Technical Change and Productive Efficiency: Irrigated Rice in the Philippines

Authors: Yao, Richard T.¹; Shively, Gerald E.²

Source: Asian Economic Journal, Volume 21, Number 2, June 2007 , pp. 155-168(14)

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Abstract:

Panel data are used to study the technical efficiency of rice producers in the Philippines. Production efficiency over time is measured using a stochastic frontier regression with error decomposition. Sources of inefficiency are identified and the link between irrigation and productive efficiency is measured. Results suggest that irrigation was associated with higher levels of technical efficiency in the sample.

Keywords: agricultural development; efficiency; irrigation; Philippines; rice; technical change; D21; O13; O3; Q12

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8381.2007.00252.x

Affiliations: 1: Department of Economics, Waikato School of Management, The University of Waikato, Hamilton City, 3216, New Zealand 2: Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, 403 West State Street, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA

Publication date: 2007-06-01