Technical Efficiency Among Rice Farmers in Philippine Rice Bowl

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Technical Efficiency and Its Determinants of Rice Production in Cambodia

The present study aims to measure the technical efficiency and establish core factors affecting rice production in Cambodia. A four-year dataset generated from the central government document “Profile on Economics and Social” of 25 entire provinces between 2012 and 2015 and the stochastic production frontier model (SFA) was applied. The results indicated that the level of output (quantity) of C...

Knowledge level of rice farmers regarding rice cultivation practices in Mahanawiyah district, AL- Qadisiya Province, Iraq

Productivity of most common Iraqi rice cultivar was low compared to an average production among major rice-producing countries, this may be due to inadequacy of knowledge and skills of rice farmers about rice cultivation practices. The study was conducted in Mahanawiyah district of AL-Qadisiya Province in Iraq, to assess knowledge level of rice farmers about some rice cultivation practices .The...

Determination the Technical Efficiency and Optimum Size of Rice Farms in Mazandaran Province

One of the reasons for the success of the agricultural sector in the developed countries is regulate the size of the farms, because it helps to scale economy of production. Considering that the size of agricultural production units should be specifically determined for each product and in each area, the aim of this study is to determine the optimum size of rice farms in the Fereydounkenar count...

Gene Flow in African Rice Farmers’ Fields

(eds M.C.S. Wopereis et al.) 95 as the Togo Hills – African rice continues to be present, and is locally important (Barry et al., 2007; Nuijten et al., 2009; Okry, 2011, Teeken et al. 2011; Temudo, 2011). In these older, established areas of rice cultivation, wild rice is sometimes still gathered locally (Richards, 1986; Nuijten, 2005). It is often assumed that in traditional agriculture crops ...