Technical efficiency and export potential of the world palm oil market

HN Ahmad Hamidi, N Khalid, ZA Karim… - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
Palm oils have been proven to have the highest yield among vegetable oils, which is one of
the critical factors in ensuring global food security. However, the world palm oil market has …

E-commerce adoption and technical efficiency of wheat production in China

D Chen, H Guo, Q Zhang, S Jin - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
Improving technical efficiency (TE) is crucial for the sustainable growth of smallholder
agriculture in developing countries. While there has been a large literature investigating the …

The Impact of Government Food Policy on Farm Efficiency of Beneficiary Small-Scale Farmers in Indonesia

M Purnamasari, WC Huang, B Priyanto - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
Enhancing self-sufficiency and national food security have been strategic policy goals of the
Indonesian government. From 2015 to 2019, a food policy program called Upsus Pajale had …

Technical efficiency of rice seed production and their determinants in Chitwan, Nepal–A one-step scaling stochastic frontier approach

R Thapa, SC Dhakal - Cogent Food & Agriculture, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
The rice seed subsector plays a significant role in attaining self-sufficiency of rice. In the
context of the huge demand-supply gap of rice seeds, it is imperative to increase productivity …

How to Break the Bottleneck of Potato Production Sustainable Growth—A Survey from Potato Main Producing Areas in China

R Lun, Q Luo, M Gao, G Li, T Wei - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
China is the world's largest potato producer, and the potato's role in ensuring food security
and rural development is irreplaceable. Therefore, how to achieve sustainable growth in …

A Copula-Based Meta-Stochastic Frontier Analysis for Comparing Traditional and HDPE Geomembranes Technology in Sea Salt Farming among Farmers in …

R Tansuchat - Agriculture, 2023 - mdpi.com
This study analyzed sea salt production and compared the technical efficiency level and the
technology gap between traditional technology and High-Density Polyethylene …

A dose–response analysis of rice yield to agrochemical use in Ghana

KN Addai, JN Ng'ombe, S Kaitibie - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
In recent years, Ghanaian agriculture has witnessed a surge in the use of agrochemicals,
with the likely consequence that nonoptimal levels of application could cause environmental …

Productive efficiency of beef cattle production in Botswana: a latent class stochastic meta-frontier analysis

S Bahta, O Temoso, JN Ng'ombe, KM Rich… - … in Sustainable Food …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Introduction Efficiency in food production is crucial for sustainable agriculture in developing
countries. This paper contributes to the existing literature by presenting an innovative …

How does who-you-sell-to affect your extent of market participation? evidence from smallholder maize farmers in Northern Ghana

A Mzyece, A Shanoyan, V Amanor-Boadu… - Cogent Economics & …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This study examines the effect of marketing channel choice on the extent of market
participation, with the goal of helping farm managers and policymakers to identify ways of …

Technical efficiency of Rice production in the upper north of Thailand: clustering copula-based stochastic frontier analysis

Y Chaovanapoonphol, J Singvejsakul, S Sriboonchitta - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
This study examines the efficiency of rice production in Thailand, especially major rice,
which is the main crop of farmers in all regions of Thailand and is still a pressing issue …