to the frontier in production effciency; (3) the production efficiency is improved with the expansion of cultivated acreage, which is in line with the policy of "small landowners large tenant" in promoting economies of scales with the goal of farm size enlargement to at least 5 hectares of paddies.
The Tobit regression results suggest that: (1) the production efficiency of the first crop in 2007, 2008 and the second crop of 2006 have siginficant improvements which are indications that rice farms in Taiwan are adusting very well against the challenges of rising production cost and competition from the international market; (2) the production performance of rice farms appling organic fertilizers have shown significant improvements in the second crop over the sudying period which offers an evidence that organic farming have a chance to outperform the traditional practices using chemical fertilizers.
Subjects
Rice
Production efficiency
Three-stage DEA
SDGs
Type
thesis
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