Measurement of the technical efficiency of small pineapple farmers in Santander, Colombia: a stochastic frontier approach

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Autor(a) principal: Trujillo,Juan C.
Data de Publicação: 2013
Outros Autores: Iglesias,Wilman J.
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Revista de Economia e Sociologia Rural
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Resumo: The objective of this study is to estimate the levels of technical efficiency of the small pineapple farmers of Santander, Colombia, using the stochastic frontier approach. In addition, this study attempts to determine whether the acreage and some of the socio-economic characteristics of farmers can influence the efficiency of their pineapple farms. By exploiting the information that was gathered in a survey of 194 pineapple farmers in the region, these farmers' technical efficiency was estimated using a Cobb-Douglas-type stochastic frontier model and a technical inefficiency model. The results suggest that acreage and the variables that are associated with the human capital, e.g., the level of schooling and the years of experience in agricultural activity, explain the levels of technical efficiency to a significant degree.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Measurement of the technical efficiency of small pineapple farmers in Santander, Colombia: a stochastic frontier approach
title Measurement of the technical efficiency of small pineapple farmers in Santander, Colombia: a stochastic frontier approach
spellingShingle Measurement of the technical efficiency of small pineapple farmers in Santander, Colombia: a stochastic frontier approach
Trujillo,Juan C.
technical efficiency
stochastic frontier
Cobb-Douglas production function
pineapple
title_short Measurement of the technical efficiency of small pineapple farmers in Santander, Colombia: a stochastic frontier approach
title_full Measurement of the technical efficiency of small pineapple farmers in Santander, Colombia: a stochastic frontier approach
title_fullStr Measurement of the technical efficiency of small pineapple farmers in Santander, Colombia: a stochastic frontier approach
title_full_unstemmed Measurement of the technical efficiency of small pineapple farmers in Santander, Colombia: a stochastic frontier approach
title_sort Measurement of the technical efficiency of small pineapple farmers in Santander, Colombia: a stochastic frontier approach
author Trujillo,Juan C.
author_facet Trujillo,Juan C.
Iglesias,Wilman J.
author_role author
author2 Iglesias,Wilman J.
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Trujillo,Juan C.
Iglesias,Wilman J.
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv technical efficiency
stochastic frontier
Cobb-Douglas production function
pineapple
topic technical efficiency
stochastic frontier
Cobb-Douglas production function
pineapple
description The objective of this study is to estimate the levels of technical efficiency of the small pineapple farmers of Santander, Colombia, using the stochastic frontier approach. In addition, this study attempts to determine whether the acreage and some of the socio-economic characteristics of farmers can influence the efficiency of their pineapple farms. By exploiting the information that was gathered in a survey of 194 pineapple farmers in the region, these farmers' technical efficiency was estimated using a Cobb-Douglas-type stochastic frontier model and a technical inefficiency model. The results suggest that acreage and the variables that are associated with the human capital, e.g., the level of schooling and the years of experience in agricultural activity, explain the levels of technical efficiency to a significant degree.
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