The extent and determinants of production efficiency of farmers in the rainforest margins in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: Implications for land use and support services
There has been widespread concern regarding agricultural land expansion through deforestation, and a number of policy options have been proposed to counteract this trend. However, little effort has been made to assess the role of more efficient use of existing agricultural land and technology in com...
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| author | Alene, D. Zeller, M. Schwarze, S. Nuryartono, N. |
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| description | There has been widespread concern regarding agricultural land expansion through deforestation, and a number of policy options have been proposed to counteract this trend. However, little effort has been made to assess the role of more efficient use of existing agricultural land and technology in combating deforestation. This study uses a translogstochastic frontier production function to analyze the technical efficiency of a sample of fanners in the rainforest margins in Indonesia. The sample farmers have an average technical efficiency of 53%, suggesting that there is a considerable potential for increasing production through efficient use of existing agricultural land and available technology. An analysis of socio-economic and institutional factors revealed that education, extension services, and social capital have a positive and significant influence on the fanners' performance. |
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| spelling | CGSpace918752025-01-27T15:00:52Z The extent and determinants of production efficiency of farmers in the rainforest margins in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: Implications for land use and support services Alene, D. Zeller, M. Schwarze, S. Nuryartono, N. deforestation farmers agricultural land and technology technical efficiency agricultural production stochastic frontier rice markets There has been widespread concern regarding agricultural land expansion through deforestation, and a number of policy options have been proposed to counteract this trend. However, little effort has been made to assess the role of more efficient use of existing agricultural land and technology in combating deforestation. This study uses a translogstochastic frontier production function to analyze the technical efficiency of a sample of fanners in the rainforest margins in Indonesia. The sample farmers have an average technical efficiency of 53%, suggesting that there is a considerable potential for increasing production through efficient use of existing agricultural land and available technology. An analysis of socio-economic and institutional factors revealed that education, extension services, and social capital have a positive and significant influence on the fanners' performance. 2005 2018-03-23T06:48:56Z 2018-03-23T06:48:56Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91875 en Limited Access Alene, D., Zeller, M., Schwarze, S. & Nuryartono, N. (2005). The extent and determinants of production efficiency of farmers in the rainforest margins in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: implications for land use and support services. Quarterly Journal of International Agriculture, 44(4), 335-353. |
| spellingShingle | deforestation farmers agricultural land and technology technical efficiency agricultural production stochastic frontier rice markets Alene, D. Zeller, M. Schwarze, S. Nuryartono, N. The extent and determinants of production efficiency of farmers in the rainforest margins in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: Implications for land use and support services |
| title | The extent and determinants of production efficiency of farmers in the rainforest margins in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: Implications for land use and support services |
| title_full | The extent and determinants of production efficiency of farmers in the rainforest margins in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: Implications for land use and support services |
| title_fullStr | The extent and determinants of production efficiency of farmers in the rainforest margins in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: Implications for land use and support services |
| title_full_unstemmed | The extent and determinants of production efficiency of farmers in the rainforest margins in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: Implications for land use and support services |
| title_short | The extent and determinants of production efficiency of farmers in the rainforest margins in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia: Implications for land use and support services |
| title_sort | extent and determinants of production efficiency of farmers in the rainforest margins in central sulawesi indonesia implications for land use and support services |
| topic | deforestation farmers agricultural land and technology technical efficiency agricultural production stochastic frontier rice markets |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/91875 |
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