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Technical Efficiency in Production of Major Food Grains in Punjab, Pakistan

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  • ABDUL SALAM
  • ABDUL HAMEED

    (Innovative Development Strategies, Pakistan)

Abstract

Based on the 2016–2017 farm survey data, this study examines technical efficiency in the production of wheat, rice, and maize in Punjab province in Pakistan. Technical efficiency, under varying returns to scale, in wheat farming averaged 0.65; in rice, it averaged 0.74, and in the case of maize, it was 0.92. A great majority of the sample farmers were estimated to be operating under increasing returns to scale. Estimations of scale inefficiency in wheat cultivation hovered around 18%; in rice, it ranged from 16% to 21%, and in maize, it varied from 7% to 17%. These estimates are indicative of the scope and the potential for increasing technical and scale efficiencies in the production of all food grains, albeit to varying degrees for different crops.

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  • Abdul Salam & Abdul Hameed, 2022. "Technical Efficiency in Production of Major Food Grains in Punjab, Pakistan," Asian Development Review (ADR), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 39(02), pages 201-222, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:adrxxx:v:39:y:2022:i:02:n:s0116110522500160
    DOI: 10.1142/S0116110522500160
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    1. Xufeng Cao & Jiqin Han & Xueying Li, 2023. "Analysis of the Impact of Land Use Change on Grain Production in Jiangsu Province, China," Land, MDPI, vol. 13(1), pages 1-16, December.

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    Keywords

    agriculture; data envelopment analysis; food grains; productivity; technical efficiency;
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    JEL classification:

    • D2 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations
    • D24 - Microeconomics - - Production and Organizations - - - Production; Cost; Capital; Capital, Total Factor, and Multifactor Productivity; Capacity
    • Q1 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture
    • Q18 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Agriculture - - - Agricultural Policy; Food Policy; Animal Welfare Policy

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