TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY ANALYSIS OF GROUNDNUT PRODUCTION IN SAURASHTRA REGION OF GUJARAT
Journal Title: International Journal of Agriculture Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 8, Issue 54
Abstract
Groundnut, the ‘king’ of oilseeds, is one of the most important food and cash crop in India and around the globe. The state of Gujarat alone caters to nearly 40 per cent of the nation’s production. Accordingly, the present investigation concerning technical efficiency of groundnut farmers is aptly undertaken in the Saurashtra region of Gujarat. Findings revealed that technical efficiencies range from 85.90 per cent to 95.34 per cent, with a mean of 85.45 per cent, indicating that on an average the realized yield among farmers can be increased by 15 per cent in the region with the available technology and resources alone, without the use of any additional resources. Interestingly, the average technical efficiency of marginal farmer (95.34 %) was found to be better than that of large farmers (93.68%). Besides, it was also found that the coefficients of groundnut acreage (0.0288) and farmer’s age (0.0027) are the most influential determinants of technical efficiency, whereas that of experience (-0.0018) and education (-0.0054) influence negatively. As, the estimates of input utilization pattern have revealed the possibility of improving profits through resource reallocation, the development interventions need to be fine-tuned on improving farm efficiency levels which in turn could lead to improved farm profits.
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B. SWAMINATHAN
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