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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Technical efficiency of resource-conserving technologies in rice -wheat systems: the case of Bihar and Eastern Uttar Pradesh in India |
Author: | Khong, T. Sumalde, Z. Pede, V. McKinley, J. Garcia, Y. Bello, A. |
Citation: | Agricultural Economics Research Review, 2011; 24(2):201-210 |
Publisher: | Diva Enterprises |
Issue Date: | 2011 |
ISSN: | 0971-3441 0974-0279 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Khong Tien Dung, Zenaida M. Sumalde, Valerien O. Pede, Justin D. McKinley, Yolanda T. Garcia and Amelia L. Bello |
Abstract: | This study has evaluated the technical efficiency of farmers engaged in rice-wheat cropping systems in North-eastern India, who are using Resource-Conserving Technologies (RCTs) such as Zero Tillage (ZT) and Direct Seeded Rice (DSR). These technology promotions are being carried out under the intervention of the Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) project, primarily funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The resource-conserving technologies are being promoted as part of conservation agriculture supported by the project. The data used in this study have been derived from the socioeconomic surveys conducted in Eastern Uttar-Pradesh and Bihar in North-eastern India during the kharif season of 2009 and rabi season of 2010. A stochastic frontier analysis was carried out to investigate and compare the determinants of technical efficiency among the farmers receiving intervention and those who are not. The study has revealed that farmers receiving CSISA intervention have realized higher levels of technical efficiency. Additionally, farmers who are receiving subsidies and farmers who are planting more diversified crops have higher levels of technical efficiency. |
Keywords: | Conservation agriculture; Direct seeded rice; India; Resource-conserving technology; Technical efficiency; Stochastic frontier; Zero tillage |
Rights: | Copyright status unknown |
Published version: | http://www.indianjournals.com/ijor.aspx?target=ijor:aerr&volume=24&issue=2&article=002 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest 7 Global Food Studies publications |
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